Example sentences of "by [pron] it [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was also embodied in the Hours of the Virgin that daily reminded the devout laity as well as religious , of an archetypal pattern of suffering through which the nature of redemption was manifested and which established the means by which it would be experienced . |
| 2 | A major US pharmaceutical company , Merck and Co. , has reached an agreement with the National Institute of Biodiversity of Costa Rica , by which it will be allowed to " screen " plants and insects gathered from Costa Rican forests in order to assess their medical potential . |
| 3 | This analysis corresponds to what Marr terms a ‘ computational theory ’ of edge detection , since it specifies the goal of the computation and the strategy by which it will be carried out . |
| 4 | Was there perhaps some route by which it could be circumvented ? |
| 5 | If character was the watchword of moral philanthropy as personified by , for example , the COS , so citizenship was the criterion by which it could be judged . |
| 6 | Whilst it may be possible for certain hoists and lifts to be provided with dual controls and to be relied upon to assist in the initial stages of smouldering fire or even the last stages of salvage and reinstatement , and whilst the provision of a portable extinguisher could be regarded as standard , the dangers involved in aligning the confines of a lift or cage to a developing fire in the only manner by which it could be used effectively are sufficiently great to warrant special mention when consideration is being given to emergency planning . |
| 7 | Now that we have established the principles of inheritance , and the methods by which it can be studied in complex cases , let us see how well they apply to behaviour . |
| 8 | If first used before 1 September 1978 it must also be equipped with pedals by which it can be propelled . |
| 9 | If you 've got an idea or a message to send it has to be encoded in some way then there 's various mediums or media by which it can be transmitted but it 's got to be decoded by the receiver for the idea or message to be understood , and there 's some kind of feedback mechanism potentially from the receiver to the sender . |
| 10 | When considering the question of the character of the coordinate singularity at , Chandrasekhar and Xanthopoulos ( 1986 b ) have given a transformation by which it can be removed . |
| 11 | Let us look a little more closely at how that success has been achieved and examine the standards by which it can be judged . |
| 12 | Moreover , if we accept , as it is often proclaimed , that user education is a continuous educational process , desirable for everyone at different stages of their lives , then this goal must surely be sought and certainly co-operation and co-ordination are the agencies by which it can be effected . |
| 13 | In the process of its development the manager must define the purposes of community education , identify the steps by which it can be provided , define responsibilities at each stage and operate some form of continuous monitoring . |
| 14 | " Since literature is a reflection of social life " , he argued , " the standard by which it should be gauged is precisely the attitude which it takes to such great facts of historical development as the war , the October Revolution and fascism . " |