Example sentences of "by [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As there are fewer than fifty major breeds ( ignoring all the colour variants ) , the discovery of entirely new types was extremely exciting , and the intense interest aroused by them is easy to understand . |
| 2 | These treaties were often impressively strict and cunning : in some cases , for example , shepherds bound by them were obliged to walk ahead of their flocks in the mornings , so that they were unable to drive the animals to where they knew the best grass to be . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister 's view of an expanded Europea , Community , composed of many states in eastern Europea together with existing members , is extremely attractive , but will he contrast that with the instability within the United Kingdom because the aspirations of a nationwide Scotland are frustrated by its being unable to secure its independence and membership of the Community ? |
| 4 | Looking at what the examples given by Which are concerned the solicitor was only charging about thirty percent of what the bank would . |
| 5 | Resolving the gravitational force due to the star tangential to OA gives zero for A , while for B the force has a component towards A. Therefore there is a relative acceleration between A and B given by which is independent of the masses of A and B. Such an acceleration is called a differential or tidal acceleration ; it is unaffected by the choice of reference frame . |
| 6 | 1.6.6 promptly to bring to the notice of any information received by which is likely to be of interest , use or benefit to in relation to the marketing and/or support of the Licensed Software ; |
| 7 | Its objectivity is not manifested by " observers having the same sensory experience of it , but by their being able , through their diverse sensory experiences to acquire a common understanding of it . |
| 8 | ‘ What did you mean by her being surprised ? ’ |
| 9 | June and Robert Braithwaite achieved much better intercourse both in and out of bed when she learned to understand and value his greater need of physical sensation and he became less worried by her being different and placing a lower value on physical experience . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't , but we wo n't get anywhere by you being squeamish , will we ! ’ |
| 11 | The expectations hypothesis by itself is insufficient to explain this , since under constant inflationary expectations , the expectations hypothesis predicts a flat yield curve . |
| 12 | But the potency with which c-Myc induces apoptosis suggests that deregulated c-Myc expression by itself is likely to be lethal because it kills any cell that encounters growth-limiting conditions , an almost invariable outcome in vivo . |
| 13 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
| 14 | The A-line taken by itself is open to more than one interpretation . |
| 15 | The loss of that low-chlorine coal by itself is disastrous , but the loss of the £200 million annual profit from British Coal 's opencast division , which is used to subsidise deep-mined coal , would increase prices by almost £5 a tonne , leaving British Coal with no market or jobs for its miners . |
| 16 | Yet each by itself is useless . |
| 17 | Full employment will not by itself be sufficient to achieve this objective ; it will need to be accompanied by a whole series of other strategies , some of which are detailed in this final section . |
| 18 | But a regular inspection every four or five years can not by itself be sufficient protection for the parents or the children ; nor can it provide enough information by which to judge the effectiveness of a school . |
| 19 | If he is resident in England , or the defendant is an English company , the fact that the transaction concerned movable or even immovable property abroad would by itself be unlikely to carry much weight . |
| 20 | Propaganda by itself was insufficient ; they must involve themselves in social agitation and make it known that the republicans were involved : |
| 21 | Would be suitable by anybody 's standard whether locally or by er centrally do n't volunteer either because they find working with councillors and local officials particularly in recent years when local authorities have become much more party political and that 's been a pity , or the suitable people are too busy running their own businesses . |
| 22 | ‘ They are suicidal and nuclear threats by anybody are wicked . ’ |
| 23 | A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner . |
| 24 | ( b ) Money paid to a person in a public or quasi-public position to obtain the performance by him of a duty which he is bound to perform for nothing or for less than the sum demanded by him is recoverable to the extent that he is not entitled to it . |
| 25 | She was so surprised by the warmth of his smile , by his being able to smile so frankly , so like a friend , that when he said he was going to lunch at the Blue Lagoon and would she come too , she said yes , all right , without thinking . |
| 26 | It justifies managerial power by showing that those who are affected by it are involved in making managerial decisions . |
| 27 | There are no elevating thoughts about money , all the emotions aroused by it are bad ; pride and miserliness and greed are quickly followed by fear of losing the money , and not far behind is likely to be the emotion of jealously because money is a relative thing and seldom does a rich man not find someone still richer to be jealous of . |
| 28 | followed by It is possible to change the print control variable ( @% ) within a print list by using the function : Functions have to return an answer , but the value returned by this function is a null string . |
| 29 | As time goes by it is likely to find itself under increasing pressure , for the glossy men are now moving into the petrology field too . |
| 30 | The stiffness matrix C is therefore given by It is difficult in practice to determine all these elastic constants ( or their inverses ) although several experimental studies have been made . |