Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [vb pp] [conj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is hoped that by bringing in additional path material it will be possible to reopen it by Easter , with access being limited to certain ‘ clean ’ areas . |
| 2 | It is hoped that by examining the experience of family life of these couples a greater understanding may be achieved of how donor parentage affects the marital relationship , parent/child relationship , and relationships within the wider family . |
| 3 | It is felt that by doing this the planning department can gain a better understanding of the information needed by the business units , their concerns and possible ways in which they could be assisted . |
| 4 | The Assistant Government Agent at Matara agreed that the establishment of village tribunals had led to a decrease in the number of police court cases , but asked ‘ what good end is obtained by merely removing the scene of litigation from one set of courts to another , and doubling the amount of litigation in the process , and how it is supposed that by increasing litigation twofold the peace and harmony of the district is secured , and litigation robbed of all the rancour and bad feelings it engenders in the ordinary courts ? ’ |
| 5 | It is estimated that by the end of the century only about half of all British children will experience conventional family lives — parents married at the time they are born and continuing married until they are grown up ( Kiernan & Wicks , 1990 ) |
| 6 | It is estimated that by the first decade of next century , only 20 per cent of the peat soils now present on the 561 square kilometres marked by the soil map of the Ely district will remain . |
| 7 | It is claimed that by having sharply separated black and white regions of the skin , rotary breezes will be created between the black and white zones and that these will have a cooling effect . |
| 8 | Fields already declared commercial are likely to produce at 100,000 barrels per day ( 5 million tonnes ) and it is predicted that by 1990 the Netherlands could be meeting some 20% of its oil requirements . |
| 9 | Such an interpretation is not inconsistent with Katib Celebi 's brief account , particularly if it is remembered that by his time the Seyhulislam had long since been the Mufti of Istanbul and that he may therefore have concerned himself with trying to sketch the history of the office only in so far as it related to that city . |
| 10 | It is alleged that by 1989 30% of the world 's tropical sawlogs in trade were from the Malaysian state of Sarawak , where forest was being lost at a rate of 3 ha per minute and the resistance of the local Punan to this had been contained . |
| 11 | It is anticipated that by the end of the decade the price rises will have reduced earlier demand forecasts by less than 2 per cent . |