Example sentences of "[verb] by [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baffled by the elderly woman 's total animosity and unreasonable behaviour , she had at first responded by being anxiously deferential — abjectly agreeing to every outrageous demand on her husband 's precious time , despite not seeing very much of him herself . |
| 2 | Since she had begun by taking charge he had let her continue doing so , and had responded by being more feckless , lazier and more contrary than he was by nature . |
| 3 | ‘ What does s/he achieve by being so defiant ? |
| 4 | While it is true that the spores can easily hop over the garden fence , and there is not a lot to be done about sources of infection further along the road , much can be done by being entirely ruthless in cleaning up your fallen leaves and rose debris . |
| 5 | The composition of the new cabinet announced in February 1957 constituted Franco 's attempt to resolve the dilemma he faced by being both immobile and innovative at the same time ! |
| 6 | It is perhaps that Gautier is intent on being ‘ hard ’ ; is intent on conveying a certain verity of feeling , and he ends by being truly poetic . |
| 7 | Laud , who was Visitor of All Souls College , Oxford , had him made a Fellow there , overruling the objections of the Warden of the College , Gilbert Sheldon , that he was disqualified by being too young and held only a degree from Cambridge . |
| 8 | encouraging the other people involved to reciprocate by being equally open about their objectives |
| 9 | According to Hanan ( 1969 ) , a venture team is characterized by being relatively small , by being composed of members from various functional areas working full-time on the project , by being willing to take risks , by having a broad objective that is not well defined at the start , by having sufficient resources , by being segregated from the permanent organization , and by having great freedom with a minimum of corporate rules and regulations . |
| 10 | For both capacities-though feared by men-are largely unrealised . |
| 11 | People who maybe started by being genuinely forgetful of the date on which they had promised to pay later and then , when they became too dangerously indebted , developed a sense of cunning in their schemes to evade their obligations ? |
| 12 | We are best served by being very good in a relatively narrow field . |
| 13 | Standardisation is effected by being scrupulously methodical and adopting a standard route and pattern of inspection examining thoroughly and carefully every surface and every item in turn . |
| 14 | The sensation provoked by being under prolonged bombardment by heavy guns is something essentially personal and subjective ; firsthand accounts cover a wide range of experience . |
| 15 | You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being completely honest , even if you feel your devotional life is in a mess . |
| 16 | But their definition of ‘ mother ’ begins by being pretty flexible . |
| 17 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 18 | She reacts by being more demanding . |