Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was equally , and perhaps more , marked in local politics in the cities , dominated as these naturally were by the bourgeois ( i.e. normally Liberal ) notables of the place . |
| 2 | No the situation was getting worse and the only way that they we er that it was gon na be made better was by violence and , cos the violence is the only way |
| 3 | The way he did so was by contributing greatly to the development of the new Lotus . |
| 4 | The most direct way of doing so was by prospecting and directing capital to developing mines in new lands . |
| 5 | However , working women generally were by no means in favour of the double burden of work at home and in the factory and Mary MacArthur may well have spoken for a majority when she said : ‘ We are all familiar with the old ideal that women 's place is in the home , and I am sufficiently old fashioned to agree that there is something to be said for it ’ . |
| 6 | By contrast , most objects thrown away were by definition worn out , broken , or regarded as useless . |
| 7 | Indeed , Marx saw his work very much in this light and at one time proposed to dedicate Capital to Darwin , who refused , horrified as he already was by the religious and political repercussions of what he had written . |
| 8 | Delphi by land was to be what Delos already was by sea , a religious focus for Athenian imperialism . |
| 9 | Tonight was by way of a rehearsal to familiarize himself with the place , make final arrangements , and tell the landlord sufficient of their plans to ensure that there was no unforeseen interference . |
| 10 | State legislatures and Congress are no longer gripped as they once were by the dead hand of privilege . |
| 11 | Meg looked about her , delighted , as she always was by this . |
| 12 | The door to the conservatory veered at her , half-open as it always was by night . |
| 13 | Harry trailed along behind Ockleton , bemused as he always was by beeswaxed pews and glittering plate in what experience had taught him was an irreligious world . |
| 14 | Before he had ascended the lengthy slope and reached his parked car , the shrieking had stopped , but the flames were burning fiercer than ever , fuelled as they now were by melting human fat . |
| 15 | On the other hand , many commentators believed that it would be disastrous for the Republicans to nominate Reagan encumbered as he supposedly was by three disadvantages : his lack of experience of national office , his age and , most importantly , his identification with the extreme right of his party . |
| 16 | Enthusiastic as some of the clergy may have been for war and seduced as they sometimes were by their own eloquence and propaganda for it , they were less eager about the burdens which it entailed . |
| 17 | It must be seen , as it undoubtedly was by contemporaries , as the constituent part in the ultimate making of the pope , the shafting of eternal power down to St Peter 's successor . |
| 18 | The effect of ‘ Bloody Sunday ’ on Political consciousness among workers and peasants alike was by all accounts traumatic . |
| 19 | In the Casualty Report page of Lloyd 's List , once overflowing with incident caused by the war , the section headed ‘ Iran-Iraq Conflict ’ which even in 1988 was confined to carryover items , progress reports on salvaged tankers , and so on was by 1989 almost empty . |
| 20 | Mr. Barron reminded the gathering that his party had advocated recycling and emission control long before it was fashionable and Mr. Browne and Mr. Jenks both said that the only way forward was by international agreement . |
| 21 | It was the first pro bout between twins and the only way the 400 spectators could tell them apart was by the colour of their shorts . |
| 22 | And he could recall seeing one or two small oils hung in local restaurants and pubs , slap-dash in technique and economical of paint , but so different from the prettified watercolours that it was hard to believe that they too were by the same hand . |
| 23 | The most effective way of combatting river blindness until fairly recently was by spraying the breeding grounds with insecticide , a process which will continue for several years yet . |
| 24 | The industry was launched by the support of the common people or the ‘ thick-eared ’ as they were bluntly described , but after the initial breakthrough it was soon realized that the only obvious way of increasing audiences significantly was by overcoming the objections and suspicions of the respectable . |