Example sentences of "by which [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response or experience is individual , though there are canons by which one can judge its appropriateness , by which one can discriminate understanding from misunderstanding . |
| 2 | Gagné has provided a formula by which we may detect what is missing from a student 's repertoire . |
| 3 | These Holy Ones set out the rules by which we can live our lives and , in turn , reach the state of a higher being which is dormant within each one of us . |
| 4 | ’ One way of drawing attention to a firm , or a brand , in general terms is to develop a symbol , or logo , by which everyone can recognise it . |
| 5 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 6 | Well , but what 's the standard by which they should judge their comments . |
| 7 | There were no landmarks , no features by which they could determine their position even if it had been light enough to see them . |
| 8 | In fact , even without knowing it , he may be looking to her as a vehicle by which he might rediscover his lost self , which did n't have the chance to blossom earlier . |
| 9 | ‘ His plea of guilty is the only means by which he can express his contrition today and acknowledging it must be a lengthy prison sentence which he now faces . ’ |
| 10 | Sir Hugo Mallinger , to a limited extent , uses his property for the common good , not least in raising Daniel Deronda ; Grandcourt regards his inheritance as the means by which he can indulge his vices . |
| 11 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |