Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there are conflicting practices ( as there were in this case ) , negligence is not established by proving that the defendant has not followed one practice . |
| 2 | Journalists whose by-lines are on defamatory stories can exculpate themselves by proving that the defamation was added to their copy without their consent ( a common occurrence where the sting emanates from clumsy sub-editing ) . |
| 3 | We can begin here by reflecting that the account so far given of the internal culture of the academic community is somewhat misleading . |
| 4 | Unlike Catholic churches , which had been primarily places of sacrifice , Protestant churches were essentially arenas for the exposition of scripture , and the new auditory style was more appropriate for services dominated by preaching and the reading of the Word . |
| 5 | So one of the purposes of research is to find things out by seeing if the world can be investigated using a particular set of assumptions , a particular perspective or a particular approach , trying to see if they yield promising and interesting findings , answer problems that preoccupy researchers , and so on . |
| 6 | The Canadian courts have taken the first step , by accepting that the media has a qualified privilege to publish information ( which later turns out to be false ) about a possible public health hazard . |
| 7 | Macmillan played on Kennedy 's political instincts by suggesting that a failure to honour Eisenhower 's Polaris pledge could sink the Macmillan Government and lead to the election of an anti-American alternative , either Conservative or Labour — anti-Americanism not being confined to one party . |
| 8 | Wilkinson illustrates his conclusion by suggesting that a comparison of the optical company and the plating company displays the folly of the notion that de-skilling and increased management control over production processes necessarily leads to increases in efficiency . |
| 9 | Perhaps wisely , Robert Fullerton did not insist on that particular post , and offered the politician an easier alternative , though one considerably inferior in value to that of an inspector of customs , by suggesting that a lieutenancy of marines might be had through political interest . |
| 10 | He called for the formation of an Association " to keep a jealous eye over their interests , educational , moral and social , " and concluded his speech by suggesting that a committee be formed to draft the constitution for submission to a convention later in the year . |
| 11 | Curtis had ended his call by suggesting that a Triad involvement would explain the apparent fanaticism and brutality displayed by the sect heavies , and warning his old friend to be careful . |
| 12 | Kim responded by expressing his desire to improve relations with Japan and by suggesting that a " lenient decision " would be made in the case of two Japanese fishermen detained in North Korea since 1983 for having helped a North Korean defect to Japan . |
| 13 | Notwithstanding Roh 's efforts at damage limitation , however , the opposition attempted to exploit the government 's vulnerability by suggesting that a cover-up had been perpetrated in order to minimize the government 's involvement in the Suso scandal . |
| 14 | At a meeting of the European Commission last week , the Commissioner for tax , France 's Christiane Scrivener , shocked her colleagues by suggesting that the member states ' case may prove overwhelming or at least that the system as first proposed should be put back until 1995 . |
| 15 | Last week , she outraged her Commission colleagues by suggesting that the government 's paper , which has unanimous backing , might prove irresistible . |
| 16 | John Wakeham , the British Energy Secretary , had put a new twist on the need for nuclear power at the September 1989 World Energy Conference in Montreal by suggesting that the developed countries might have to turn increasingly to nuclear power to ‘ make room ’ for more use of fossil fuels by developing countries . |
| 17 | One group of boys initially would n't choose any cards showing female characters , and taunted each other by suggesting that the cards nearest each other were their respective girl friends ( always indignantly denied ) . |
| 18 | William Tite , the Liberal MP for Bath , and the only professional architect in the House of Commons , then made his first contribution towards the new Foreign Office by suggesting that the Government should form its own plan out of all the ideas produced so far , such as ‘ the plan of Sir J. Soane , that of Mr. Pennethorne , and also the plans in the present competitive exhibition ’ . |
| 19 | In her book on the local state Cynthia Cockburn develops this idea by suggesting that the main criticism to be applied to corporate planning in local government was that it was a method borrowed from the private sector and was thus inherently anti-democratic , implying control from the top and attempts to manage the community ( the reproduction of labour power ) , as well as the workforce ( in the process of production ) ( Cockburn , 1977 , pp. 6–18 ) . |
| 20 | Richard Dawkins has taken this idea further by suggesting that the sole purpose for human existence is to allow the further evolution of genes . |
| 21 | In a sense the scoreboard lied by suggesting that the Springboks had run New Zealand close . |
| 22 | Inevitably oversimplifying , I would summarize what I have tried to say by suggesting that the schooling of science has produced three kinds of people , whose interrelations have up till now led to opposition to any attempts to realize the emancipatory potential Carlile saw . |
| 23 | He concludes by suggesting that the relationship between research , policy and practice concerning offenders is often not either an equal nor an easy one and that it is not characterized by consistency . |
| 24 | By suggesting that the ‘ fun-loving ’ woman lodger shunned or avoided sexual intercourse with the landlord begins to suggest that the ‘ normal ’ occurrence is for women lodgers in such situations to allow sexual intercourse to take place . |
| 25 | But he was able to anticipate that objection by suggesting that the prohibition applied only to knowledge sought in self-aggrandizement , not to that which was of service to humanity . |
| 26 | Robert Kerr caused outrage in the mid-1860s by suggesting that the doctrine of three bedrooms ( stipulated in the 1840s when the blue books revealed a high incidence of incest ) should be abandoned ; but , though the moral problems did not of course vanish , his view came to be increasingly shared . |
| 27 | Transcendental anatomy thus revived the case for materialism by suggesting that the ‘ relationship ’ between similar species reflected a real genetic link resulting from natural processes of transformation . |
| 28 | For the Committee 's guidance , the document attempted to define craft and technician education by suggesting that the dividing line between technician and craft courses should be fixed at a level below that of OND , so that National Certificate courses , for example , should become the responsibility of the new validating body . |
| 29 | This was an insensitive remark , and Ayling shamed her by suggesting that the things one ought to be able to do were often impossible . |
| 30 | The mages at Unseen University had tried to explain this by suggesting that the involuntary memorising of the spell had , as it were , tied up all his spell-retention cells . |