Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Most of those affected managed to avoid closing down state government and making their employees redundant by drawing on their reserves , although 10,000 non-essential state employees were laid off in Maine and 20,000 in Connecticut as state government was temporarily reduced to health and safety functions only . |
| 32 | If the public decides to hold more cash and smaller bank deposits , the banks will need to replenish the cash in their tills by drawing on their balances at the Bank of England . |
| 33 | More fundamentally , the new Spanish-American narrative challenges Eurocentrism by expressing a Third-World experience and by drawing on its own local cultural tradition . |
| 34 | In these instances , the stress is on an individual 's ability to bear misfortune stoically , to overcome hardship by drawing on one 's internal resources . |
| 35 | It is , however , by drawing on his own past performances , from Aldwych farce to Newman Noggs , from Volpone to Vershinin , that he gives real substance to the evening . |
| 36 | Even as she said it , she recognised what she was doing — attempting to put some distance between them by drawing in her daughter , as a shield . |
| 37 | There was no definable shape to the bulge yet — in fact , I could make the bulge nonexistent by drawing in my muscles . |
| 38 | Mrs. Millings put his mind at rest about injuries by struggling to her feet . |
| 39 | That is the nature of the self-punishment which Britain inflicted on itself by maintaining in its law the assertion that citizens of other countries , wholly independent and acknowledging a different head of state , were nevertheless in every respect members of the single category of ‘ British subjects ’ , possessing within the United Kingdom the rights that attach to that category . |
| 40 | By gazing towards him yet avoiding eye-contact , she is showing non-compliance . |
| 41 | Parish council clerk Herbert Booty said gipsies had knocked down 200 saplings on the county council-owned land by driving through them to get onto the land . |
| 42 | Lingfield councillor Alan Robinson has written to Darlington police asking them to step up patrols round Presto 's car park in Yarm Road after reports that youths are disturbing nearby residents by driving around it late at night . |
| 43 | This can best be understood by reverting to our previous example concerning a furnished tenancy . |
| 44 | Kolbe , like Belling , continued to be awarded public commissions after 1945 the former with the unobjectionable mild classicism of his female nudes , the latter by reverting to his abstract beginnings . |
| 45 | By cheating on their taxes the rich are not only exploiting the system themselves but increasing the pressure on those that ca n't afford alternatives |
| 46 | By cheating on me . |
| 47 | Jack spared her the agony of making a decision by appearing behind her , helmet in hand . |
| 48 | We had to placate them by appearing in what they thought was acceptable guise . |
| 49 | You see , by starting with it you emphasise the wholly hopeful , optimistic expectations the words imply and then , by ending with it , you can stress the double-edged sword quality : the irony . |
| 50 | So IBM is publicly sticking to OS/2 , though it is also quietly hedging its bets by incorporating into its grand scheme other products with many of the same capabilities . |
| 51 | Gaston , however , disposed of the latest invaders and then commemorated his double success over the heathens by incorporating into his portal the figures of two Saracens in chains and oriental costume , to be seen still hunched submissively at the foot of the central pillar of the doorway as if having to bear all its weight . |
| 52 | To this end , unbeknown to the millions who have brought about the event , Jesus Christ has been cast in the role of a surrogate Created God , and by ascribing to him all that goodness that they wish to preserve , those who profess the Christian faith , have been doing just what the concept of the Created God requires , and what this book advocates , except that they have deified a single historical individual , Jesus Christ , instead of an abstract conception drawing its being from a myriad of sources . |
| 53 | If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving . |
| 54 | ‘ It gives them a feeling of self worth by contributing to their local community . |
| 55 | In principle we accept that people should be helped to provide for their own needs in old age by contributing throughout their working life to a pension scheme . |
| 56 | The research of Rowe and Lambert ( 1973 ) undoubtedly led to a major reform in child care policy and practice by documenting through its research findings the plight of children in care , of whom more than 50 per cent were accommodated in residential settings . |
| 57 | England bowling West Indies course for their second cup victory on their back caught by snaring in his opening |
| 58 | The charm of the Coulin Forest is best appreciated by walking through it . |
| 59 | ‘ Stiff knee , ’ he said , watching for obstacles he might only know about by walking into them . |
| 60 | feel the skin and smell the life , by walking into it , then |