Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This forces them to expand beyond their resting length , both braking the fall and supplying energy , which the muscles can retrieve by contracting just after footfall . |
| 2 | A printed DXF file is quickly recognisable by consisting mainly of a narrow strip of short lines down the left hand margin of each page , usually a large number of pages , and a great deal of white paper . |
| 3 | Remove stubborn marks by scrubbing lightly with a nail brush , using warm water and soap suds . |
| 4 | Only in areas remote from this authority , as in isolated mining settlements , or where the state was itself weak , as in the United States , could bourgeois masters exercise that sort of direct rule , whether by command over the local forces of public authority , by private armies of Pinkerton men , or by banding together in armed groups of ‘ vigilantes ’ to maintain ‘ order ’ . |
| 5 | Adopt your normal posture by angling forward from the waist and sitting slightly through the knees . |
| 6 | Indeed they seemed to invite persecution by preaching openly in public places . |
| 7 | It reacts automatically by lashing upwards with its long thin tail and stabbing the victim 's leg or foot with the sharp spine near its tip . |
| 8 | It is not satisfactory or acceptable , especially in a modern glider , to fly onto the ground by easing forwards on the stick . |
| 9 | Not only did he treat everyone in sight but also led nightly singsongs by thumping away on the pub piano . |
| 10 | ZERO inflation is what the Prime Minister wanted Britain to achieve by sticking doggedly in the ERM . |
| 11 | Instead , by sticking inflexibly for instant PR , claiming all the credit for constitutional reform , and continuing to rubbish Labour , Paddy Ashdown did his own party , and the cause of constitutional reform , a disservice . |
| 12 | It covered 1,429 industrial workers and supervisors in England and Wales who could vary their work effort either through working overtime or by producing more in piece work . |
| 13 | The first one is by reacting directly with carbon . |
| 14 | These are usually based on removal of attention for inappropriate behaviour like not eating ( extinction ) and on setting the scene for appropriate behaviour by eating only at the table ( discriminative learning ) . |
| 15 | ‘ You can help me by stepping away from that door ! ’ |
| 16 | The great peace congresses which punctuated the history of the period gave particular scope , by bringing together in one place the representatives of a large number of different States , for disputes of this kind . |
| 17 | We start by bringing together in a compact and comparative form the key data for the various groups of intermediaries , in Table 4.3 . |
| 18 | You can spice up a document by drawing straight onto it . |
| 19 | He compromised by gazing fixedly into the middle distance , where moorland and forest drifted by and could be contemplated almost casually . |
| 20 | He entered London Road , feeling his way by keeping close to buildings on his right . |
| 21 | By keeping close to customers , we are better able to service their needs and we can keep ahead of industry trends . |
| 22 | There are many things to be done to assist Kenya , but we know that we can help it best by keeping quietly in constant discussion with it . |
| 23 | And Anders , showing off his strength by tearing only at the thick material of Nina 's suit . |
| 24 | Then blows the gaff on herself by driving straight past Riva 's house . |
| 25 | Both men are charged with causing the deaths of 2 children and 3 teenagers by driving recklessly in two seperate cars . |
| 26 | Ballantine , of Birchburn , Aultbea , had admitted causing the death of Louis Innes-Loo by driving carelessly on the Poolewe to Aultbea road last 13 July and while over the limit . |
| 27 | Ballantine , of Mossat House , Aultbea , had admitted causing the death of Louis Innes-Loo by driving carelessly on the Poolewe to Aultbea road and while over the limit . |
| 28 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 29 | A twenty-three year old woman has been accused of causing the death of another woman by driving dangerously at speeds of up to 90 miles an hour with her one-year-old daughter on her lap . |
| 30 | This may be had through two main channels , either by applying directly to the SIB or by applying indirectly through Self Regulatory Organization 's ( SRO 's ) . |