Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see case by case judgments arising based on the precise nature of the services or their scale as a whole , but those are judgments on the facts rather than the framework for general rule-making . |
| 2 | Typical examples of the kinds of ritual practices that are commonly observed include : ( i ) dietary and sexual abstinence before hunting , ( ii ) visionary experiences induced by drugs or fasting , ( iii ) ritual purification of hunter and weapons before hunting , ( iv ) offering of formal apology/excuse to the slain animal — blame-shifting , ( v ) offering of tokens of appeasement — food , tobacco , etc. — to the slain animal , ( vi ) ceremonial treatment of carcass — verbal flattery and solemnity , ( vii ) rules determining who may eat animals ' flesh ( which may include abstention by hunter and/or his entire kin group ) , ( viii ) avoidance of waste , ( ix ) avoidance of boasting , ( x ) ritual disposal of uneatable or unusable remains , and ( xi ) post-hunting purification of the hunter and/or his weapons ( see e.g. Frazer , 1922 ; Hallowell , 1926 ; Benedict , 1929 ; Speck , 1977 ; Campbell , 1984 ; Serpell , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | There was a danger that the blood would become poisoned by pus or by some other morbid agent which would render death by pyaemia inevitable . |
| 4 | The announcement in the Medium Term Financial Strategy ( MTFS ) in the 1980 budget of monetary targets — which would fall year by year ( see Table 8.3 ) — was also regarded as a means of lowering the expectations of wage bargainers . |
| 5 | Passes may be issued which will allow access by car , coach or ambulance tot he esplanade , but they CAN NOT BE ISSUED for performances on Saturdays under any circumstances . |
| 6 | Of the 5,000 men that were surveyed in the course of the Kinsey research , no more than four ( 0.08 per cent of the survey ) were found who could reach ejaculation by fantasy alone , without the aid of manual or other stimulation . |
| 7 | Disraeli was later to talk of the Two Nations , the Rich and the Poor , who could exist side by side in the same country with no knowledge of each other 's way of life . |
| 8 | If a girl married without her parents ' consent , she would risk abandonment by family and tribe . |
| 9 | But now what you will have bit by bit to show them is not a series of physical clues or eliminating alibis but , chiefly , the character of your murderer . |
| 10 | However , having created your shape , you can make stitch by stitch adjustments if necessary by using the EXACT STITCH LAYOUT facility . |
| 11 | There 's it 's mirror image and what you will find is that you can superimpose side by side and two , any two of those atoms there those groups but then , straight away the other two are out of position the other two have reversed . |
| 12 | You can shop meal by meal , or bit by bit . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll need help by morning , ’ the Brigade Major said fervently . |
| 14 | No one could take death by force . |
| 15 | We shall have government by charter . |
| 16 | As a result of acquiring writing ‘ one can compare side by side utterances that have been made at different times and places ’ ( 1977 , pp. 11 — 12 ) . |
| 17 | First , they must face trial by jury in civil actions , which allows the plaintiff 's attorney to appeal to the jury 's emotions — and US juries are rarely sympathetic towards a large firm with seemingly endless insurance cover . |
| 18 | If there are two guns they should stand side by side on the edge of the burrow , one shooting to the right and the other to the left , so that neither is endangered by whatever the other fellow does . |
| 19 | They would drink side by side with City workers , but would never quite bridge the communication gap . |
| 20 | In a carefully negotiated settlement Charles and Diana agreed they would work side by side in public as long as they could live totally separate lives . |
| 21 | They will vary case by case but typical headings include : |
| 22 | Each and every one of them will undergo death by burial and rebirth renewed . |
| 23 | Sixty years later , in a yet more striking case , the newly arrived Russian ambassador to Denmark , finding that the king , Christian V , was in bed and too ill to receive him , insisted on having another bed provided on which he could lie side by side with the king so that they could talk . |
| 24 | In addition , it can locate prey by smell alone , scenting blood from well over half a kilometre away . |