Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view avoids the necessity of explaining how an increase in complexity can occur by denying that it happens , but only at the expense of supposing not only that there is a minute homunculus in the egg but that within that homonculus there is an egg containing a still more minute homonculus , and so on , in Chinese box fashion , ad infinitum — or , if not ad infinitum , at least back to Eve , who carried within her a sufficient number of successively smaller homunculi to account for all the future generations of mankind . |
| 2 | As it was , the ‘ smokeless shimmer of vapour ’ was so cooled by cleaning that it drifted across the river to cause mischief with the leadwork on Wren 's great dome . |
| 3 | This huge increase caused concern among many deputies , but Pavlov had justified it by saying that it took account of forthcoming wholesale price rises and would actually represent a fall in real terms . |
| 4 | Doreen , loyal to her role of concubine , had tried to cheer him up by saying that it had never been so good . |
| 5 | Downing Street sought to explain the decision by saying that it had not been on his diary anyway . |
| 6 | Most of these possibilities exclude animals but where they do not ( we might , for example , feel it appropriate to praise the sheepdog by saying that it has earned the right to a good meal ) the attribution is clearly analogical since it is based upon such a slim comparison with human capacity . |
| 7 | For example , to place the concept ‘ hypertext ’ in a semantic net , one might begin by saying that it contains documents , runs on computers , and serves users . |
| 8 | Secondly , it distorts the history of philosophy by assuming that it has been unchanging in its preoccupations and conceptualisations , which it clearly has not . |
| 9 | He performs the test and demonstrates that the evolving gas is carbon dioxide by showing that it turns lime water milky . |
| 10 | Dworkin 's theory of adjudication makes it clear that the function of the courts is limited to that of reaching decisions based upon arguments of principle , that is , arguments which justify a decision by showing that it secures or respects some individual or group right . |
| 11 | ‘ Conveyance ’ can be proved by describing the thing concerned and in cases of difficulty by showing that it comes within the definition of a conveyance as shown as B ( 3 ) ante . |
| 12 | The courts justified this vesting of managerial autonomy over the everyday business of the company in the hands of the directors by arguing that it flowed from the construction of a company 's articles of association which formed a contract between the members of the company . |
| 13 | During negotiations between Syria and Israel the head of the Syrian delegation , Muwaffaq al-Allaf , was reported to have raised immediately the issue of UN Resolution 242 , stating that Israel continued to distort the interpretation of the resolution by claiming that it did not demand a withdrawal from the occupied territories . |
| 14 | By recognising that it has more to learn from Hanson than to fear . |
| 15 | The monetary role enabled the coin to function properly as a coin by ensuring that it circulated smoothly and without interruption . |