Example sentences of "[adj] by [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Locke , then , ‘ general words signify … a sort of thing ’ ; and they do this by being a sign of an abstract idea or nominal essence in the mind , ‘ to which idea , as things existing are found to agree , so they come to be ranked under that name ; or … be of that sort ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've got through all this by being ourselves — which is a bunch of lying , gibbering twats . |
| 3 | Thus if learners are aiming to communicate naturally , they need to be prepared for this by being involved in natural communicative language use in the classroom . |
| 4 | Some parents achieve this by being consistently very strict while others are very caring and child-centred but establish clear boundaries for the child 's behaviour . |
| 5 | Beliefs are acceptable or not according as to whether they succeed in their goal of conforming to reality and receive credit or discredit for this by being called true or false . |
| 6 | Perhaps one can shed some light on this by being rather more precise in defining both ‘ the enterprise and economies of scale . |
| 7 | It achieves this by being a quick survey and appraisal of the history book and by immediately establishing a perspective from which you can view the book . |
| 8 | But do n't overdo this by being too overt , as in this opening to an essay ( by a non-native speaker ) titled " Lyrical and Epical Genres in Middle English Poetry " : I shall begin discussing lyrical and epical genres in Middle English poetry with the explanation of both these terms . |
| 9 | An increase in motoring costs would also bring revenue to the government , and could be made acceptable by being earmarked for corresponding improvements to public transport . |
| 10 | As early as 1488–89 , an Act dealing with the Isle of Wight declared that it had been made desolate by being turned into pasture , and that it could not long be defended from the King 's enemies . |
| 11 | but you were keeping warm by being under co , in a bit of a cover you see |
| 12 | That God is personal by being tri-personal , they would say , means that in God the activity which at the human level must be divided between separate individual selves can be contained at the divine level within one being . |
| 13 | Perhaps that is why I 'm not all that much attached to being part of a permanent company for too long — I get bored by being around in one place for too long . |
| 14 | lives or is that talking about they 've approached straight line that 's already there in heaven , in other words , the , the , you know that the understanding which I have it from this bible is er that seems to be suggesting that er that 's talking about apos the apostles ' lives before they died , our spiritual lives with brightest ones who have at that er point been made perfect by being prepared to go where they 're going |
| 15 | Molly smiled , thinking of Jacqueline , no longer a baby it was true , but so trusting , so unperturbed by being transported to the top of a Tuscan tower , that she had not stirred when her mother knelt beside the bed to kiss her . |
| 16 | This alarms others who are unimpressed by being able to order their groceries down the tube and remember the TV-eye in Orwell 's 1984 which spied on the populace as well as thundering propaganda messages at them . |
| 17 | They are registered with the English Golf Union and play regular fixtures at Mill Hill and Highgate in addition to Henley where they feel particularly welcomed and privileged by being permitted to play on a Sunday . |
| 18 | The new is made comfortable by being made familiar since it is seen as having evolved from the forms of the past . ’ |
| 19 | And it 's easier to get along with brother so and so and sister so and so , but for goodness me I find , I find it ever so difficult to talk to sister so and so and there 's an area perhaps that we can er think about , stay awake by being respectful and obedient and that 's something that is very important because it 's completely opposite in the world today , respect for all authority and obedience to it is absolutely gone by the ways I find refrain from criticism and careless talk so there are the main points , but as we say we ca n't go into them all , well , so what we 're going to do is to try and just highlight one or two little areas which we could er enlarge on or put the magnifying glass on , so shall we do that ? |
| 20 | It was made famous by being used at a remembrance service for Falklands dead . |
| 21 | Tt , cos I do n't want to be made redundant by being awkward |
| 22 | People never change for the better by being hated , judged and condemned . |
| 23 | We shall become international by being national . ’ |
| 24 | If children become bilingual by being immersed in French in Canada , then perhaps all we need to do is to immerse Chinese-speaking children in English in Hong Kong to achieve the same effect . |
| 25 | He believed that good architecture could only be created by good people and that you could only be good by being an unreformed Christian . |
| 26 | It is possible that , if the signal was made even more dramatic by being supported by a set of feathers , the chances of a male getting a mate and thereby breeding might be even further enhanced . |
| 27 | The scene is complicated by being beset by the E number categorisation , and references on packaging are often entirely in the form of these assigned values . |
| 28 | It exists all the more by being in the same place as power . |
| 29 | Something else I am puzzled by is Gibson 's reference to the 6-string bass 's ‘ customary ’ BEADGC tuning . |
| 30 | It is the imagery of Northern Ireland and of the Middle East made handlable by being associated with a poem and with the past . |