Example sentences of "by [prep] example " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows to be wholly naive claims that the problem of the patriarchal nature of the biblical literature could be solved by for example substituting certain female words for male words , or concentrating on those stories which concern women . |
| 2 | The skilful dealer does all he can to maintain the illusion , by for example , saying reassuringly : " My clients ' interests are my own . " |
| 3 | Will he look at last Monday 's Adjournment debate and see that there is another side to the story , before we start , heaven knows , on sanctions that will hurt the 36 British companies in Libya , which are led , by for example , Brown and Root , and which could lead to something worse in the form of another strike ? |
| 4 | Furthermore , the need to include parking spaces always puts undesirable constraints on the development itself , by for example limiting the areas of open space available and by vastly increasing the costs of building ; underground carparks are not only enormously expensive but also ‘ unnatural ’ in a Georgian/Victorian city like Edinburgh . |
| 5 | But if , if libido was aroused by for example seduction in childhood it could go nowhere , it was repressed in the unconscious , where it transformed itself by some kind of psychological chemistry into anxiety . |
| 6 | Religion acts as a restraining force on human nature , and er , raises people , as it were , to a higher , to a higher level , by for example giving them more proscriptions , like the ten commandments . |
| 7 | By including the words , avoiding areas of significant landscape value , you are by implication , directing it at areas which can be improved by for example a structure plan to increase or improve the landscape value of that area . |
| 8 | If beds are blocked by for example geriatric patients er in medical or even surgical wards , wo n't there be a trickle effect and therefore it will be impossible for the patients who need to go up to these other wards to get out of the A and E department ? |