Example sentences of "[adv] by [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'd get on better by being nice to the girl . |
| 2 | Until , like a jet of cold water , she remembered Didi Lombard 's words ; ‘ … you 'd get on better by being nice to the girl … you could have her eating out of your hand . ’ |
| 3 | A company does not obtain the exemption merely by being dormant . |
| 4 | I managed to stay out of debt , but only by being careful . |
| 5 | Not just by being friendly , but by talking your language . |
| 6 | Most temperate species tolerate subzero temperatures to one degree or another , initially by avoiding tissue freezing but also by being able to tolerate and contain ice in their tissues . |
| 7 | A possible third — over-exposure to specialised and/or volatile funds , can be eliminated simply by being cautious . |
| 8 | It might be thought that such social constraints would be likely , simply by being social , to be culturally variable , and thus of no great interest to a general ( or universal ) pragmatic theory . |
| 9 | Therefore this was a battle now as he understood a battle , however mangled beforehand by being half-decided at a distance . |
| 10 | Mike Gatting has tried to help him , sometimes by being brutal . |
| 11 | I had to accept the fact that he was an individualist , and that for him the only tolerable war was one in which he felt he was making some personal contribution — personal , but never ‘ glory-seeking ’ , as he had made clear in 1940 , not least by being prepared to postpone obtaining his commission . |
| 12 | The biggest savings will obviously be made by people who use most water now , either by being wasteful , by having several people in the household , and/or by using appliances like dishwashers . |
| 13 | In the case of the latter report , this illustrates that the " least favoured regions " are almost exclusively large agricultural areas on the periphery of the Community in contrast to the " most favoured " regions which are characterised either by being large administrative/service centres or by containing large industrial concentrations . |