Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [is] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative way of measuring unemployment is by asking a sample of the population whether they are unemployed . |
| 2 | The other main method of locating sites is by magnetic surveying . |
| 3 | This group of teaching aids is by far the most important , and should not be regarded as second rate . |
| 4 | One way of routinizing authority is by tradition . |
| 5 | But one way of generating or protecting and stabilizing conventions is by authoritative intervention . |
| 6 | The other and most publicized method of registering opinion is by abstention or cross-voting . |
| 7 | For Venus the only practical way of obtaining C is by calculation from any two of J 2 , T a ( the axial period ) and f ( the flattening ) making the reasonable assumption that Venus is in hydrostatic equilibrium . |
| 8 | His somewhat unorthodox methods are explained in his letterpress for Birds of Australia : ’ [ One ] successful mode of procuring specimens is by wearing a tail of a full-plumaged male in the hat , keeping it constantly in motion , and concealing the person among the brushes , when the attention of the bird being arrested by the apparent intrusion of another of its own sex , it will be attracted within the range of the gun … ’ |