Sentence examples for but by altering from inspiring English sources

But by altering epigenes — the manner in which DNA is coiled or uncoiled, methylated or demethylated — one should be able to alter which genes are activated.

If the shopper finds any discrepancy between his list and what is actually in the basket, he rectifies this not by altering the list (practical thought) but by altering what's in the basket (the action performed).

But by altering the cooking oil, McDonald's said it hoped to cut by nearly half the amount of trans fatty acids in French fries and reduce the amount of saturated fats by 16percentt.

However, G2677T polymorphism might exert its effect not by influencing levels of expression of Pgp but by altering Pgp stability or affinity for a certain substrate.

One outcome of this separation was the increase in the instability of marriages, not merely because of physical separation, but by altering the roles of husbands and wives.

In early reports on the effects of oestrogen withdrawal, no oestrogen-induced apoptosis was noted [ 35, 36], but by altering culture conditions or extending the period of oestrogen exposure, apoptosis occurs [ 40, 41, 43].

First, by slimming down everywhere (reducing the number of army divisions from 18 to 10, see table) but not by altering the structure of the armed forces, which remain the same agglomerations of mass soldiery and heavy equipment they were in the cold war.

Our results lend support to the hypothesis that installed logjams may enhance stream habitat not only by providing colonization surfaces for macroinverbrates, but also by altering the benthic environment of the surrounding habitat.

In general, climate change affects runoff not only by changing the hydrological inputs (precipitation and potential evaporation) but also by altering the watershed characteristics as represented by the parameter w; while the impacts of human activities on runoff are exerted mainly through the alteration of the watershed characteristics.

Climate change can have both direct and indirect impacts on sea ice extent in a given location, by not only warming temperatures and melting the ice, but also by altering wind patterns and wave heights that can push the ice around.

In other words, hackers can not only attack your computer system by sending you a virus-infected email, but also by altering a tiny circuit in a chip you'll very likely never even see.