Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money . |
| 2 | This forces them to expand beyond their resting length , both braking the fall and supplying energy , which the muscles can retrieve by contracting just after footfall . |
| 3 | It is well known that each vessel contributes to movement of the lymph by contracting once every 6–10 seconds in response to being gorged with fluid from the vessel upstream . |
| 4 | " Flexibility " is also enhanced by contracting out peripheral or noncore functions . |
| 5 | Timber-frame construction is , however , naturally energy-saving , and the Thamesmead houses have been designed to maximise the heat available by pitching as many roofs as possible to the south , and placing rooflights strategically to let in the heat of the sun , according to Geoffrey Wigfall of Wigfall Group Practice . |
| 6 | You do n't want to start by bellowing so loudly that people shrink in alarm . |
| 7 | In effect , we will complete each theory by articulating both their criterion of responsibility and their test for the limits of obligations , so that they may face each other as fully prepared contestants for the honour of being liberal theories of contract law . |
| 8 | A printed DXF file is quickly recognisable by consisting mainly of a narrow strip of short lines down the left hand margin of each page , usually a large number of pages , and a great deal of white paper . |
| 9 | Remove stubborn marks by scrubbing lightly with a nail brush , using warm water and soap suds . |
| 10 | Usually she tried to evade such duties , by hanging around in the bathroom or in her bedroom ; she loathed the tedious , repetitive business of the house . |
| 11 | She was n't used to inactivity , and Deveraugh had n't helped any by hanging around . |
| 12 | If I can lever myself by hanging on to this … . |
| 13 | But the left can not be equally self-serving by hanging on to absolutes . |
| 14 | There is an urge to recapture the missing person in some way by hanging on to memories , and treasures . |
| 15 | Only one or two young are born at a time and they are transported in an unusual manner by the mother — by hanging on to her greatly elongated teats . |
| 16 | If the nuclear missiles are militarily useless , why risk alienating the West by hanging on to them ? |
| 17 | ‘ John has a better chance of being released if the kidnappers realize there is nothing to be gained by hanging on to him . |
| 18 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 19 | My tiny kitchen has been given a rustic look by hanging up a hop bine from a farm , and a string of onions ( 99p ) adds the finishing touch . |
| 20 | We get rid of flies with fly-spray and by hanging up fly-paper . |
| 21 | Was Costello simply upping his profile as a serious performer by hanging out with egghead musicians whose forte is Shostakovich rather than Chuck Berry ? |
| 22 | I had a damp cigarette in the shelter of a doorway — but there was nothing to be gained by hanging about here and I set off , squelching at every step , along the road to Shiel Bridge . |
| 23 | The economists did n't get to this position by hanging back and wingeing from the sidelines . |
| 24 | Deer ruin their chances of being awesome beasts , providing a rare and special experience to those who spot them , by standing in massive herds all along the verge of the A9 looking glum , and grouse lose points for frightening you half to death by crashing out of the heather from under your feet screeching like banshees . |
| 25 | Rather than spend eight hours a day gathering firewood , they will conserve fuel by cooking less frequently or more communally . |
| 26 | As a composer and conductor he was entirely self-taught , gaining experience by singing in and directing church choirs . |
| 27 | Before 823 , there is no mention of Judith 's influence : assorted scraps of evidence thereafter attest her efforts to bolster her own position by collaborating closely ( some said , too closely ) with her husband 's chief counsellors . |
| 28 | To cope with the Gaullist surge ( and with the communist threat on their other flank ) , the centrist parties committed to the status quo made a virtue of necessity by banding together to form what they called the " Third Force " . |
| 29 | Only in areas remote from this authority , as in isolated mining settlements , or where the state was itself weak , as in the United States , could bourgeois masters exercise that sort of direct rule , whether by command over the local forces of public authority , by private armies of Pinkerton men , or by banding together in armed groups of ‘ vigilantes ’ to maintain ‘ order ’ . |
| 30 | concentrating on areas where significant exploration potential has been identified and , where appropriate , reducing exploration exposure by farming out ; |