Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [coord] by " in BNC.

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1 He glanced at Nina for support but by this time she was staring at the ground .
2 The energy release of the early to mid-thirties is reinforced by the expectations of further children , by demands for possessions and by promises of more autonomy , power , recognition and money from the employer .
3 I am sure that the hon. and learned Gentleman knows the considerable steps that have been taken by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces to deal with the aftermath of that tragic incident .
4 It is , however absolutely essential to prohibit all growth of grass and weeds for a metre round each tree in the first few years and while this is fairly simple to achieve by spraying with something such as glyphsate or by using a weed suppressing mat , there is still a substantial area to cut .
5 Elizabeth 's legitimacy as Anne Boleyn 's daughter depended upon the validity of her father 's divorce , and the new government was also propelled in an anti-papal direction by the crown 's need for money and by the general uneasiness about the papal attitude to expropriated church property .
6 With his film background , Verity Lambert saw in Barry a good technical brain , ingenious enough to overcome Doctor Who 's limited budget through inventiveness and by optimum use of what special effects were available at the time .
7 ( viii ) Pupils should be taught to help the reader by leaving a space between words and by ending sentences with a full stop or question mark and by beginning them with a capital letter .
8 He set barns on fire , was up before the magistrates for theft and by the time he was thirteen he was stealing cars .
9 Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes .
10 Perhaps the most interesting property of InsP 3 -induced calcium mobilization is its all-or-none property manifested as a sudden and near-maximal release of calcium if the level of InsP 3 is gradually increased through injection or by flash photolysis of caged InsP 3 ( ref. 57 ) .
11 It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him .
12 Our aim is to reduce the number of new HIV infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS and by encouraging them to think about their future .
13 Voluntary groups such as VHAI are working to overcome these problems through research and by strengthening channels of information .
14 Voluntary groups such as VHAI are working to overcome these problems through research and by strengthening channels of information .
15 Correspondingly , the relative pancreatic weight ( mg pancreas per g body weight ) was increased by 65% after fundectomy and by 140% after PBD .
16 Paul Cuff as M.C. and by the Rev. Terry Fagan , Permanent Deacon .
17 ( v ) When the actor , through concealment or by the element of surprise , is able to overcome the victim .
18 As I understood the submission , the Attorney-General was not contending that the use of Parliamentary material by the courts for the purposes of construction would constitute an ‘ impeachment ’ of freedom of speech since impeachment is limited to cases where a Member of Parliament is sought to be made liable , either in criminal or civil proceeding , for what he has said in Parliament , e.g. , by criminal prosecution , by action for libel or by seeking to prove malice on the basis of such words .
19 That question has been answered very fully by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and by other Ministers , and there is nothing that I want to add .
20 If so , it is deplorable because I should prefer the remit to be allocated , as it were , by the Secretary of State for Scotland or by the Minister .
21 whether nation be understood as a people marked off from others by blood relationship and habit of unity or by peculiarities of language , the most sure and positive sign and essence of a nation in divine and human law … or whether nation be understood as it should be , as a territory equal to that of the French nation
22 There immediately followed the hearing of the present application , argued most ably before us by Mr. Browne on behalf of C.N.L. and by Mr. Stephen Richards for the P.C.A.
23 The Italian parliament after protracted debate approved on Jan. 16 ( by 382 to 201 in the Chamber of Deputies and by 190 to 96 in the Senate ) a motion providing for Italian participation in an " international policing operation " to secure Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait ; the wording was significant in that Italy 's Constitution forbade recourse to war as a means of settling international disputes .
24 and your point in this context , it , as I say the context in which I 've asked you to address me , I suppose you would say , erm given the matters are arguable or whatever the test is under those issues , er , nevertheless if you allow the case that 's been put up , erm , either by way of defence or by way of set up or by way of counter claim to impede the collection of funds , erm , then er you are not then you are erm , erm taking a measure which could could , jeopardize the of the objectives of this treaty , er whereas I image you will say , or you might say , I do n't know , erm , provided this does n't impede the collection of central funds erm , in the meantime , if er the defendants wish to pursue their counterclaim to trial then er , there 's nothing to prevent them from doing so
25 Work by the staffs in the four ministries of defence and by the NATO agency N A F M A to re-orientate the project in line with the minister 's directions is now at an advance stage .
26 Wales was integrated with England in 1536 by act of Parliament ( the Laws in Wales Act ) , and Scotland and England were incorporated in 1707 by the Treaty of Union and by the Act of Union with Scotland .
27 The captive chimpanzee would have no difficulty with mating if its mating behaviour — like that of a great many mammals — were simply triggered by the sense of smell and by hormonal or pheromonal stimulation .
28 Other units rapidly followed establishing British control over the main lines of communication throughout most of Carinthia and by 10 May Gen Keightley had set up his 5 Corps HQ near Klagenfurt .
29 Whether by some form of contract or by increasing local capital , firms can continue expanding their economic involvement .
30 Although incorporating some features of the previous 1963 edition , this was basically a new form of contract and by implication was intended by the JCT to be used on contracts exceeding £250,000 in value .
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