Example sentences of "[noun] by which [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Describe an experiment by which you would determine the relative molecular mass of a gas or vapour . |
| 2 | There is no difficulty in explaining how a structure such as an eye or a feather contributes to survival and reproduction ; the difficulty is in thinking of a series of steps by which it could have arisen . |
| 3 | Harry held his breath , catching at that as at the first landmark by which he might hope to get his bearings . |
| 4 | The gospels do not furnish us with the materials for a modern-style biography , nor do they give us a window into Jesus ' mind by which we could peer into his inmost soul . |
| 5 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 6 | But I do not think that there can be a rational , scientific criterion by which you can say : this is really the best . |
| 7 | Since the lawmakers were mostly of the creditor class , their attitude was to retain a statute by which they could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtor and his detention at their will . |
| 8 | In fact , even without knowing it , he may be looking to her as a vehicle by which he might rediscover his lost self , which did n't have the chance to blossom earlier . |
| 9 | In one case Valens discusses a trust worded ‘ Let Stichus be free : and I request that my heir teach him a skill by which he can look after himself ; in another Ulpian deals with a bequest of an annual sum in which the amount has been left out . |
| 10 | The government , however , was reluctant to co-operate with a US plan by which it would use some of its abundant currency reserves to tackle the Third-World debt crisis . |
| 11 | The balance has tipped too far in the other direction : instead of ignoring her sexuality , Christabel is now dominated by it , and so the creative process by which she should have been psychologically fulfilled has not worked . |
| 12 | The question is whether it is worth while to make an alteration by which you will gain at most two and a half minutes … |
| 13 | Not least the new abilities by which we may see human existence anew — relativistically , that is , each person imprisoned in his own umwelt , his own conceptual universe . ’ |
| 14 | The reactions of an educated élite , the study of whose reading matter has so often given social and cultural historians their main access to the past , no longer remains the only documentation by which we can get at the culture of ‘ the common man ’ . |
| 15 | Nothing illustrates better the fluidity of viewpoints by which we can swing towards and away from egoism , and how little it has to do with morality . |
| 16 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 17 | There were no landmarks , no features by which they could determine their position even if it had been light enough to see them . |
| 18 | At the beginning of this chapter it was suggested that the main features by which we can characterise the wider category of positivist criminology ( and which also serve to distinguish it from classical criminology ) are determinism , differentiation , pathology and the diversion of attention away from crime ( and the criminal law ) to the criminal . |
| 19 | There is ample evidence that in the Victorian and Edwardian ages working-class women were knowledgeable about techniques by which they could control family size . |
| 20 | There are a number of ways by which you might start inland from the Basque Coast . |
| 21 | He has a local European Member of Parliament and I am sure that he is aware of ways by which he can speed up replies . |
| 22 | This shape difference measure is the fundamental building block by which we can create large databases of outline shapes that can be searched efficiently . |
| 23 | In the treaty of union , where is the mechanism by which we may change the law ? |
| 24 | Despite the Soviet interpretation cited above , the ZOPFAN proposals still have not been defined with any precision by the ASEAN states and the mechanism by which they would limit Great Power involvement in Southeast Asia remains vague . |
| 25 | Erm and this is really the mechanism by which you can ensure the continuous or continual improvement of the quality system . |
| 26 | The greatest obstacle to the acceptance of the drift hypothesis was not so much the nature of this supporting evidence ( although alternative explanations were readily proffered ) but rather the failure to find a convincing mechanism by which it could occur . |
| 27 | If money supply changes , what is the mechanism by which it will affect aggregate demand ? |
| 28 | We 've got to persuade them to invest in us — to make them see us as the means by which they can topple the Seven . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 30 | Both combined lead to political conclusions which are in some ways akin to those of Rawls : political action should be concerned with providing individuals with the means by which they can develop , which enable them to choose and attempt to realize their own conception of the good . |