Example sentences of "[conj] by [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation can be prevented by being prepared to release immediately if things start to go wrong , or by being ready to stop the wing coming up suddenly . |
| 2 | In apparent agreement with this idea , some subjects appeared to benefit from continual advances of their sleep/wake rhythm ( as though they were continually flying eastward ) or by being woken temporarily at about four o'clock in the morning to receive a burst of bright light for about an hour . |
| 3 | The two bodies are often at loggerheads , and there are constant disputes over methods : are the newcomers best served by direct absorption — being given money and subsidies for their first year and then left to cope on their own , or by being placed in one of the 38 Jewish Agency absorption centres . |
| 4 | It gets into water supplies in two ways : either from acid soils , where it becomes soluble at low pH ( there are huge amounts in the soil and these are washed out by acid rain where there is little organic matter to bind the aluminium ) , or by being deliberately added to peaty water to remove the suspended organic matter and make the water clear , by a similar chemical process . |
| 5 | The playback can he displayed either over the viewfinder so you can check your recordings as you go or by being connected to an external television screen or monitor . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't find inspiration from a popstar lifestyle or by being part of the establishment . |
| 7 | The initiations are encouraged by sniffing the fruit or by being shown a colour sample of red . |
| 8 | Would-be ambassadors thus continued to be trained , in so far as they were trained at all , by the time-honoured method of acting as secretaries to older and more experienced diplomats , or by being attached in some subordinate capacity to one of their country 's embassies abroad . |
| 9 | She hoped that she would not disgrace herself by fainting , or by being unable to help him through fear or disgust of what she might be seeing . |
| 10 | Of these , 55,000 were to be punished either by receiving prison sentences or by being sent to labour camps . |
| 11 | It could be eg. through the accreditation of prior learning which is fast gaining ground , or by being credited with a learning outcome or two , or by being placed on a more advanced module . |
| 12 | It could be eg. through the accreditation of prior learning which is fast gaining ground , or by being credited with a learning outcome or two , or by being placed on a more advanced module . |
| 13 | Where any Member is unavoidably absent from the House on that day , through sickness or by being abroad , the scrutineers will make arrangements to receive their votes . |
| 14 | At the lowest levels this does not matter : syllables can be identified from the text , and syllables group into clitic phrases , consisting of one lexically stressed syllable and any unstressed syllables which are immediately associated with it , either by being in the same word or by being proclitic or enclitic to it . |
| 15 | And so , Nicodemus learned that it was n't by reformation , trying to make himself better , or by being religious , but he need regeneration , that 's what regeneration means . |
| 16 | I do n't know how the problem can be circumvented , except by being so much better than your opponent that even the most biased referee is forced to acknowledge your scores . |
| 17 | I ca n't help Ana except by being a friend and that 's not enough . |
| 18 | He did n't employ an architect or surveyor , hoping that by being on the job and so closely involved , he ‘ could control things not being removed ’ . |
| 19 | Note how much more upright his rig is compared to B's , and also that by being further underneath the boom , it is easier to apply pressure to the mast foot . |
| 20 | The tradesman who put him there knew this , and hoped that by being removed to such unfamiliar and unpleasant surroundings his debtor would soon see the sense of agreeing to do what would immediately return him to the comparative comfort of his own home , namely to surrender , in settlement of his debt , the real estate which the law did not allow the trader to touch . |
| 21 | They suggested that by being out at night the young women had contributed in some way to their own rapes , even though they were merely returning by bus to their homes . |
| 22 | The central belief is that by being immersed in , and contributing to , the life of reason , one can attain a truer level of understanding and perspective on the world than is ordinarily available through personal experience . |
| 23 | It amazes me how so many Liverpool people seem to think that by being born here ( which none of us have any control over ) people who ‘ get on ’ should be obligated to Liverpool for ever more . |
| 24 | There is no better way of establishing the sea than by being lunged and it is a great pity that beginner riders are so frequently taught by the most junior members of staff . |
| 25 | Thus there is a move towards active documents , where part of a document ( for instance a table ) can be generated by running a program rather than by being wired in . |
| 26 | I saw how protective he is about her , and how could he protect her better than by being married to her . |
| 27 | Whether ground was distinguished from sky in any other way than by being outlined against it the evidence so far cited does not tell us , but probably some trees and flowers were shown on it , and it may have had something in the nature of shading . |
| 28 | We do believe however that mutually rewarding relationships with colleagues , with pupils and with the parents of our pupils can only really be developed within their local political context , rather than by being researched , reported on and learned about in the abstract . |
| 29 | He can create overall rhythms and within them short phrase rhythms , but the basis of them all is that they exist in groups and by being efficient in action and appropriate to the context give pleasure to both the performer and the onlooker . ’ |
| 30 | You can minimise disappointment by calling the airline ( toll-free ) to check availability , and by being ready to switch at the last moment to a different , less popular destination . |