Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [be] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to be no reason why the attempts to serve the defendant before applying for substituted service on his insurers or MIB should not be by post , but it is probably safer to try personal service . |
| 2 | That may not be by name , John . |
| 3 | Children perceived as ‘ special needs cases ’ can be rewarded by recognition of the fact that writing need not be by pencil on paper . |
| 4 | ( If the services are obtained but without deception , s.1 does not apply. ) ( c ) The " payment " need not be by money . |
| 5 | " Well , whoever you 're selling for , I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but these tiles ca n't be by de Morgan . |
| 6 | When I die it will not be by my own hand , but fighting for my country . ’ |
| 7 | Of course , like the sentences about the knight , the dragon , and the pineapple , they might form part of a discourse , and if we stretch our imaginations we could come up with a situation in which they do ; but this will not be by virtue of the words so and she , but because of some other information about the context . |
| 8 | — but Fiona wo n't be by the bed : |
| 9 | Yes , but there wo n't be by tomorrow morning |
| 10 | The exceptions are that , unlike riot and violent disorder , the offence can be committed only when the violence is directed towards the person rather than property , and the threats can not be by words alone ; they must be at least accompanied by threatening gestures . |
| 11 | True enough , we have only fragments of his history ; but it can not be by chance that while the Greek side of his tale is full of internal conflicts , the story of Italy is miraculously free of them . |