Example sentences of "[conj] by making " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strip any leaves from the portion to be buried , and then expose some of the inner tissues near a node by scraping bark from the underside , twisting the stem to break some of the fibres , or by making a long sloping cut into the centre of the stem to form a ‘ tongue ’ , held open with a matchstick . |
| 2 | Lawsuits , as everyone knows , can prove very costly so it is preferable to seek to win your case by other means : by influencing public opinion , by making your case to officials and politicians , or by making representations at public inquiries . |
| 3 | In summary , systems concepts and principles can , with a little imagination and effort , be utilised to good effect in virtually any situation , including those where computer systems development is taking place , either in the limited sense described above , or by making use of the full SSM package to put such developments into an organisational and social context . |
| 4 | Because of the nature of deliberate self-poisoning and the type of individuals involved , some patients may be reluctant to adopt a problem-solving approach to their difficulties , perhaps preferring rapid , if in the long-term unhelpful , solutions , such as dealing with tension by abusing alcohol or drugs , or by making hasty major decisions . |
| 5 | Then he made this behaviour steadily more difficult for his birds by challenging them with blasts of air , or baths filled with water , or by making them push past weighted doors . |
| 6 | To save the shot , you can then do one of two things : reframe the shot to exclude the sky , perhaps by moving to an angle where the sky is obscured by a building ; or , correct for the backlight either by pressing the backlight button or by making a manual adjustment to the iris ( depending on which facility is provided on your machine ) . |
| 7 | Correct for backlight by pressing backlight button or by making manual adjustments to iris ( depending on model ) . |
| 8 | Parents , apparently desperate to seek attention , fool doctors into believing their youngsters are suffering from illnesses , either by faking symptoms or by making them sick . |
| 9 | In industry the purpose of this process is to make work more interesting , through the restructuring of the components of a work role — either by increasing the number of operations that each worker has to perform or by making changes from one activity to another more frequent . |
| 10 | On the other hand , changes can often be made in the textile process which can have a beneficial effect on the effluent , either by reducing the volume or strength or by making it more treatable . |
| 11 | Obviously where an agency contractual or ostensible has been created and the agent behaves improperly , whether by exercising undue influence upon or by making false representations to the surety , then the creditor will be held vicariously responsible for and affected by the acts of the agent committed in the execution of the agency . |
| 12 | Increasing further the proportion of owner-occupiers could be achieved by giving substantial inducements to potential owners , or by making the public rented sector less attractive , as is being done in a variety of ways in the late 1980s by the Conservative administration . |
| 13 | The trustee must within seven days of the last date for proving ( see section 6 above ) deal with every creditor 's proof by admitting it or rejecting it in whole or in part or by making such provision as he thinks fit in respect of it ( r 11.3(1) ) . |
| 14 | The module manager may inhibit deletion in the interim period by introducing a package into the database to explicitly select the issues of any module not to be removed or by making the module versions ‘ preferred ’ ( see Module Version Deletion Rules below ) . |
| 15 | The nomination latency is the time period within which the module manager may inhibit deletion of the specific module version by introducing a package into the database to explicitly select this version or by making the version preferred . |
| 16 | The semiconductor design right is , by section 226(1) of the 1988 Act , the exclusive right to reproduce the design by making articles to that design or by making a design document ( which includes data stored in a computer ) recording the design for the purpose of enabling such articles to be made . |
| 17 | The principle indicated in those cases was a long way from the circumstances of the present case and was far from warranting the conclusion that by making a photocopy of a document which in the hands of the maker of the photocopy was not privileged , and then sending the photocopy to a solicitor for the purposes of obtaining advice , privilege was thereby cast on the copy sent to the soicitor . |
| 18 | It rested on two basic assumptions : that Britain 's power and influence in the world depended upon a sound economy ; and that by making the fullest use of nuclear weapons , missiles , and modern transport aircraft , men and money could be saved for the country 's economic benefit . |
| 19 | They saw it as a betrayal of their promise that by making a full confession Blake would be more leniently treated and felt that such a heavy sentence would deter any future traitors from confessing . |
| 20 | It will do you no good to try and keep away from the hub of activity and hope that by making no impression you will not make a bad impression . |
| 21 | It was never expected that such measures would cause a transfer of car users to the bike , but it was hoped that by making the route safer and more comfortable , recreational use of the route might rise and parental objections to children cycling to school might diminish . |
| 22 | He is sceptical about the moral value of teaching the classics or serious contemporary fiction and poetry : ‘ Indeed , it is immodest to propose that by making people read these things we are improving them , ethically or civically . |
| 23 | It seems that by making such an open and emphatic declaration of her beliefs , Karla Fohrbeck has brought about her own political isolation . |
| 24 | The Council of Europe stayed its hand , and the Seventh Session of the Conference found that by making two small amendments to the service provisions of the 1905 text ( the definition of ‘ autorité compétente ’ in Article 2 , so as to include solicitors ; an addition to Article 3 providing for the supply of two copies of the document to be served ) the Hague text could be made entirely acceptable to the British Government . |
| 25 | And she set out to do just that by making the little budgie one of Britain 's most popular pets . |
| 26 | A judgement that an action is morally good is universalizable in the sense that by making such a judgement one commits oneself to holding that any relevantly similar action is morally good . |
| 27 | We discovered that by making permanent changes to their usual diets individuals felt that their general health improved dramatically ; they felt far better mentally , and they managed to lose those ugly pounds of flesh that had been slowing them down and stubbing their ego . |
| 28 | Is he referring to the deportations , or does he mean that by making life so miserable in the refugee camps people will leave voluntarily ? |
| 29 | One criticism of third normal form is that by making reference to other normal forms , hidden dependencies may not be revealed , BCNF does not make reference to other normal forms . |
| 30 | Antonio believes that by making Shylock in Act Four Scene one convert to Christianity he is saving his soul , however unwittingly he does not realise he is killing Shylock . |