Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] by [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government plan to help private operators by robbing the Railworkers ' Pension Fund of millions of pounds to subsidize their operations for passenger and freight on a scale that B R have never ever known . |
| 2 | The writer of the previous essay plan has demonstrated advanced skills by selecting the information or facts relevant to the question and presenting it in a logical argument . |
| 3 | The Labour government of 1974 continued and expanded regional policies by establishing a multiplicity of job creation schemes in an effort to stem the rising tide of unemployment . |
| 4 | They were able to do this partly because some of the messages were generalized enough to allow virtually any interpretation , and partly because messages sometimes combined minute practical detail with broad general principle , allowing teachers to feel they were taking a step in the right direction by changing the surface appearance of their practice without altering its substance . |
| 5 | We conclude that the muscle autonomously defines the synaptic site , whereas the motor neuron directs the development of the muscle 's receptive field by stimulating the synthesis and localization of transmitter receptors . |
| 6 | Labour has claimed ministers such as Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley , Portillo , and Michael Howard , who were associated with the Thatcherite ‘ no turning back ’ group , have gained wider political support by using the review to reinvigorate Conservative thinking about privatisation and ‘ marketisation ’ . |
| 7 | This necessitates two complementary approaches to the study of chemical weathering : thermodynamics considers the ultimately stable forms by analysing the energy changes involved in chemical reactions , while kinetics focuses on rates and mechanisms of change . |
| 8 | You could , for instance , practise a little low cunning by selecting a range of plants which , though happy in harsh conditions , have a luxuriant look . |
| 9 | The trip was conducted in a cordial atmosphere , and Roh expressed satisfaction that the Chinese government had signalled its willingness to assist with the process of Korean reunification by assuming the role of " honest broker " . |
| 10 | A 21-year old university student , Lim Su Kyong , was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment on Feb. 5 for making an unauthorized trip to North Korea to promote Korean reunification by attending the 13th World Youth and Student Festival held in Pyongyang in July 1989 [ see p. 36816 ] . |
| 11 | At the economic level by avoiding the separation of accumulation from production and so giving the working class control of the social surplus product . |
| 12 | The Act aimed to reinforce rather than to diminish parental responsibility by requiring the presence of parents in court and by increasing the courts ' powers to require parents to pay fines for their children 's offences . |
| 13 | It was developed at the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research by crossing a wild Asian banana with a Brazilian variety . |
| 14 | ‘ Rehearsal ’ mode or its equivalent is also very useful , as it saves the head-drum and tape from unnecessary wear by displaying the scene to be shot in the viewfinder without the camcorder needing to be held in record-pause while takes are being lined up . |
| 15 | That remaining difference , it can be argued , is the cost of insuring against political , financial and economic risks by using a wide range of debt instruments . |
| 16 | The ARC was defensive — its own existence being threatened by the Region administration , and was in no mood to rock the political boat by publishing a ‘ sensitive ’ report , i.e. one which revealed the inadequacies of their own policies , and would incur the displeasure of the corporate investors in the region . |
| 17 | Smith has just completed a very successful 1992 campaign , winning all the domestic honours plus a £5 million European bonus by reaching the final stages of the European Cup . |
| 18 | ‘ Importance is attached to the principle that a shareholder should be able to protect his proportion of the total equity by having the opportunity to subscribe for any new issue for cash of equity capital or securities having an equity element . ’ |
| 19 | I have no wish to intrude my feelings upon the many bereaved people who insert such notices , but I ask myself — why do they invite me to intrude upon their private grief by inserting the notice in that most public of places , the newspaper ? |
| 20 | Current revolutionary activity in the sub-continent is referred to as the ‘ Second War of Independence ’ : the nineteenth-century fight to gain political emancipation by ousting the Spanish has been succeeded by the struggle to achieve economic liberation by discarding the yoke of imperialism . |
| 21 | If law is to be used as ‘ an instrument for casting an alternative political vote by exposing the decision making process to contending views of public necessity ’ ( Lewis and Harden , 1982 , p. 68 ) , the most obvious way in which such an aim might be pursued is through the development of a test case strategy . |
| 22 | And though previous Starlings singles were pretty much pallid takes on the Mary Chain 's one wonderful trick , the screwed-up-sex prowl of ‘ Sick Puppy ’ radically twists — and improves — on old attempts by pushing the ominous bass and sliding beat upfront and not really bothering with guitars at all . |
| 23 | Believing that private meetings were potentially a greater threat to order than public gatherings for recreation , in 1618 James I 's government intervened in these cultural conflicts by publishing the Book of Sports , which enjoined the laity to participate in a range of sporting and leisure activities on Sundays . |
| 24 | enriching the environment of the child 's cultural heritage by balancing the black community response to its heritage . |
| 25 | Social anthropology addresses cultural ideologies by using a variety of methods , including community observation and ethnographic interviewing . |
| 26 | Imagineers are dedicated to maintaining the fantasy element of architectural experience by employing a kind of pixie dust that includes reducing — or increasing — the scale of buildings ( as in movie cartoons ) to give a feeling of make-believe , and by dribbling a large amount of twinkling , carnival-like lighting throughout . |
| 27 | He is known to have resided there and in 1480 he extended his Craven estates by buying the manor of Carleton in Craven and associated land from William Singleton . |
| 28 | He is known to have resided there and in 1480 he extended his Craven estates by buying the manor of Carleton in Craven and associated land from William Singleton . |
| 29 | Whitaker justified his position as favourite for the Toyota British Horsemaster by collecting the £3,300 cheque — but only after Marie Edgar had thrown away her chance . |
| 30 | We are told a fairly accurate and terrifying glimpse can be obtained of ‘ our ’ Public Enemies by examining the convicted and imprisoned population . |