Example sentences of "[vb infin] by [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had expected to have to batter his way laboriously through the months that had separated them , as through the stockade of a castle into which he must break by force of arms . |
| 2 | Er what do you mean by change of circumstances ? |
| 3 | And what do we mean by exploration of needs then Barry ? |
| 4 | I do not now intend by beauty of shapes what most people would expect , such as that of living creatures or pictures , but … straight lines and curves and the surfaces of solid forms produced out of these by lathes and rulers and squares … |
| 5 | On the basis of calculations about what local and national inspectors could manage by way of inspections , Becher et al ( 1979 ) go further and conclude that , ‘ It therefore becomes hard to see inspection becoming a routine form of accountability without at least doubling the number of inspectors ’ . |
| 6 | He does n't prove by feat of arms , but by words , that he is not any more the dissipated boy that he was ; but that is enough . |
| 7 | How many additional votes it might receive by way of transfers from other parties is quite unpredictable : relatively fewer than the Progressive Democrats , one might surmise , because the distinction between political parties is sharper here than in Ireland , and voters could therefore prove more reluctant to give lower preferences to any but the party they most favour . |
| 8 | And since the effect would be to put off the catastrophe indefinitely , since Capitalism could now continue by reason of policies which provided also a solution to the problem of unemployment , Empirical Socialism need no longer distinguish itself from the Marxist version solely by the method and pace of change , by being evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |