Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Polled Sussex is a variety created by crossing with the Aberdeen Angus . |
| 2 | He and his party were ‘ not a bit inconvenienced by crowding or annoyed by rude remarks ’ . |
| 3 | A decision to save by building up money balances no longer carries with it the high opportunity cost that it once did . |
| 4 | It is a contract of insurance and the policy holder does have a part to play by maintaining the vehicle . |
| 5 | Preliminary counts suggested that only about 5% of the L1 posiutive cells in the lamina propria were neutrophils , a finding supported by staining for chloroactate esterase in the same sections . |
| 6 | This is most effectively demonstrated in the case of Sony 's Walkman , where the bass sound you hear is in effect a trick created by using cross-frequencies to ‘ synthesise ’ low bass in the mini-headphones ; it sounds low , but out loud there would be no real impact because it does n't actually exist ! |
| 7 | For every extra unit a retailer sells by modifying pricing or advertising strategies , the manufacturer gains an amount given by the difference between the wholesale price and marginal production costs . |
| 8 | If one were to suggest to an electronics engineer that he might want to study how a circuit works by pulling bits out and observing changes in function his reaction would probably be one of horror ! |
| 9 | Habits of good manners , honesty and consideration for others , which a child acquires by imitating the good examples set by his parents , will stand him in good stead all his life . |
| 10 | Producing colours beyond these eight basic ones ( red , green , blue , cyan , yellow , magenta , black and white ) on a DeskJet works by fooling the eye . |
| 11 | It is a loneliness caused by having no one to talk with . |
| 12 | Then as a waiter passed by bearing a laden tray , he reached out swiftly and snatched up a glass of champagne . |
| 13 | In the sedimentation tube technique the particles are released simultaneously from the water surface , a process achieved by holding a 2–5 g sample on a platen by means of a wetting agent and lowering it into the water surface . |
| 14 | But I was beginning to wonder if Ipsarion had ever been climbed by uncloven feet , a suspicion intensified by studying the maps available in the local shops . |
| 15 | He retired early to care for his wife , but died of a tumour caused by breathing in asbestos dust . |
| 16 | The council sought an injunction to prevent a clergyman trespassing by holding services on the plaintiff 's seashore . |
| 17 | Was she the only person in the world who felt that love was too precious a commodity to cheapen by offering it as a stake in a game where the prize was emotional titillation ? |
| 18 | Well fo a at sixteen I went into the department that built the machines and er I was , I think it was bell was going for lunchtime and a lad come by says hello Taffy how you going on in here ? |
| 19 | If we drilled many boreholes into the aquifer and found the level of water in all of them , we could imagine a surface made by joining all the individual levels . |
| 20 | A person infringes by doing any of these acts without the licence of the registered proprietor . |
| 21 | The common law provided a form of self-help remedy to a person harmed by straying livestock by way of distress damage feasant . |
| 22 | Expenditure a person incurs by exercising an option in a contract is not expenditure incurred under that contract . |
| 23 | An optometrist can calculate the strength of glasses a person needs by judging the light reflected back from the retina . |
| 24 | She was followed in by Groomsport 's Grainne Gunn , in fourth place , in a race won by reigning British champion Rachel Godburn in a time of four hours , minutes . |
| 25 | He and business associate Benedict Marsh , both 28 , allegedly got a friend to help by tying them up in their room . |
| 26 | It would be well into the 1920s before the majority of geneticists began to concede that natural selection might have a role to play by regulating the spread of mutated characters within the population . |
| 27 | A woman went by pushing a child in a buggy and they yelled at her , grabbing their crotches and grinding their hips . |
| 28 | Serve with cinnamon custard or a sauce made by warming together some treacle and golden syrup with just a squeeze of lemon and a dash of syrup from the jar of stem ginger . |
| 29 | A train rattling by made her lift her head and look out of the window . |
| 30 | a game played by holding in the closed hand one or two items , the other player having to guess at the number . |