Example sentences of "by acting [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acupuncture conceives of a kind of ‘ bioenergy ’ , which flows along channels in the body and can be manipulated by acting at particular points on those channels ( by needles , heat or pressure ) . |
| 2 | Many of them were local tradesmen who supplemented their living by acting as petty rural landlords . |
| 3 | Also , by acting as auxiliary counsellors for others , members of the group learn how to combat their own self-defeating attitudes and behaviour . |
| 4 | take seriously the possibility of institutional dominance posed by the existence of their own and other welfare organisations … they would be concerned to consider options for change which challenge the vested interest , or the market position of their organisation itself — for instance by acting as subordinate partner to other agencies in a cooperative venture . |
| 5 | My experiences suggest that an increasing number of doctors are becoming involved in the promotion of dubious treatments , either by acting as medical advisers to companies or through their association with clinics providing unorthodox treatments . |
| 6 | Nature was seen as a process of strife between divine cosmic powers and demoniacal chaotic powers in which humans were not just spectators but were obliged to play an active part in helping to bring about the required phenomena by acting in full unison with nature . |
| 7 | Hence any attempt at national chauvinism , by acting against foreign inward investment , would make it more difficult to argue in favour of British outward investment with foreign governments . |