Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] by [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength can be variable depending on the source , and it is therefore wise not to risk damage by exceeding a maximum rate of 4 ounces ( 113 g ) per square yard ( square metre ) . |
| 2 | He recently met a man who claimed to be able to kill birds by shouting at them . |
| 3 | She had to seduce Jim by whipping off a false beard disguise and transforming herself into an exotic belly-dancer . |
| 4 | Thus a man may be possessed of knowledge of discreditable incidents in the victim 's life and may seek to extort money by threatening , if he is not paid , to disclose the knowledge to a wife or husband or employer , though the disclosure may not be libellous . |
| 5 | Although it is possible to lose weight by dieting alone , combining dieting with exercise will show results more quickly and improve your body shape . |
| 6 | We will encourage parents on income support to claim maintenance by allowing them to keep part of it before benefit is cut . |
| 7 | It is , in the words of the Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Eighth Report , 1966 , para. 127 , " to combat theft by making it more difficult and less profitable to dispose of stolen property " . |
| 8 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
| 9 | Nothing here said denies that one reason for holding voluntary undertakings to be binding is to enable people to encourage reliance by committing themselves to a course of action . |
| 10 | Mr Colson , 61 , won the 1993 Templeton Prize for religion for his work as the founder of the Prison Fellowship , which seeks to rehabilitate prisoners by spreading the gospel in jails in the United States and 55 other countries . |
| 11 | The jury found Yousefi not guilty of attempting to obtain £43,225 by applying for a loan in the name of Garawand to buy his own home . |
| 12 | Yousefi was found not guilty of attempting to obtain £43,225 by applying for a loan in the name of Garawand to buy his home . |
| 13 | They also intend to increase yields by providing tractors , pumps and other machinery with their project aid . |
| 14 | Through a major media campaign it is seeking to obtain funds by raising public awareness of the museum 's past history . |
| 15 | Cheap newsprint ; new technology which made it possible to attract readers by printing illustrations relatively cheaply ; growing mass literacy , at least in western Europe ; mass newspaper readerships ; a resulting growth of mass public feeling , often emotional and volatile , on international questions : all these were now adding another element to the changing picture of relations between the European states . |
| 16 | There is no need to attract readers by displaying books in good condition — so that this motivation to bind is removed . |
| 17 | We have sought to encourage savings by abolishing the investment income surcharge and by introducing tax-exempt special savings accounts . |
| 18 | The budget aimed to increase revenue by raising corporate taxes steeply , increasing excise duties on luxury goods and introducing fresh measures aimed at attracting remittances from Indians abroad and reducing tax evasion . |
| 19 | Indeed , it will soon be necessary to increase capacity by introducing a new numbering system : on Easter Sunday 1995 nearly every number in the UK will change — a ‘ 1 ’ will be inserted as the second digit in any number that starts with ‘ 0 ’ . |
| 20 | Encourage families to observe Lent by making conscious sacrifices in their lives . |
| 21 | Some companies help employees ' spouses to find work by contacting Jobcentres or the local Chamber of Commerce . |
| 22 | programs which allow the user to request functions by choosing from a list of options . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've got a decent team but no-one here is going to tempt fate by saying what we can and ca n't win . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We 've got a decent team but no-one here is going to tempt fate by saying what we can and ca n't win . ’ |
| 25 | It is the Labour party which wants to increase tax by extending national insurance . |
| 26 | It did not want any kind of disorder to be filmed , including unparliamentary behaviour by Members ( or even Members trying to attract attention by wearing fancy dress or clothes bearing slogans ) , and it therefore recommended that in all cases of disruption or disorder the director should cut to wide-angle shots , which would not show the offending incident , or to the occupant of the Chair . |
| 27 | After a long wait they tried to attract attention by sounding their horns . |
| 28 | 2.4 It is Department of Education and Science ( DES ) policy , and is enshrined in National Curriculum documents on modern foreign languages , ‘ to encourage diversification by widening the choice of first foreign languages available ’ in schools . |
| 29 | The new mayor of Los Angeles , to be elected on June 8th , may well seek to revive RLA by picking a replacement for Mr Ueberroth from such a quarter . |
| 30 | René Descartes , who attempted to discover truth by doubting everything he could manage to doubt , described the first principle of his method like this in A Discourse on Method , ‘ The first rule was never to accept anything for true which I did not clearly know to be such ; that is to say … to comprise nothing more in my judgement than what was presented to my mind so clearly and distinctly as to exclude all ground of doubt . ’ |