Example sentences of "[verb] are by " in BNC.

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1 We also learn that family structure and sentiments which we take for granted are by no means universal , that forms of government that seem inevitable and natural are not necessarily so ; we confront the unpalatable finding that a strong sense of brotherhood and identity within a community usually implies equally strong hostilities towards outsiders .
2 ‘ Some of the worst designs I have seen are by architects for themselves . ’
3 The only modern poems I enjoy are by Kipling .
4 The groups which emerge are by no means identical to those yielded by an occupational index of the type associated with a stratificational model ( see D. Sankoff and Laberge 1978 for details ) .
5 The actions which have to be taken are by definition inward ones — things we can do ourselves .
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