Example sentences of "by [det] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They talked to him of their lives as if by that they smeared some ointment on their existence . |
| 2 | By that they mean that multiplying them together in either order would have to give the same result . |
| 3 | Not that Hewlett was a representative figure , if by that we mean a sort of undistinguished average . |
| 4 | It 's also much quieter and even better behaved , by that we mean it burns cleaner with less exhaust emissions . |
| 5 | It may well be true that there is little evidence of a widespread parochial anti-clericalism in the early sixteenth century , if by that we mean an endemic lay hostility towards the local priesthood . |
| 6 | Becket had , indeed , died for the liberty of the Church , if by that we mean an acceptance of the universal law of the Church and the freedom of the church courts to try certain cases and exercise jurisdiction over the clergy as a separate caste . |
| 7 | It is no improvement merely to add a label , saying — taking an example at random — that left for Scotland yesterday morning is a verb phrase if by that we simply mean that it consists of a certain sequence of word classes recognized as frequently occurring . |
| 8 | By that it was clear that he was referring to some sort of spiritual renaissance , and he succeeded , as so often , in implicitly prophesying the emergence of men like Solzhenitsyn . |
| 9 | He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs . |
| 10 | By that he meant fighting inflation and running a tight fiscal policy . |
| 11 | By that he meant the rich , using their wealth , are able to manipulate the flow of information and images to their own advantage . |
| 12 | By that he meant an individual could only commit an offence under the sub-section if , inter alia , he had actively sought the information proscribed ; receipt of unsolicited information was not sufficient . |
| 13 | By that he sought to avoid alienating the apolitical majority . |
| 14 | She was ready , just by that you could see she looked better . |
| 15 | ‘ If by that you mean are the white ones dirty , then yes . ’ |
| 16 | The character you By that you mean the character the boundary |
| 17 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 18 | ‘ If by that you mean am I going to the police station to confess , then no . |
| 19 | By that you mean the order of things we ought to think about so |
| 20 | I imagine by that you mean the new censorship categories from the British Board of Film Censors ? |
| 21 | ‘ What we need is to put more focus on creating brand-consciousness — and by that I mean everything that makes up a brand , such as style , colour , fashionableness , image , price , quality . |
| 22 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
| 23 | England have to put Turkey under pressure and by that I do n't mean lumping balls into their box and hoping for a break . |
| 24 | It is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions , but it becomes somehow a lot worse when the child in question is extra -ordinary , and by that I mean sensitive and brilliant . |
| 25 | If the opportunity was n't there , and by that I mean a realistic chance of winning the Championship , then I would n't be racing in Formula One any more . |
| 26 | If you embark on using someone as your detective who is immensely superior to yourself either intellectually or in the social scale ( and by that I do not mean any conventional listing of dukes , earls , barons and honourables ) you will be heading for trouble when you try to have the sort of insights for them that they would naturally have . |
| 27 | ‘ We need a significant raising of the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . ’ |
| 28 | That means very significantly raising the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . |
| 29 | You are the pleasures which we draw him on to — ( He escapes a fractional giggle but recovers immediately ) and by that I do n't mean your usual filth ; you ca n't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires . |
| 30 | Lord Hailsham carefully unpicked the shreds of legitimacy attaching to the established constitution and called for " nothing less than a written constitution for the United Kingdom , and by that I mean one which limits the powers of Parliament and-provides a means of enforcing those limitations both by political and by legal means " . |