Example sentences of "by [noun sg] [coord] [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her wide eyes and waif-like cheekbones have taken Europe by storm and she is currently the toast of New York since modelling in the Calvin Klein campaign . |
| 2 | Most of the youngsters know him by name and he is often called to Hendon police station when they get into trouble with the law . |
| 3 | Such change will not come about by chance but it is now possible to describe the ways in which it can be brought about . |
| 4 | Crilly does not feel alienated by my visits to the Heath , though he confesses to missing me by day and he is usually at home when I return . |
| 5 | It hides in crevices in fallen logs and among roots by day and it is an active nocturnal hunter . |
| 6 | Some other Parkia species are dispersed by agoutis and it is possible that others may have been adapted to dispersal by large terrestrial herbivores that are now extinct . |
| 7 | This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease . |
| 8 | Mrs Satterley is unfortunately disabled by illness but she is also an avid knitter with Brother chunky and Silver Reed fine gauge machines . |
| 9 | Promotion in this department is by ability and it is quite possible for a slot cashier to eventually reach the level of casino manager . |
| 10 | The amine and carboxyl linkages of phenylalanine residues are susceptible to attack by pepsin and it is probable that the action of pepsin , either in vivo or during the preparation of Frazer 's frunction III , cleaves the dodecapeptide . |
| 11 | By the time amber had reached the head of the Adriatic it was readily accessible by sea and it is hardly surprising that Kakovatos on the west coast of the Peloponnese should have yielded the richest find of amber from this period in Greece . |