The phrase "seize by" is not used in standard English.
However, a similar phrase, "seize on," can be used. For example, "She seized on the opportunity to take a vacation."
And he must stop trying to seize by decree powers that voters denied him in December's referendum.
"It is a movement to seize by any means necessary the feeling and the mood of the day, to the point where the homosexual lifestyle becomes accepted as a norm in our society".
This creates an opportunity for rapprochement that the EU should seize by confirming Turkey as a candidate for EU membership when European leaders meet next at Helsinki in December.This will not imply indifference towards Turkey's poor human-rights record, nor towards the strong role of its military in politics.
When Eisenhower's press secretary, James C. Hagerty, told his boss that the State Department was frantic that he should say nothing at a news conference about a 1958 crisis over the islands of Quemoy and Matsu, which China was threatening to seize by force, Eisenhower replied: "Don't worry, Jim.
Facebook's developing world app Facebook Lite shot to 200 million users in just a year, proving the big opportunity Instagram could seize by allowing users to enjoys the app even in isolation.
He even criticized James Baker, the secretary of State under the first Bush administration, for characterizing the illegal Jewish settlements ringing eastern Jerusalem on lands seize by Israeli forces in the 1967 war as being on occupied territory.
