Example sentences of "by [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motivated by rather more than just military considerations , the EFA was an exercise in European unity , and was governed by the need to give a ‘ fair share ’ of the contracts to each of the participating countries . |
| 2 | The part financed out of wages ( and the incomes of the self-employed corresponding to the average wage ) fell by rather more than this ( figure 8.5 ) . |
| 3 | The skiing tips were useful but not consolidated by long enough demonstrations and suffered from some strange hand mannerisms of the teacher . |
| 4 | Hence the number of men in private sector schemes increased dramatically , by 3 million between 1956 and 1967 , but among women by only half a million ( Government Actuary , 1981 , p. 6 ) . |
| 5 | The units had been used by only half the boards surveyed , area sessions had been attended by less than one-third . |
| 6 | For example , the current allowance of £1,720 for someone aged under 65 reduces their tax bill by £688 ( 40 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a higher rate taxpayer , but by only half that amount ( £344 , or 20 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a lower rate taxpayer . |
| 7 | Had Hoving 's reign been marked by only these highlights , he would have richly earned his self-appointed title as the ‘ crusading force ’ in American museums in the twentieth century . |
| 8 | By contrast , the removal of credit rationing would boost prices by only some 4.5 per cent if real mortgage rates were as high as 10 per cent . |
| 9 | Sir : Sue Wells ' poignant article about adoption ( Living , 2 October ) captures the heartbreak felt by so many other parents living in Britain today . |
| 10 | I think one sees it by the change in the structure of big business , by so many management buy-outs and the realisation that size is not everything ; large companies concentrating more on their core businesses and getting rid of peripheral businesses and spending more on research and development in supporting core businesses . |
| 11 | But supposed , to evoke the inner workings of the electrical goods sold by so many shops in the road up there . |
| 12 | No government is likely to say at this juncture that it regards cars as an environmental menace and intends to reduce their numbers by so many per cent a year . |
| 13 | What seems miraculous , when all is said , is that a man driven by so many acts of perversity should have been embraced so widely . |
| 14 | Never was so little done by so many . |
| 15 | Money-Go-Round : Never has so much been owed by so many |
| 16 | Those fighter pilots were praised by Churchill , when he made his famous announcement that ‘ Never in the history of human conflict had so much been owed to so few by so many ’ . |
| 17 | We will continue to oppose EC measures which would discourage part-time employment , valued by so many women . |
| 18 | We can not , therefore , feel surprised that Professor Coleman , beset by so many obstacles in that particular branch of our art , and having arrived at an advanced period of life , could not fling himself into its pursuit ; nor was it reasonable to expect it from him ’ . |
| 19 | A desperate shortage of labour caused by so many workers in industry being called up enabled hundreds of deaf men and women to get employment . |
| 20 | It might amuse him to rub salt into her wound , to display that notches-on-the-bedhead braggadocio shared by so many of his fellows . |
| 21 | At the Tribute and subsequently in Seville , it must have been great to be surrounded by so many people who openly acknowledge Queen as a huge influence . |
| 22 | It has been so rewarding for me to read about the happiness and freedom from the prison of obesity that is now enjoyed by so many . |
| 23 | This seems to me to be at the root of the false notion of ‘ independence ’ being pursued by so many local élites throughout Europe and beyond . |
| 24 | The hand of friendship , extended so warmly by so many , was rudely brushed aside by those who believed they knew best . |
| 25 | During his search for parts he has built up a colossal spares stock , but as the type has been used by so many air forces around the world and is still in service in places , components are not difficult to obtain — although they can be pricey . |
| 26 | The utility of believing that , however many setbacks my cause may suffer , God or the historical process is ultimately on my side , an effectiveness demonstrated throughout history by so many religious and political movements , is only one example of the practical value of delusion . |
| 27 | With the manure provided by so many beasts , there was some hope of success in making productive the marginal soils of the Weald , particularly where natural fertiliser was augmented by a wide variety of other fertilisers , lime , meat and even scraps from the villages . |
| 28 | But this is seen to be the reason why forces or energies are transferred or transmitted across what has continually been regarded by so many scientists as ‘ empty space ’ . |
| 29 | The Queen says : ‘ The prayers , understanding and sympathy given to us by so many of you in good times and bad have lent us great support and encouragement . |
| 30 | The prayers , understanding and sympathy given to us by so many of you in good times and bad have lent us great support and encouragement . |