Example sentences of "[subord] it is 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | it up afterwards , than it is by |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | ( 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 . ) |
| 16 | It 's interesting , even if it is by the old man . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In such a case it is not caught by s. 22 unless it is by itself a contract for sale [ of land ] … |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . [ … ] |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Some doubt has been expressed about the method of spread of this disease since it is by no means always found in the sexual partners of infected individuals . |
| 24 | Here the focus often , but not always , turns to the woman , since it is by attempting to discredit her that the majority of men accused of sex crimes try to save themselves . |
| 25 | However , this is no reason for despair since it is by examining and measuring the relationship between indicators that researchers can begin to get a better idea of what are good and what are poor indicators . |
| 26 | I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait , especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes . |
| 27 | Its name means , in fact , " little stranger " , though it is by no means small for a brachiopod . |
| 28 | Wiliam Proxmire , the former senator from Wisconsin , describes the Hamilton/Dorgam bill as ‘ the most dangerous economic legislation before Congress , ’ driven as it is by political hunger for short-term prosperity . |
| 29 | The answer to those questions may be said to depend on whether it is generally as serious to obtain sex by deception as it is by other means ( threats , force , fear ) . |
| 30 | The thrill was out of all proportion to the event , of course , and serves only to reflect the overwhelmingly domesticated aspect of much British countryside , dominated as it is by cows and sheep , as well as some of what historian Keith Thomas has called ‘ our anti-urban bias ’ . |