Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to know by this time that — in the language of popular fiction — he has eyes for no one but you . ’ |
| 2 | Secondly , that even if the statute does not expressly so provide , a kindred limitation of her powers must arise by necessary implication . |
| 3 | His voice was quiet , matter-of-fact and kind , and his eyes smiled at her with interest and curiosity , she thought , beyond the mere charm he must use by native grace upon all who came near him and were weaker than he . |
| 4 | Entries must arrive by last post on Friday August 30 , 1991 . |
| 5 | If we assume that the DNA bound bleomycin covers three base pairs two of which correspond to the cleavage site then the molecules must protrude by one base pairs in either direction . |
| 6 | Only a fraction of the aggregates and minerals used in construction will come from Kent itself while imported material must travel by prescribed rail routes wherever possible . |
| 7 | After dismounting the media item the Offline Operator should reply by pressing RETURN with the cursor positioned in the appropriate window . |
| 8 | Over-anxious competitors may benefit by practising meditation . |
| 9 | Other leaders might emerge by popular choice and through their personal drive and qualities . |
| 10 | After a certain amount of small talk , he says casually , ‘ Perhaps I might drop by some time . |
| 11 | Boguslav Fischer and his co-workers at the New York University Medical Centre suspect that the hyperbaric oxygen treatment may work by improving oxygen supply to small veins associated with damaged nerves , leading to improved conductivity in those nerves still functioning . |
| 12 | It would to find altruism in the way we could find but social cooperation or self-sacrifice or altruism could evolve by natural selection . |
| 13 | … a boy or youth who is induced by means of gifts whether in money or in kind to participate in homosexual behaviour as a source of easy money or as a means of enjoying material comforts or other pleasures beyond those which he could expect by decent behaviour , and we have encountered cases where this has happened . |
| 14 | The minimum for spending was set at 244,000,000 million zloty — 7,000,000 million zloty less than originally envisaged , and it was anticipated that revenues could drop by 10,000,000 zloty past the originally projected 227,000,000 zloty . |
| 15 | Communication between organisation and media may initiated by either side , but from the organisation 's point of view media relations is concerned with achieving most favourable coverage possible . |
| 16 | I think that 's all I need say by this time the next our next speaker is usually arriving so to sort of develop and not that there 's a real need for it nor am I capable of doing so . |
| 17 | However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group . |
| 18 | However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group . |
| 19 | Only one person remarkably said that Oxford United would win by one goal to nil , I think loads of people go for the three ones or the four ones or things like that . |
| 20 | Florida is the shock of the new jutaposed with '40s and '50s kitsch and the magnificent turn-of-the-century beachfront resorts that date back to the days when the Northern grandees , steamer trunks and servants in tow , would descend by private rail to the exclusive enclaves of Sarasota , Palm Beach and Miami . |
| 21 | In short , if you crept up behind a chameleon and shouted ‘ boo ’ it would respond by changing colour but not necessarily to the colour of its surroundings . |
| 22 | Agazadeh raised in his Sept. 16 speech the possibility that Iran would respond by increasing output , rather than continue to lose revenue because of low prices . |
| 23 | The triangle ACB shows how much society would gain by this expansion |
| 24 | Between Q M and Q C social marginal benefit exceeds social marginal cost and society would gain by expanding output to Q C . |
| 25 | The passage of Resolution 678 was achieved before the deadline of Nov. 30 which the USA had set itself , and after which the chairmanship of the Security Council would pass by alphabetical rotation from the USA to Yemen for the month of December . |
| 26 | Army Minister Gen. Carlos Tinoco Ribeiro Gomes dismissed fears of an intervention by the military ( in power in 1964-1985 ) , stating that the armed forces would abide by any decision by the Congress . |
| 27 | One such school had immediately offered places and declared that it would abide by any access restrictions laid upon it . |
| 28 | But perhaps he would come by another route and then she would miss him . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal supported this view , Lord Justice Purchas saying that it was ‘ clearly established ’ that the circumstances in which the court would intervene by judicial review were ‘ severely circumscribed ’ , though remitting the cases to the local authority for them to state correctly their reasons for determining that it was reasonable to expect the applicants to continue to occupy their settled accommodation in Bangladesh . |
| 30 | Maybe that 's what I would say by this time next year . |