Example sentences of "[adj] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The delivery of 304 by Pickfords in 1952 . |
| 2 | Our French Canadian friends have been very good company for us ( actually , the woman , Dorothy , is Scottish by birth and upbringing ) , and we have been improving our French at the breakfast table , so even if ( as I fear ) we shall come home unable to speak more than ‘ hullo ’ ‘ goodbye ’ and ‘ thank you ’ in Chinese , at least our French will be a bit better . |
| 3 | I think he 's Scottish by extraction , though you 'd hardly know it from his accent . |
| 4 | But in a more sophisticated sense it means that the level of unemployment ‘ is not controllable by variations in demand-management ’ [ ibid. , 96 ] . |
| 5 | Marx and Engels ' arbiter model of the state suggested that if class forces in society were for a time evenly balanced , then the state bureaucracy and a strong political — military leader could intervene to impose stabilizing policies which were not controllable by capital , although they would be bound to maintain capitalist predominance in economic life . |
| 6 | Arbiter theorists have a comparatively complex outlook on law , which is regarded as a partly autonomous sphere of social action , not controllable by capitalists . |
| 7 | Water feeds into the lower pool , slightly smaller , via a surface skimmer and a bottom drain — in other words , at two levels ( controllable by valves ) . |
| 8 | The Circus Finale , taken from 1–2–3 by Nanette Newman and Tracey Boyd . |
| 9 | The Balancing Act , 1–2–3 by Nanette Newman and Tracey Boyd . |
| 10 | established in 1895 by Sidney Webb with the aim of contributing ‘ to the improvement of society by promoting the impartial study of its problems and the training of those who were to translate policy into action ’ . |
| 11 | They were primitive by modem standards and life . |
| 12 | Our policy on managing foreign exchange has been to minimise our economic exposure to currency movements by financing our operations with US dollar debt , wherever possible , achieving this by currency swaps when funds have been raised in other currencies . |
| 13 | There are many different ways of doing this by reharmonisation , superimposing . |
| 14 | what you , your case is as I understand it , I 've only intervened cos I think the question did n't dis perhaps a lack of understanding this by Lord allow me to say so , what you 're saying is that erm , in fact , although not intentionally you 're prepared to accept the format of the brochure in relation to the on going charges was such as could reasonably be said by your newspaper to have mislead prospective purchasers |
| 15 | If physics is to be taken as the acme of scientific knowledge , then it would make sense to try to emulate the methods that physics uses to gain its knowledge , and where else could one go for this by way of a shortcut but to philosophy , the discipline that has been endlessly preoccupied with the foundations of human knowledge . |
| 16 | At the Apeldoorn meeting , ministers acknowledged the concerns expressed over this by Greece and other southern member states , and Netherlands Finance Minister Wim Kok conceded that a majority of the 12 was necessary . |
| 17 | ‘ I opened this by mistake , Oak , ’ he said , ‘ but it must be for you . |
| 18 | We seek to tackle this by programmes which support economic and social development , which improve education and health care and give parents the chance to have children by choice . |
| 19 | Replacing in eqn ( 8.2 ) by gives Multiplying this by Z and dropping a factor m throughout we obtain which can be rearranged as where T is also a conserved quantity . |
| 20 | White and grey test cards , and the samples , were viewed vertically from 30cm , though the greater thickness of the grass samples actually reduced this by 3cm . |
| 21 | Perhaps the most magnificent mansion to be built here at the turn of the century was Petwood : this by Lady Weighall . |
| 22 | Was this by choice or because there was no other option ? |
| 23 | In the 1860s , for example , 70 per cent of men between 21 and 36 years of age were bachelors and this by choice , for the ratio of men to women was virtually equal . |
| 24 | As we have seen , multi-culturalist accounts emphasize the way in which stereotypes may be affecting classroom encounters ( DES , 1985 , pp. 46–56 , reproduces a piece of research on this by Peter Green ) ; the channelling of Afro Caribbean students into sports ; and the allocation of Afro-Caribbean and Asian students to streams , sets , examinations and career paths which grossly underestimate their abilities and potential . |
| 25 | Subtracting eqn ( 19.12 ) from eqn ( 19.11 ) gives Multiplying this by u 1 and averaging ( where the rearrangement of terms has made use of the continuity equation ( 19.10 ) ) . |
| 26 | Both boys and girls need plenty of reassurance during this by fears that they are not normal , especially if they are early or late developers . |
| 27 | The number of Council Tax administrative staff below Senior Assistant level have been arrived at in total by examining the Community Charge case load per member of staff , projecting this on the basis of estimated case load for Council Tax and increasing this by 20% in order to deal with the personal elements of Council Tax , which were previously dealt with by the Community Charge Registration Officer . |
| 28 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |
| 29 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |
| 30 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |