Example sentences of "and by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also an acceptance , as the implications were worked out later in the paper , that Terminal courses with ‘ a good deal of teaching at quite an elementary level ’ were ‘ a most important part ’ of the WEA 's work ; that university graduates , who usually had a narrow academic education , could benefit from the breadth of learning offered by the WEA quite as much as manual workers ; that courses in literature and the arts were clearly a valid part of the WEA 's total provision because they attracted new members , taught the processes of serious study and by enriching lives helped ‘ in raising the quality of the public which has the power of judgement upon those set in authority over it ’ . |
| 2 | There is a very small overlap , in that some consultations were recorded both in the individual universities and by inter-library loan through BLDSC . |
| 3 | But the man who combined the gifts of preacher and politician , and who felt called , like John the Baptist ( or , to be exact , John the Presbyterian ) , was Foster Dulles , minister 's son , Wall Street lawyer and by divine right Secretary of State . |
| 4 | The implication which follows , that the glacial erosional forms produced by arctic and by temperate glaciers differ in size and geometry , receives some support from the glacial geomorphology literature . |
| 5 | The American-Dutch-British satellite has already shown that it will fulfil its task of locating infrared sources , for follow-up by conventional infrared telescopes and by future infrared observatories in space . |
| 6 | This second year in the life of the Enterprise Centre has been characterised by both innovative ‘ pilot ’ programmes of enterprise work and by future development of initiatives commenced last year . |
| 7 | This implies a certain kind of model of racism and its mode of representation , one which stresses the element of negotiation or contradiction in the way people are positioned in and by racist discourses . |
| 8 | These considerations constitute a useful base against which to consider the complications caused by transverse spatial effects and by finite-medium response time y " : there is clearly no reason why the basic gain and transphasing mechanism should not survive the introduction of these complications . |
| 9 | And by low temperatures I do n't just mean a few degrees below freezing , but the world close to what scientists call ‘ absolute zero ’ . |
| 10 | The bridle lengths must also be symmetrical , and by general standards are long . |
| 11 | If correctly decided , this will have great influence on profitability , but , to some extent , will be affected by political influences and by general economic conditions . |
| 12 | Parliament can still influence policy making , acting during the formulation by way of various interest groups and committees and by general expression of opinion on the floor of the House . |
| 13 | Reliable domestiques are the stars ' most valued comrades — and by long tradition they share the stars ' winnings . |
| 14 | In turn , the gravels are themselves overlain by alluvial silty uniform sands around the junction with A8 and by lacustrine silty clay , peat and silt , associated with the former Gogar Loch , around the Gogar Burn and along South Gyle Broadway , and special measures had to be taken during the construction of embankments in these areas in order to avoid over-stressing the sub-strata and to accelerate the anticipated settlements . |
| 15 | The symptoms , only hinted at by a headache earlier that could easily have been nothing , and by mild swelling that was normal in hot weather , had intensified with frightening suddenness , and Belinda was in no doubt about what it meant . |
| 16 | Adult readily distinguished by orange bill with black basal knob , also by holding neck curved at rest , by habit of slightly erecting tail when swimming , and by loud throbbing of wings in flight . |
| 17 | This new era which opened the century in both Britain and America was to be characterized by an increased politicization of the city as political parties widened their hold , by an increased interest in every aspect of city life , and by increased regulation through political and philanthropic agencies . |
| 18 | A five-year development plan drawn up in January 1990 [ see pp. 37422-23 ] was bolstered by continued growth in industrial output ( up by 4 per cent in the previous year ) and by increased oil earnings ( providing an extra US$1,000 million in August alone ) . |
| 19 | While he said the AS/400 may well be taken up at existing IBM Corp sites and by medium-sized firms , he feels larger organisations will be less eager in Europe than in the US . |
| 20 | While he said the AS/400 may well be taken up at existing IBM Corp sites and by medium-sized firms , he feels larger organisations will be less eager in Europe than in the US . |
| 21 | Opposition to the agreement was expressed both by the Turkish government , which feared that the clause on mutual defence could affect the status quo in Cyprus , and by left-wing parties in Greece , which wanted all the bases closed . |
| 22 | Learning diaries are being used increasingly by such bodies as the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) and by professional bodies such as HCIMA who are seeking to credit prior learning in support of such matters as |
| 23 | There is also the cost of care both up to today 's date given by her parents and in the future to be given by her parents and by professional carers . |
| 24 | As the Supreme Soviet debated the issue , 2,000 protesters against Ukraine 's signing the Union Treaty were attacked outside the parliament building by militia and by Soviet Interior Ministry " Black Beret " or OMON troops with batons and tear gas . |
| 25 | " Two-plus-four " treaty — signed in September 1990 [ see pp. 37717-18 ; 37834 ] — ratified by Germany and USA in October [ see p. 37762 ] , by UK in November [ see p. 37867 ] , by France in December [ see p. 38110 ] and by Soviet Union in March 1991 [ ibid . ] . |
| 26 | German-Soviet good-neighbourliness treaty-initialled in September 1990 [ see pp. 37718 ; 37835 ] and signed in November 1990 [ see p. 37867 ] - ratified by German Bundestag on April 25 and by Soviet Union on March 4 . |
| 27 | German-Soviet economic co-operation treaty-initialled in September 1990 [ see p. 37718 ] and signed in November [ see p. 37867 ] - ratified by German Bundestag on April 25 and by Soviet Union on March 4 . |
| 28 | The diagnosis was confirmed in all 11 patients by contrast radiography and by antroduodenal manometry performed in a manner previously described . |
| 29 | It does not , however , follow from the fact that some departures from the terms of union have occurred that Parliament is free to ignore all the terms of union unilaterally and by ordinary process . |
| 30 | Spurred originally by demands from the Navy ( for special performance requirements , not well catered for by the US suppliers ) and by internal security needs for faster information , Brazil had determined to go for a policy of self-sufficiency in the underlying technologies . |