Example sentences of "by [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the party insults the English , the only ethnic group in which it holds a majority , by hinting to the Scots that the party might be compelled to consider giving the English their democratic entitlement of seats if the Scots have devolution . |
| 2 | As far as I understand from the gossip there 's nothing 'll come out of it by goin' to the polis ; it 's got to come from Parliament . |
| 3 | Divorce , prostitution and women 's emancipation were designated as outside the parameters of political discourse , and MPs customarily prefaced speeches on these topics by apologizing to the house for intruding on parliamentary time . |
| 4 | He is to learn about the troubles of his early life by interviewing the servants of the family and by submitting to the interviews of psychoanalysis . |
| 5 | By submitting to the cabinet the so-called Mosley Memorandum of 1930 , he brought matters to a head . |
| 6 | If by submitting to the one guilt he could evade all suspicion upon the worse count … he is quite shrewd enough , I fancy , to make the choice and quite durable enough to abide it . |
| 7 | That turkey has got one chance of avoiding jail , just one , and that chance is by proving to the judge that he 's cleaned up his act . |
| 8 | ‘ This cheapens the value of human life by pandering to the gruesome , ’ says Californian sociology professor Tod Griffin . |
| 9 | Skilled negotiators avoid using irritators such as these and keep the emotional temperature down by sticking to the facts . |
| 10 | By sticking to the rules of keeping rhythm , balance and impulsions and allowing the fences to come to you , the horse is given the chance to jump athletically and can alter his stride if necessary . |
| 11 | By sticking to the model agreement the landowner can keep CGT and IT reliefs . |
| 12 | We tried to avoid such adventures by sticking to the deeper channels and harbours , but some guests demanded we anchor in the shallower lagoons where the rays glided above the bright sand and the grey snappers schooled and the barracudas patrolled . |
| 13 | But , claims the Greenpeace report , even by sticking to the licences the Filthy Fifty would : |
| 14 | By sticking to the same route , your dog will become familiar with its surroundings , and will be far less likely to end up lost even if it strays away from you . |
| 15 | Dawyck Gardens could be an expensive taxi journey from Peebles as they are not on the back road to Innerleithen ; the Southern Upland Way is 212 miles long , not 202 ; Dunslair Heights can best be reached from Lee Pen by sticking to the ridge and taking a firebreak from the south ; and the suggested route from Byrness to Chew Green along Harden Edge saves no distance over the normal route outside the fence , while taking the walker one kilometre inside the MOD warning signs . |
| 16 | By sticking to the letter of the law , the spirit of the law may be lost . |
| 17 | And indeed I would submit that Leeds would find it difficult to actually accommodate the migration assumption which is w would be implied by sticking to the revised plan , mid-year estimate figure . |
| 18 | In Argentina , a near-moribund system is being revived by franchising to the private sector . |
| 19 | DIDS reduced the uptake current by 49 7% , probably by binding to the carrier 's anion-binding site . |
| 20 | Octamer transcription factors ( Oct or OTF ) are a subset of the POU family of transcription factors which regulate transcription of cellular and viral genes by binding to the octamer sequence motif ATGCAAAT . |
| 21 | It is , therefore , possible that NCp7 facilitates IN recognition of the DNA ends by binding to the DNA but leaving the ends exposed for IN cleavage and integration . |
| 22 | By binding to the EGF receptor , EGF exerts protean actions , including effects on wound healing , cellular proliferation , differentiation , and oncogenesis in the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 23 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 24 | While you , great George , for knowledge hunt , And sharp conductor change for blunt The nation 's out of joint : Franklin a wiser course pursues And all your thunder useless views , By keeping to the point . |
| 25 | Imperceptibly leading away to the right from the right hand cairn is the High Level Route , but if it all looks too daunting simply ascend Pillar by keeping to the ridge ( 1 mile ) . |
| 26 | To try to maintain " normal " bowel function by keeping to the patient 's own routine if possible , e.g. if a patient takes bran at breakfast , this should continue if not contra-indicated . |
| 27 | Ski free in France : eat and sleep rurally and ski touristically by driving to the resort each day . |
| 28 | Whether a mortgage is legal or equitable , the mortgagee can enforce his security by applying to the court for an order for foreclosure . |
| 29 | If someone has a judgment summons filed against them , but subsequently pays the debt , they can get a Certificate of satisfaction by applying to the court in which judgment was given originally , and paying 50p . |
| 30 | The topic of metaphor is too broad to receive a detailed treatment here ; let us simply say that a metaphor induces the hearer ( or reader ) to view a thing , state of affairs , or whatever , as being like something else , by applying to the former linguistic expressions which are more normally employed in references to the latter . |