Example sentences of "by [pron] [noun] [prep] other " in BNC.

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1 On one hand , it is possible to pick out a dominant instance by its relationship with other aspects of a social structure .
2 The result of our cursory glance at the attempts that have been made at a new perspective on law and the legal system is thus both clear and complicated : the legal system can no longer be understood to be monolithic , but is differentiated , and this differentiation is structured by its relationship to other social sub-systems ; law , moreover , has a different ideological role in different national legal cultures .
3 This means that the class position of a given group is determined by its relationship to other groups in the way production is organised .
4 In each case , the form of the bourgeoisie — and the nature of the city 's modernity — was determined by its relationship to other collective agents , to its own ‘ significant other ’ .
5 Because these qualities have no relation to aesthetics , a true home , in the eyes of the novelists , is not defined by its likeness to other houses of similar or superior social standing , but rather by its individuality expressed in unpretentious honesty ; its contents , that is , are determined by the affections , not by conformity to an agreed standard of ‘ taste ’ .
6 The way in which the teams organise their work will be one focus of analysis : another will be the teams ' differing locations ( in observatories or universities ) , and the extenbhich their designs are influenced , not only by ‘ scientific goals ’ , but also by their perceptions of other important ‘ reference groups ’ ( eg other users , or committees considering the design of later facilities ) .
7 Instead of issuing paper notes for each gold ( silver ) deposit , goldsmiths eventually provided depositors with passbooks and cheque books to facilitate debt settlement/payment by their customers to other parties .
8 These reforms have encouraged some historians to see the Despensers as ‘ much more than greedy and irresponsible favourites ’ , but their contemporaries judged them by their behaviour towards other landowners and by their position at court , rather than by their responsibility , however great it was , for what were essentially technical reforms in government .
9 All agree that some of our beliefs are justified by their relation to other beliefs .
10 In Sweden , for example , the trade unions have long been well represented in government decision-making and have negotiated pay levels and labour practices much envied by their counterparts in other countries .
11 Still , in an important way , Leapor 's poetic voice is formed by her relations with other women .
12 ‘ Everyone does , ’ said Comfort , forgetting the times when she had been driven to distracted cruelty by Julia 's unfailing matter-of-factness — and by her concentration on other people .
13 The evidence suggests , not surprisingly , that his interrogators were more concerned by his theology , by matters of church discipline , and by his contacts with other known heretics , than by his Copernicanism .
14 On Feb. 6 the Minister of Tourism , Maj. Mihai Lupoi , was dismissed for allegedly protesting at the transfer of buildings used by his ministry to other bodies .
15 Just as a gentleman was defined by his likeness to other gentlemen , so a house should resemble other houses of a similar standing ; it would therefore be redundant to describe what every courteous author must assume was already known to his readers .
16 The sexuality of Rochlin 's youth is clearly governed — one might say overdetermined — by his relation to other males .
17 Notes , when well made , can provide a method of controlling and marshalling the mass of facts , opinions and proofs poured over you by your contact with other minds in lectures , reading and discussions .
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