Example sentences of "by these " in BNC.

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1 Art is a human activity consisting in this , that one man consciously by means of certain external signs , hands on to others feelings he has lived through , and that others are infected by these feelings and also experience them .
2 By these standards , Levi would appear to be an imperfect Jew , and this could well be an opinion that underlies the talk about his later books being not nearly as good as his earlier ones .
3 I have heard that he was saddened by these writings of Fernanda Eberstadt 's , in which his own writings are faulted .
4 It is a realistic human drama focusing on the problems faced by these very ‘ special ’ police officers ’ .
5 ‘ Beset by these blasted cuts at the moment .
6 John Weaver designated dancers as the Serious , the Grotesque and , most importantly , the Scenical , ‘ who practise Stage dancing ’ which was ‘ to Explain things conceived in the Mind by the Gestures and Motions of the Body and plainly and intelligently representing Actions , Motions and Passions so that the Spectator might perfectly understand the Performer by these his Motions , although he say no Word ’ .
7 Losses of a acid may be reduced from 75 per cent to 50 per cent by these means .
8 Gimmer Crag forms a head separated from the steep hillside by these two obvious gullies , which both start at the same point .
9 By these modifications the sought-after simplicity is achieved , coupled with the virtual elimination of all high-level signals .
10 But Ms Short added : ‘ Women share our values but we are seen by these women as male dominated and the most unsympathetic of all the parties .
11 Judged by these criteria , the little Citroen AX diesel is the best of a good bunch .
12 Several girls had been badly beaten and threatened by these men and forced to return to return to the streets for fear of their lives . ’
13 The awkward changes of tone caused by these disclosures are managed with some skill by the Watford cast , all of whom also do their impressive best to polish up the lustreless comic lines they are lumbered with .
14 But in a sense we were missing out by these sorts of policemen being unco-operative ( there were no policewomen like this ) , for those who have things to hide , even if it is only laziness , are a part of every police force .
15 ‘ That 's right , ’ replied the other Commando , ‘ If we had been screwed down by these Nazi bastards for four years , we would be doing more than pinching their boots . ’
16 There was much criticism of the time taken up in the Commons by these devolution measures , and also of the careless drafting of two bills which were likely to produce a legal and constitutional nightmare if they ever took effect .
17 While the final policy on all major legal and financial matters is set by the company 's managing director or president , the advice offered by these specialist executives improves the efficiency , profitability and overall performance of the company .
18 I was fascinated by these glossy black and white photographs .
19 General Obasanjo 's biography of his friend Chukwuma Nzeogu , the organizer of the coup , makes it very clear that the objective of the coup leaders was to create a government no longer dominated by these values .
20 With some exceptions , the role of individuals influenced by these movements was very limited throughout the colonial period .
21 The assessments made by these units , frequently based on the work of so-called objective consultants , are increasingly available in edited form .
22 What I have argued so far is that the Situationists are ill-served by these publications , and that this is partly due to the influence of a certain pessimism which haunts contemporary cultural politics .
23 Please do not judge us all by these ignorant officials .
24 ‘ English ’ prayers were seen by these Asian children ( mainly Sikhs and Hindus ) as innocuous , even in some cases enjoyable , but not of any emotional significance .
25 In spite of all these difficulties , results have shown that the different types of performance measured by these tests display characteristic rhythms .
26 We hope another point is made by these questions and comments , namely that the problem is very complex , requires large amounts of meticulous study , and the results are most difficult to interpret unambiguously .
27 But be warned , not all countries abide exactly by these rules , and so slight regional modifications are quite common .
28 The contribution made by these visitors to the atmosphere and overall success of the day is considerable — for many of them , it is their first taste of the life now fully adopted by their sons , brothers and boyfriends who are now on parade .
29 If such techniques appear to have been used , the structure should be regarded as suspect , because all reputable Victorian engineers were aware of the risks of making connections by these methods .
30 The large urban or dockside warehouse is a building type strongly related to the grander grain and textile mills , not only because it often stored the raw materials or products processed by these latter buildings , but also in its constructional composition .
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