Example sentences of "[det] be by " in BNC.

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1 A few are by the main road , but most are quiet .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 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 .
7 This is by no means to be unrealistic about the difficulties facing our dialogue .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 This is by far the best evidence so far for the existence of a large amount of some sort of dark matter .
11 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 .
12 With some branches this is by word of mouth , with others personal letters by the secretary to members and those who might be interested .
13 This is by far the largest container ship presently calling at any Northern Ireland port .
14 This man may be the ‘ W. ’ who wrote to The Gentleman 's Magazine , though this is by no means certain .
15 This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown .
16 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 .
17 But this is by no means the only kind of shift .
18 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 .
19 He may choose to have the book bound , but this is by no means an automatic decision .
20 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 ’ .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 This is by way of an update for any of your readers who have plans to visit Cyprus and do some local flying .
24 You will know exactly when this is by the distance markings on your line .
25 This is by no means invariably the case , however .
26 This is by no means a criticism , though , because they still score a considerable number of points for avoiding direct imitation of Fender 's favourite son .
27 It will grow on the oak too but this is by no means common .
28 4 ) The way to achieve this is by following the Noble Eightfold Path — right views , right thought , right speech , right actions , right employment , right mental discipline , right endeavour , right meditation .
29 This is by far the most important conclusion you can come to in this section .
30 All this is by way of saying the ego of film makers is a very frustrating thing .
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