Example sentences of "[subord] it be by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is by no means the universal view , some City analysts believe the increase in rates makes a short-lived recession inevitable next year . |
| 2 | For example , the Altrincham governors could have argued that there was a safety risk in the girls wearing scarves in the laboratory or workshop — although it is by no means clear that they would have succeeded on this basis . |
| 3 | The IQ rating provides some early indication of the presence of mental handicap in a child , although it is by no means entirely satisfactory . |
| 4 | Although it is by no means axiomatic , this notion of competitive intelligence usually brings with it an extra dimension , when compared with environmental analysis ( and , to a lesser degree , with issues management and marketing intelligence ) . |
| 5 | Although it is by no means certain that the courts would uphold such a contention , groups should nevertheless exercise care in this area . |
| 6 | Concentration of employment in a few locations will reduce infrastructural costs and may increase the external economies of scale available to firms and provide support for growth centre strategies for economic development , although it is by no means clear at what scale these advantages become significant ( Moseley 1974 ) . |
| 7 | The lack of a single authoritative constitutional document means that it is relatively difficult to point to breaches of the constitution by British governments , although it is by no means impossible , as we shall see below in cases involving national security . |
| 8 | Perhaps the best proof that the previous figures were flawed is that they suggested that Asia 's weight in world output had fallen from 7.9% in 1985 to 7.2% in 1990 , although it was by far the fastest growing region . |
| 9 | Success in the organization becomes a matter of following the rules , and it is much easier to obtain advancement and favour by avoiding mistakes , than it is by actually achieving the goals so vital for business success . |
| 10 | There was much sense in the American wish to see the Japanese economy functioning efficiently again , ‘ But in Canberra , Nanking , and Manila their conversion to innocence requires to be demonstrated more convincingly than it is by the optimistic hand-outs from General MacArthur 's headquarters . ’ |
| 11 | it up afterwards , than it is by |
| 12 | Togetherness and self-help in the birth process , followed as a matter of course by breast feeding , is now embraced with less evangelical fervour than it was by Fifties pioneer couples . |
| 13 | You could make it all seem better than it was by reminding yourself of the spirit of Sharon Lines and the apparent contentment of Old Ape and the cigarette cocked jollily in the corner of Mrs Slewy 's mouth and the way in which Miss Lavant had learnt to live with her passion . |
| 14 | The reason I shall vote against the motion and for the amendment could n't have been put more succinctly than it was by Mr , I think Mr made the most pertinent remark that has been made in the debate today , when in opposition to what Mr said about individual freedom he said this is a matter of personal conscience . |
| 15 | However , the theory also points out that Etruscan kings are required in the lineage of Roman kings so it is by no means clear that the Romans who emerged out of the Etruscan shadows in the late sixth-century were true descendants of Romulus himself . |
| 16 | In large scale industry ( such as the Automotive Industry ) the use of cordless tools has been steadily increasing in recent years so it is by no means novel technology . |
| 17 | Stratospheric chemistry is very complex , involving more than 150 chemical reactions between 50 chemical species , so it is by no means certain that all potential threats to the stratospheric ozone layer are yet known . |
| 18 | The religious establishment of his day once asked him , ‘ By what authority do you cast out demons ? ’ and he replied , ‘ If it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons , then the Kingdom of God has come upon you . ’ |
| 19 | ( That some people lack these impulses is normally grounds for criticism ; we call them sadists , cruel , or , if it is by way of business , then merely hardened . ) |
| 20 | It 's interesting , even if it is by the old man . ’ |
| 21 | If it is by Rolle , it would seem to be more of a series of prompts for meditation on the Passion than a fully worked out structure . |
| 22 | ‘ If it 's by an American it 's certain to be filth . |
| 23 | The tax advantage is that if it 's A B Cs by deduction you get tax relief , if it 's by lump sum you do n't . |
| 24 | I do n't know if it was by accident — I should ask him one day — but I used to play that over and over again and just revel in that sound , and I thought if you could get hold of that sound and make a feature of it , and if it were not just two guitars but as many as you needed to make a proper arrangement , the possibilities would be endless . |
| 25 | In such a case it is not caught by s. 22 unless it is by itself a contract for sale [ of land ] … |
| 26 | Further difficulties arise because it is by no means clear what objects the signs are intended to represent , but even if it were , decipherment would still be a very long way off . |
| 27 | While Labour seeks to simply snatch the language of one nation from the Tories , the danger here can only grow and it is compounded because it is by no means clear how far a reconstituted and emphatically ‘ un-loony ’ socialism may go in negotiating its own language of toughness on immigration and nationality , even perhaps on humane socialist repatriation . [ … ] |
| 28 | The first of these was chosen because it is by far the shortest sentence of the story , whilst the remaining two contain , respectively , explicit and symbolic allusions to death . |
| 29 | I chose the St Edmund Hall book I did because it was by a contemporary politician , and also because it was representative of one of the largest classes of dispersed books , those used by the immediately preceding generation : that is , those published in the fifties and sixties . |
| 30 | Some of this land is not its responsibility , for while it is by far the biggest operator in the china-clay industry it is not the only one , and there are mica dams , abandoned pits and spoil tips where neither the writ nor the sheep of Derek Owen run . |