Example sentences of "[vb -s] by this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exceptional Photoplays labelled it as ‘ an uncompromising film ’ and was quite sure it gave proof that ‘ motion picture art has by this time attained its majority ’ . |
| 2 | Although the cable has by this stage disappeared , the cells in the mound still contain a great deal of filamentous actin in a disorganized arrangement ( Fig. 4 h ) . |
| 3 | The living animal has by this process been transformed into something approximating a circuit board in a computer , and the researchers can go about exploring its properties rather as if they were electrical engineers , presented with a novel piece of equipment and trying to understand from scratch how its circuits function . |
| 4 | He recalls that the Chancellor came in to the store at around 5pm , and stands by this approximate time even though he is well aware that Mr Lamont was then in a Treasury Select Committee at the House of Commons . |
| 5 | True records of the dolphin kills by this sector of the industry can therefore only be estimated , and are likely to be very conservative . |
| 6 | From this it was concluded that , although the principles of identifying systemic information links by this method appeared sound and it could be achieved to a limited extent by using the facilities of a flat-file database , it would not be cost-effective to pursue without access to more sophisticated technology . |
| 7 | Strangest of all is the fact that the art itself suffers by this treatment , as the circumstances surrounding the paintings and what they signify are examined perhaps at the expense of the technical representations . |
| 8 | Perhaps he hopes by this means to get the best of both worlds ; actually , of course , he gets the worst . |
| 9 | Orbitel Mobile Communications Ltd says it is to launch its latest series of Groupe Speciale Mobile phones at CeBit ‘ 93 , in Hannover : improvements to come in with the new 901 series include improved battery life , speedier battery charging , and ‘ added functionality ’ , although Orbitel is not saying yet exactly what it means by this ; the series is to include a combined mobile and transportable phone , providing both in-car and portable functionality , the company says . |
| 10 | What he means by this is that he wants to see the thing in loan committee , damn the company 's leverage , and damn the balance-of-payments problems in the Philippines , period . |
| 11 | What Gunn means by this is , I think , that everyone realises the risks but yet we all feel a tendency to delude ourselves of any possibility that it might happen to us . |
| 12 | If one understands by this an explicit order to launch an invasion , the answer would appear to be no . |
| 13 | South Africa opened an " interests office " in Windhoek on Dec. 13 , 1989 , offering a full range of consular services , including issue of passports and visas ; the deputy head of the office said : " South Africa demonstrates by this that we want to be good neighbours and hope it will be possible to retain normal and friendly relations with the neighbouring state . " |
| 14 | Under the guidance of Loudon , Disraeli 's reformist landowners and manufacturers could find their way from fiction into fact , as Jane Loudon suggests by this incident , recounted in her biographical note upon her husband : |
| 15 | What makes Gatsby 's action even more splendid is that he knows by this time that Daisy is not going to leave her husband for him . |
| 16 | Anne Seagrave Video works by this Brighton College of Art graduate . |
| 17 | Nassim 's eyes were out like organ stops by this time . |