Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] by [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PASSENGERS are causing corrosion of aircraft merely by being on board , say scientists , who are investigating an unexpected corrosion threat caused by smoke , condensation and ‘ other emissions ’ from travellers . |
| 2 | But they 'll also give you hours of pleasure just by being there . |
| 3 | If you are really fond of her , then you know that you will both give each other pleasure simply by being together for a while , but you must be prepared to give much more of yourself to the conduct of those few hours than you probably would in other social circumstances . |
| 4 | He received recognition there by being made a honorary member of the Botanical Society of Florence , a body existing from 1718 to 1783 . |
| 5 | Mrs Clamp maintains that my father ought to have put the dog down years before all this happened , but I think the wet-jowled , yellow-bleary-eyed , fishy-smelling old hound must have worked on his sympathy just by being so repulsive . |
| 6 | In one sense you could say that we begin our lives in the wheelchair of the womb ; we begin our lives literally by being carried around . |
| 7 | Magnentius had caused deep offence in the first place merely by being a barbarian and a pagan , but above all , by murdering Constans , also , no doubt , for receiving such widespread popular support from the peoples of the western provinces . |
| 8 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 9 | ‘ A highlighter — two tones lighter than your normal foundation — can define cheekbones , make eyes look bigger and slim down a nose merely by being blended into these areas . |
| 10 | Next , pushing further south , we enter what seems to be a perpetually troubled and impoverished region , between Tijuana and the Darién Gap — Mexico , distinguished in global terms these days solely by being the site of the planet 's largest city — and a succession of Isthmian countries . |
| 11 | In the small park near by was an open-air theatre , closed , the deck chairs lined up , each bucketing its share of rain . |
| 12 | FOOTBALL : Rangers and Scotland striker Ally McCoist celebrated his club 's fourth successive title yesterday by being named Player of the Year by the Scottish Football Writers ' Association . |
| 13 | It makes no attempt to move away , even if the water near by is being violently disturbed . |
| 14 | Rome , in short , lived on its past simply by being a capital city . |
| 15 | The phoneme would still be distinguished from and by being neither alveolar nor bilabial , and would be distinct from plosives and fricatives simply by being neither plosive nor fricative . |
| 16 | He was dangerous to her , a predator who threatened her nervous system merely by being in the same room . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) The terms may be incorporated in a document either by being set out in it or by reference to some other document . |
| 18 | This section provides that the terms which the parties have agreed in respect of a disposition of an interest in land must be incorporated in one document either by being set out in the document or by reference to another document . |
| 19 | A company does not obtain the exemption merely by being dormant . |
| 20 | He was woken some time later by being kicked in the backside quite painfully . |
| 21 | You see , it was entirely within his character to create a situation of interest either by being excessively cantankerous as an old man , or by exhibiting his somewhat childish traits . |