Example sentences of "by example " in BNC.

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1 I will try to illustrate this by example .
2 It also completed the long task of national reconciliation , burying by example the myth which dates from the 1946-49 Civil War , that right and left can never co-operate .
3 It is such a complicated thing to try and do , you do need the support of the medical profession and of the managers of the health service and of the public , and you 'll get it more effectively if they can see by example what you 're trying to do comprehensively . ’
4 ‘ It is such a complicated thing to try and do , you do need the support of the medical profession and of the managers of the Health Service , and of the public , and you 'll get it more effectively if they can see by example what you 're trying to do comprehensively . ’
5 Thatcherism was philosophy teaching by encroachment rather than by example .
6 That is surely leading by example !
7 This is one example of the union ‘ leading by example ’ .
8 Since he was not a natural captain he had to lead by example , and when the mighty deeds failed to materialize he was very much up against it .
9 Always the man of action type rather than the deep thinker , he is a captain who leads by example ; if he showed himself rather insensitive to the needs of his bowlers , he showed his batsmen just what to do .
10 The task of parents is to ‘ mentor ’ their children so that by example and instruction their children may capture a glimpse of the true values of life .
11 But the chief argument was an ethical one : ‘ We see a unique opportunity of providing by example some limit on the totality of war , thus eliminating the fear and arousing the hope of mankind . ’
12 But for one category of revolutionary decree — that which urged or recommended changes in attitude and practice without creating penal sanctions — the government had to rely on individuals who had vision and who could persuade others by example and argument .
13 Clare Frankl , also an architect , disagrees with this last point and doubts whether volume building can be reformed by example .
14 There is no doubt that children learn far more by example than by precept , and therefore that teachers have a continuous obligation to behave well themselves .
15 Essentially , discipline is about ‘ steering ’ the child through the shallows and rapids of life , by example and guidance , and with the encouragement that fosters growth and development .
16 Guideline 28 : Encourage ( by example ) your teenager to negotiate
17 My ploy of leading our little group of producers with programme instruction by example was a compromise that was not going to work .
18 Billy Bremner led by example .
19 He set up his school , St. Enda 's , in 1908 to show by example how a bilingual school in Irish and English could work .
20 Harry led our team by example — although perhaps what some of his colleagues needed was a skipper who could also drive or cajole them to better things — but it was a mark of the respect in which he was held by Palace supporters that his well-deserved Benefit in 1953–54 was so well attended .
21 Teaching by example can be one of the best ways of passing on skills , provided of course that the example is good .
22 This can easily be achieved if teaching by example is recognised as a valuable way of passing on expertise .
23 As in teaching by example , special arrangements do not need to be made for individual supervision .
24 Children are influenced most by example and by the kind of person the step-parent is . ’
25 We also need to support the less-advantaged young people , those who have not been encouraged , by example or word , to tackle what some ( perhaps many ) increasingly feel to be a very difficult and unrewarding task .
26 In this area above all , the leader must lead by example .
27 What we can do , though , is to illustrate , by example , who has the right in any given situation .
28 In the rest of this section we will show , by example , how PGPs may be solved by slightly modifying the simplex method We will start with problem P2 in which we write ‘ Gmax ’ to signal a PGP and list the objectives in order of priority ( highest first ) .
29 I was very much his son and it was six or seven weeks before I learned that the self-confidence he 'd given me , genetically and by example , to other people was mere boasting .
30 COMPANY bosses are leading by example on pay restraint .
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