Example sentences of "by this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses of beautiful women of antiquity , and how would they be troubled by this beauty , into which the soul with all its maladies has passed ! |
| 2 | To be aware of the limitations of different forms of publication is an advantage for the reader , who can by this means avoid unnecessary disappointments . |
| 3 | Dictionaries describe a monograph as an account of a single subject ; by this definition monographs make up one of the most common categories of art publishing . |
| 4 | His aim in this was as far as possible to translate changes of tones into changes of colour , feeling that only by this method could the full saturation and pressure of colour be realized . |
| 5 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 6 | David was greatly encouraged by this warm admiration expressed by a celebrated man , and it helped to develop his talent . |
| 7 | Nor is it a one-sided account of the injustices suffered by this people , or a defence of the energetic stranger . |
| 8 | T. Behrens is considerably baffled by this strange case , by the question of what it was that determined Ursula 's adherence to this programme , and of what it was that caused her to bring to an end her loving friendship with Justin . |
| 9 | The shrugger does n't care whether he lives or dies — and the designer duel arranged for himself by this divided and indifferent man is a form of Russian roulette . |
| 10 | The novel was left ‘ curiously unaffected ’ by this discovery . |
| 11 | Well , we got caught , of course , by this very Mr Snead coming in satirical German manner , even shining a torch , an English suburban stormführer . |
| 12 | By this means , the association believes the cause of national unity will be furthered ‘ until a complete nationhood is achieved ’ ( Gaelic Athletic Association Rule Book ( 1970 ) , quoted Hickey 1984 : 40 ) . |
| 13 | Papal encyclicals came to be consulted by this route , as did the current treatises of Ius Publicun on church — state relations . |
| 14 | The continuing permeation of civil society by this particular variant of the Roman catholic ethos was most natural . |
| 15 | By this time , the schools frequented by Roman catholics in Ireland were also largely under the direct control of the church 's clerics . |
| 16 | They felt that it was partly their responsibility to bring up their children in an atmosphere of knowledge and understanding of protestants , as they believed part of the difficulties of life in Ulster were caused by this lack of contact . |
| 17 | And by this stage in this commentary , he wrote , there is no need to qualify the words success , triumph , and the rest , qualifications can be taken as read . |
| 18 | All mesmerized by this folly , he wrote , all the Goldbergs and McGrindles , the Mosses and Baiocchis , the Honeymen and McGoughs . |
| 19 | He scratched with his stick on the ground ( we were in Hyde Park by this time ) . |
| 20 | However , the foreign exchange earnings on tourism did increase in 1989 , not from IR£150m but rather by this figure . |
| 21 | Mr Clancy was not impressed by this scientific distraction , and said so . |
| 22 | The two policemen who were shown into his room did not appear to be daunted by this . |
| 23 | I 'm pretty sure that by this stage I was suffering from what medical people mean when they talk about ‘ clinical depression ’ . |
| 24 | By this time , I was already leading a life which ten years earlier I would have assured you that I could never have tolerated . |
| 25 | She seemed comforted by this thought . |
| 26 | Most of these expensive incidents might have been avoided by this drill . |
| 27 | By this stage of a stall , very often the noise of the airflow will have increased because of the yawing movement , and most of the other symptoms will either be absent or will go unnoticed in the moments of panic . |
| 28 | Perhaps most interesting , but most dangerous , are the very small minority of students who are really chronically affected by this sensation . |
| 29 | To land on a spot consistently by this method , the round out and early part of the float must be made without too much excess speed and with less than full airbrake . |
| 30 | By this time , though , the lice have probably been in the hair for several weeks . |