Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) . |
| 2 | The shortfall can only be made up by the sale of programmes and income from official car parks — so spectators are asked to support both . |
| 3 | The tool can only be turned on by pushing a lock-off switch on the rear handle with the thumb , whilst depressing the two triggers on the front and rear handles . |
| 4 | At its most conventional , the use of word pairs is a substitute for creative poetic activity , whereas the parallelism of greater precision is a subtle relationship between or among the lines of poetry that can only be designed in by a relatively sophisticated artist . |
| 5 | Similarly , repairs and maintenance should only be carried out by a specialist mastic asphalt contractor . |
| 6 | Mistakes between positive and neutral fusing are critical and could be fatal , which is why it is vital that work on the electrical circuits should only be carried out by the Electricity Board or by an NICEIC ( National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting ) registered contractor . |
| 7 | There are also certain transactions , such as the alteration of the company 's articles of association , which may only be carried out by resolution of the shareholders . |
| 8 | This should only be carried out by a professional repairer as special equipment and experience in dealing with severely warped necks is required . |
| 9 | As an integral part of the mediation model I have proposed , it can , of course , only be carried out by the individual teacher . |
| 10 | Using a non-brittle stone , such as jade , shaping could only be carried out by the infinitely more laborious process of grinding . |
| 11 | The Court did not say that the administrative organs had unilaterally amended the treaty ; indeed under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties amendment or modification can only be carried out by the unanimous agreement of the parties . |
| 12 | It can only be dried out by diffusing it slowly through the tube walls . |
| 13 | The balance between the intensity of smoothing and loss of detail can only be worked out by trial and error ; the effect of the 7 x 5 moving average filter on the visual appearance of Figure 5.17(a) is sufficient to produce a more usable product which reveals the location and shape of the offshore sandbanks and the disposition of the suspended sediment plumes from the rivers discharging into The Wash . |
| 14 | To continue with Gregory 's example , his radio might emit a whine so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear and can only be picked up by special test equipment . |
| 15 | ‘ Look , Maud , ’ pleaded Mildred , ‘ I know it 's hard for you to believe me , but that frog in the pond really is a magician and he can only be changed back by another magician . |
| 16 | But in order to be understood it needs to be seen within its original context of faith in one God who can only be spoken about by using metaphorical language . |
| 17 | However , these can only be taken up by larger farmers with access to credit , with a lower vulnerability to the risk that the innovations imply , and with the economic and local political power to assemble all the necessary physical inputs together in time . |
| 18 | A change in this situation can only be brought about by a change in attitude throughout the profession . |
| 19 | Obviously , the hoped-for benefits such as reduced waiting lists can only be brought about by an absolute increase in available services or by a transfer of resources from other services . |
| 20 | This clearly has to be remedied by repeated reminders that change can only be brought about by the counsellee 's efforts and that consequently , the only part that the counsellor can play is to help decide what is to be done , how , and when . |
| 21 | Such a transfer could and would only be brought about by a bourgeois-democratic revolution . |
| 22 | The Regulation originally envisaged that SEs could only be set up by merging or forming a holding company when at least two public companies had their central administration in different Member States . |
| 23 | Assuming the cost of labour increases by 20% , prices may only be put up by 10% without affecting sales limits and the number of labour hours available is reduced to 600 , what is the optimal mix of X and Y ? |
| 24 | The discussion of this chapter so far might perhaps be summed up by noting that Lakatos aimed to give a rationalist account of science but failed , whilst Kuhn denied that he aimed to give a relativist account of science but gave one nevertheless . |
| 25 | A bit of bother with walkers trudging through his land can soon be sorted out by nipping along to an agricultural auction and purchasing some huge stinking cows . |
| 26 | This place will soon be taken over by the police and I 'll handle them . ’ |
| 27 | A secret valley that 's never been open to the public could soon be taken over by the National Trust . |
| 28 | Increases in earnings just above the old NIC ‘ steps ’ ( £75 and £115 ) will no longer be wiped out by higher contributions . |
| 29 | As many as 42 per cent of the youth , compared with 22 per cent of the adults , thought the reconstruction of Germany could best be carried out by ‘ a strong new Führer ’ . |
| 30 | Centuries of oppression could not just be wiped out by a legislative dictate . |