Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was agreed on all sides , and most importantly by Graham Watson himself , that his instructions were that the fee was to go to a charitable organisation flying relief into Biafra . |
| 2 | It is now supported in many quarters and most importantly by disabled people themselves . |
| 3 | Economic confidence was raised further by trade deregulation and liberalization , low interest rates and most notably by negotiations to establish a free trade agreement ( FTA ) with the United States and Canada [ see p. 37849 ; for April 1991 talks see p. 38140 ] . |
| 4 | In recent years , however , the impassioned and intelligent dinner conversations held over hearty cassoulets , with rapidly emptying bottles of Beauj' or Burgundy , have become the subject of satire ( primarily and most successfully by The Guardian 's cartoonist Posy Simmonds ) . |
| 5 | For even he , the most sceptical perhaps of all , had been persuaded in the end by the professional judgement of the men at the Zoological Society , and most particularly by John Gould . |
| 6 | Although modern research has pointed out that women 's paid employment is underestimated by the available records ( in particular the census ) , since it was more irregular and less likely to be recorded than that of men , women 's choice of work was certainly in practice severely restricted , first and most crucially by what was effectively segregation by sex , secondly by local opportunities . |
| 7 | The ‘ belief ’ spreads , through persuasion , communal pressures , and most usefully by indoctrinating children before they have a chance to think for themselves . |
| 8 | The claim has been repeatedly made by Opposition Members , and most recently by the hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) , who is not in his place today , that we are starving local government of resources . |
| 9 | The rise of Christianity was opposed by the Romans , and most famously by Nero , whose persecutions of the earliest Christians started around 64AD . |
| 10 | The more southerly route lay across a gap in the Urals to the Irtysh and thence , after the Tatar khanate had been defeated , up the middle Ob and its tributaries , such as the Ket , to where a portage led to the middle reaches of the Yenisei ; from here they ascended the Upper ( or ‘ Stony ’ ) Tunguska as far as the Ilim , and so either by portage to the Lena or up the Angara towards Lake Baikal . |
| 11 | Edward V was in his hands , and so probably by this date was Clarence 's son , Edward earl of Warwick , who was barred by his father 's attainder , but whose title was otherwise better than Richard 's own . |
| 12 | Edward V was in his hands , and so probably by this date was Clarence 's son , Edward earl of Warwick , who was barred by his father 's attainder , but whose title was otherwise better than Richard 's own . |
| 13 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 14 | It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way . |
| 15 | One of the assumptions that underlies a traditional approach to the role of the tutor is the idea that more effort , direction , control , leadership , motivation and so on by the tutor is better . |
| 16 | The simplest way to remedy this is to replace Rate 1 , Rate 2 and so on by their monetary values and this is what has been done here — notice that cells F3 , G3 , H3 and so on now contain values and that these cells have been formatted to display currency . |
| 17 | The key question is whether , after decades of exposure to the various ‘ risk factors ’ , it is possible to reduce the frequency of coronary events and the deaths they may cause in men in the highest-risk categories , by altering the way of life of these men , and perhaps also by giving them appropriate drugs . |
| 18 | It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) . |
| 19 | It has often been suggested that the active self-government practised by the Athenians was only made possible by the existence of slavery , and perhaps also by the existence of empire as a source of revenue to pay for democracy . |
| 20 | From 1836 he visited Italy on more than one occasion , but these travels appear to have been prompted more by recreational than professional pursuits — he made a collection of Roman coins , medals , and other antiquities — and perhaps also by the state of his health . |
| 21 | Most shares change in price most days — usually by very little and only infrequently by quite a lot , and then very rarely by a huge amount , say 50 per cent or more . |
| 22 | Specific changes were determined primarily by the head and senior management team and only latterly by the rest of the staff . |
| 23 | Flows of materials and energy have been primarily determined by market structures and economics and only secondarily by ecological factors . |
| 24 | Chasseguet-Smirgel ( 1985 ) suggests that a woman 's ego-ideal is constructed first by identification with the mother , and only then by a redefinition of herself as the father 's wife . |
| 25 | Only when she was on the other side of the car could she gain a clear view of Maurice and only then by closing to within a few yards . |
| 26 | 1978 ) explain the existence of moral entrepreneurial groups in the 1960s by reference firstly to their common location in the class structure , and only secondly by reference to their religious views , and their perception of the modern ‘ secular ’ world . |
| 27 | A workforce sufficient in numbers or supply but not in skill level as evidenced usually by quality of work and less frequently by failures to meet production targets , danger to people and damage to equipment |
| 28 | Such special studies for research purposes , Greenbaum and his colleagues thought , could be done ‘ more precisely and less expensively by smaller studies ’ . |
| 29 | It 's cheaper and much quicker by air ! |
| 30 | Differs from Buzzard in its unbarred tail ( white with a dark band near tip ) , conspicuous black patch at angle of very pale underwing , and usually also by paler head and neck and broad brown breast-band . |