Example sentences of "by [verb] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ModComp , an AEG AG subsidiary , claims that it is possible to re-use some of the routines of previous real-time applications by recompiling and modifying them . |
| 2 | Cracking in dry weather can be prevented by mulching and ensuring there is a good ground cover . |
| 3 | If you were close to the patient before his stroke , and were used to showing him affection by touching and kissing him , and if you still feel the same warmth for him despite his illness , you can help his morale greatly by continuing to behave as before , even if he seems not to respond . |
| 4 | When cooking , many people check the contents of for example bottles and packages by smelling or tasting them . |
| 5 | However , by gaining that trust we can look forward with confidence . |
| 6 | Labov 's interpretation of this irregularity is that it shows the Lower-middle class to be instrumental in diffusing a change throughout the speech community by adopting and emulating what is in fact an innovatory pattern introduced by a higher-status group ( Labov 1972a : 122 ) . |
| 7 | Some insects are able to improve the circulation of air by inflating and deflating their abdomens with a muscular pumping action . |
| 8 | This will allow them to make a substantial contribution to the local economy by utilising and developing their particular skills . |
| 9 | By intensifying and controlling his livestock and introducing arable crops , the farmer must plan carefully to ensure that the natural cycle of return continues to operate evenly over the whole of his land . |
| 10 | If the child obeys within ( say ) ten seconds , follow the behaviour with clear and predictable consequences ; do likewise if he/she disobeys by refusing or ignoring you over that time period . |
| 11 | Add extra fun to your hobby and greater nutrients for your fish by hatching and growing your own Brine-shrimp . |
| 12 | Children who were presented with a nonsense syllable alongside more and less in a variety of contexts made it contrast with more and less by adding or subtracting much smaller amounts ; by adding or subtracting everything ; by introducing some quite different manipulation ( stirring , flicking , rolling , tossing up and down , mixing both piles together ) , and so on . |
| 13 | When he was not flying he kept himself busy by designing and building his own fighter with parts ‘ cannibalised ’ from scrapped and battle damaged aircraft . |
| 14 | When the Cordorys had finished landscaping their garden , they decided to add the finishing touches and brighten it up by designing and making their own garden furniture |
| 15 | However , by assimilating and making their own so many Greek gods , literary conventions , artistic forms , philosophical ideas and social customs , they put themselves and the Greeks in a unique reciprocal situation ; the more so because they made their own language an instrument of thought which could rival Greek and render Greek ideas with remarkable precision ( though the Greeks never quite accepted the fact ) . |
| 16 | But this problem is to be tackled by improving and extending our theories and not by recording an endless list of aimless observations . |
| 17 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |
| 18 | Thin silk cords and silver chains hung down from the nets , which Apanage adjusting by pulling and tweaking them . |
| 19 | announcement every time there 's a delivery and the brother who 's giving the announcements on a Tuesday or a Thursday , whenever they meet , he , he says that we have new magazines tonight brothers and he may hold them up and said you know , that they 're this and that and lovely , beautiful magazines Jehovah doing so well now through his organization and he 's presenting us with , with erm marvellous erm appealing literature , he holds them up and says we 're , we 're , we 're able to get your magazines tonight and er we would like you to get them straight out at me , and they 're still there two or three weeks later , your magazines , this is a way we can stay spiritually awake , is by going and getting them straight away , not for the benefit of the brothers , poor old brother who is on the job and he 's wondering why , are they gon na come and fetch my magazines or not , but because we need to devour that spiritual feeling , we need to keep up to date with everything that Jehovah 's providing us with . |
| 20 | How many people try to compensate for a sense of inadequacy or restore their personal confidence by going and buying themselves something whenever they feel miserable ? |
| 21 | The people in Nepal are Hindus or Buddhists and they believe that they can get to God by going and praying lots of times , chanting , putting special dye on their cheeks , on their erm foreheads and making sacrifices . |
| 22 | You are responsible for maximising performance by supporting and developing your people and for carrying out the full range of managerial duties and checks as prescribed . |
| 23 | Orthodox Muslims consider that an Ahmadi defiles the Prophet 's name by speaking or writing it . |
| 24 | Brown was found guilty after trial of assaulting Mr Kelly , 23 , by punching and kicking him about the head and body , seizing hold of him , stabbing him on the body with a knife and to the danger of his life . |
| 25 | The secret of this trick is in the preparation of the rings by cutting and resticking them . |
| 26 | A dog will generally give an indication of its intention to bite , by growling and curling its lips first . |
| 27 | The subjects are assisting the researcher by observing and recording their own activities . |
| 28 | The local authority can discharge this responsibility either by running or managing its own homes , known colloquially as ‘ Part 3 homes ’ or by sponsoring residents in homes provided by the private and voluntary sector . |
| 29 | She had set much store by retaining or restoring her relations with these men , and thought she knew why . |
| 30 | When Polish priests protested at these measures and at the attempt by schools ' inspectors to interfere in religious instruction , the government responded by arresting and exiling them . |