Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] by [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often than not , social disengagement will not have been intentional , and certainly not brought about simply by the process of ageing , but rather by a failure to maintain an adequate level of social life beyond that of being parents . |
| 2 | Simulation of geographical systems is not necessarily motivated by considerations of cost or avoidance of hazard , but more by the desire to experiment on systems that are either too slow-acting relative to the human life-span or which present ethical problems to the would-be experimenter . |
| 3 | Maria jeered caustically , driven partly by masochism but also by a need to lash out as she realised that in addition to all the other contemptible things he believed of her , he was now also convinced that she was a liar . |
| 4 | However , management is constrained in this not only by the technical capabilities , but also by the requirement to break even on the basis of rate of return above the norm . |
| 5 | The effectiveness of talking and listening is determined not only by the ability to use speech appropriately , but also by the ability to listen actively . |
| 6 | Reformers who advocated social welfare regulation were motivated by ideals , but also by the desire to improve the productivity of the working class and to attract its support for particular political causes . |
| 7 | Immortalized wrongly but concretely by the call to burn bras , the women 's movement actually advised a policy of refusal of crippling stiletto heeled shoes , distorting and uncomfortable underpinnings and garments as mere titillation . |