Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the whole , I hope that there is sufficient material in the book for analysts of any persuasion to make a start on the process of using system ideas to investigate and understand human activity ; at the same time , systems students and researchers may well benefit by studying some of the interpretations and practical examples given here , reflecting as they do a Weltanschauung with which they may not be familiar . |
| 2 | Geoffrey said the piece was Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach . |
| 3 | Do not be fooled by the cheeky chappy grin and baggy jumper — Richard Branson may not play by the rules but he plays to win . |
| 4 | Huy could not guess by what means Reni had saved himself and his family from the debacle that followed Akhenaten 's fall ; but he knew many good men whose ruin had been the price the scribe had paid to be sitting here now , and the thought tempered his sympathy . |
| 5 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 6 | Foreign manufacturers could only benefit by starting new factories in Britain , again creating jobs . |
| 7 | Announcing the changes in a Commons written answer , Lord James said that planned spending on legal aid would still rise by 40 per cent over the next three years , in spite of the changes , with more people than ever being granted legal aid . |
| 8 | The strength of the effect of type of job on absenteeism would not change by controlling for sex in this case . |
| 9 | What I very much hope is that industry will now respond by coming forward , particularly this year with trail blazing apprenticeship schemes that will ensure that we have got the most relevant structures in place for those modern apprenticeships next year . |
| 10 | In the last part of the chapter it is prophesied that Hophni and Phinehas will both die by the sword on the same day , and that Samuel will be put in Eli 's place as God 's priest . |
| 11 | The chapter will therefore end by taking a look at recent and forthcoming developments in manufacturing to see how these fit in with the idea of generic strategies and their implications for accounting — i.e. not just now , but for the foreseeable future . |
| 12 | Areal data will not suffice by themselves , since it is quite possible for aggregate areal food production to increase in such a way that increasing numbers of people have difficulty feeding themselves . |
| 13 | Pre-prescription payment certificates , and charges for elastic stockings , fabric supports and wigs will also rise by 13pc . |
| 14 | The advancement of one 's own interests will not suffice , nor will that of the interests of one 's own group and the defendant can not escape by showing that his motives are impersonal , disinterested and altruistic . |
| 15 | Of course , Miss Kenton can not hope by returning at this stage ever to retrieve those lost years , and it will be my first duty to impress this upon her when we meet . |
| 16 | ‘ Though we have seen much of the liberality of Nevada practice , ’ he told them , ‘ we assume that even in that forward-looking jurisdiction , parties to a case of divorce may not litigate by day and copulate by night . ’ |
| 17 | Profit maximising analysis shows rents should also fall by 50% … page 30 |
| 18 | This was the case sometimes in classical antiquity — for example , in Egypt in the third century BC or the Roman empire during the late fourth century AD and generally in most late medieval societies , when mints in different countries might even compete by offering better terms . |
| 19 | The supporters of the status quo within the Labour Party seem to think that a united Ireland will somehow develop by some inconceivable means out of the current sectarian stalemate . |
| 20 | If our oil revenues are used merely to pay the unemployed , who now cost an estimated £18,000 million each year , the burden to those in work will suddenly increase by this amount when the oil revenues cease . |
| 21 | The Bell Lawrie White report concludes that , whatever the constitutional framework , Scotland can only prosper by maintaining its links with England , Wales and the rest of Europe . |
| 22 | Cancer of the larynx can not come by accident . |
| 23 | Jim could nonetheless tell by his anxious face that something was wrong . |
| 24 | For example , if retail prices should rise by 10 per cent in a single year , but at the same time after-tax incomes should also rise by 10 per cent as a result of cuts in direct taxation , then the Tax and Price Index method would record a zero rate of inflation . |
| 25 | Care in the community must increasingly mean by the community . ’ |
| 26 | Governments should not interfere by introducing a host of regulations , investigatory bodies , or state-run enterprises . |
| 27 | And since the effect would be to put off the catastrophe indefinitely , since Capitalism could now continue by reason of policies which provided also a solution to the problem of unemployment , Empirical Socialism need no longer distinguish itself from the Marxist version solely by the method and pace of change , by being evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 28 | And the Tory rebels could only win by making their own party lose . |
| 29 | And the Tory rebels could only win by making their own party lose . |
| 30 | Stevenson would certainly respond by insisting that however much our conception of the world is socially determined , and even if there is no level of brute fact which is just how things are , there is still all the difference between a socially agreed mode of representing actual or expected , but not necessarily welcomed , reality , and an effort to decide on what to favour and what disfavour in this reality . |