Example sentences of "[adj] be by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceiling frescos in the chancel are by V. V. Reiner and the carvings of 1636–7 are by M. Schönherr . |
| 2 | A few are by the main road , but most are quiet . |
| 3 | Among culture-based arguments is the simplistic one that the British are by nature more tolerant than other nationalities . |
| 4 | Some are by professionals — Elaine Lustig Cohen , Milton Glaser , Keith Goddard ; others by gallery owners — Sidney Janis , Arne Glimcher ; and all too many by unknowns . |
| 5 | She will be able to give you a great deal too , if you are prepared to open your mind to her memories and experience of life , realising the significance of her ‘ past ’ to your ‘ present ’ ; and when you understand that the old are by no means always on the receiving end of their relationships , then you are ready to assemble the love , time , patience and energy you have to offer , and decide on the best way of presenting them . |
| 6 | Informed sources in the Caribbean thought it likely that the political maneouvrings behind all this were by way of a reprisal for a report by Lord Avebury criticizing Forbes Burnham 's ruling party for election-rigging . |
| 7 | Those of us near enough to have observed this were by now climbing onto chairs and beds and squealing , ‘ It 's a mouse ! ’ , but Rosie continued her progression into bed , pulled the clothes up to her nose and regarded us all with mild astonishment . |
| 8 | It is clear from the Chronicle account that the English were by now in considerable disarray and incapable of offering serious resistance , so it is hardly surprising that when Swegen arrived with his son Cnut and a further army in 1013 the whole nation submitted to him , and Æthelred went into exile with his brother-in-law , Duke Richard II of Normandy . |
| 9 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 10 | But the dismissive reactions of the French were by no means the only way in which foreigners described the Scots . |
| 11 | Theoretically , one would expect the Northern catholic community and the six counties of Ulster to be considered a lost remnant , unredeemed from British rule , and indeed this is by far the most popular interpretation . |
| 12 | This is by no means to be unrealistic about the difficulties facing our dialogue . |
| 13 | from the point of view of history , including economic history , this is by far the best analysis we have of the genesis of the General Theory . |
| 14 | One of the ways we achieve this is by creating apartments within the houses , based on a monthly charge from £600 per person together with a returnable loan . |
| 15 | This is by far the best evidence so far for the existence of a large amount of some sort of dark matter . |
| 16 | This is by far the biggest task Miss Cassan , 26 , has yet tackled , but she has shown both ability and determination to get this far . |
| 17 | With some branches this is by word of mouth , with others personal letters by the secretary to members and those who might be interested . |
| 18 | This is by far the largest container ship presently calling at any Northern Ireland port . |
| 19 | This man may be the ‘ W. ’ who wrote to The Gentleman 's Magazine , though this is by no means certain . |
| 20 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 21 | And the way we do this is by resort to moral principles , which we identify , weigh , and try to apply to the issue before us . |
| 22 | But this is by no means the only kind of shift . |
| 23 | It is far more difficult to approach someone to whom you do not feel at all dose and in many cases the only way to do this is by means of a third person who may be willing to ask them for their opinion of you . |
| 24 | He may choose to have the book bound , but this is by no means an automatic decision . |
| 25 | More recently , there has been a flood of more conventional sexual harassment claims brought by women , including women occupying executive roles in large companies ; this is by no means exclusively a problem of women on the factory floor or in the typing pool who have reacted adversely to what their male colleagues and superiors may have tried to excuse as ‘ a bit of harmless fun ’ . |
| 26 | One way of doing this is by imposing boundaries , with regard to both time and space , which children and childcare are not allowed to cross . |
| 27 | Yet this is by no means the only plan which the Community has in relation to the environment : Directorate-General XII ( that for Science , Research and Development ) has published details of an extensive R&D programme ( CEC 1990a ) and the Commission as a whole ( CEC 1990b ) has made public its plans to develop regular official statistics of the environment . |
| 28 | This is by way of an update for any of your readers who have plans to visit Cyprus and do some local flying . |
| 29 | You will know exactly when this is by the distance markings on your line . |
| 30 | This is by no means invariably the case , however . |