Example sentences of "by this [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this they mean these explanations and facts , research and analysis , thought and hypothesis , abstractions and theories , are uncontaminated by subjective inclinations , personal prejudices , biases , all that sort of thing , so noticeable among non-scientists . |
| 2 | By this they meant that the economic disadvantage , conflict of cultures and high mobility of these areas resulted in a lack of opportunities for the satisfaction of conventional needs , and the relative absence , or weakness , of conventional controls . |
| 3 | By this they mean that people both avoid intruding upon each other 's territory ( physical territory , a particular field of knowledge , a friendship ) and also seek to enlarge the territory of others — in Lakoff 's terms , make the other person feel good — presumably on the assumption that the same will be done to them . |
| 4 | By this they apparently mean curry , etc . |
| 5 | If the relationship between two variables entirely disappears when a causally prior variable is brought under control , we say that the original relationship was spurious ; by this we do not mean that the bivariate effect did not really exist , but rather that causal conclusions drawn from it would be incorrect . |
| 6 | If by this we mean that we explain real spiritual forces in mythic language because there is no other adequate language to explain them , that , it seems to me , is reasonable enough . |
| 7 | Yes , if by this we mean that a third party could urge this on the dog 's behalf and that sanctions of the law might well ensue . |
| 8 | By this we mean not that it is chaotic but simply that there is no government above the states which comprise it . |
| 9 | We have introduced the term computer , and by this we mean a device which can process substantial quantities of data without detailed human intervention . |
| 10 | By this we mean a change which is so wide-reaching and so fundamental in its effects as to constitute a dramatic alteration of the status quo . |
| 11 | By this we mean a less dramatic and less fundamental change , which is positively evaluated as an improvement on the status quo . |
| 12 | By this we mean the maintenance of the status quo as a conscious policy based upon a set of values which are promoted by or embodied in the status quo . |
| 13 | And by this we mean in terms of things like the cost of fuel , although it did go up again in nineteen seventy nine , but also with respect to new services being offered . |
| 14 | We may thus argue that /a/ functions for women as a network marker to a greater extent than it does for men ; by this we mean that there is for them a higher correlation between choice of variant and network structure , a tendency to select relatively backed variants being associated with higher levels of integration into the community . |
| 15 | By this we do not Just mean that many people believe that the system is unjust . |
| 16 | By this we do not mean to imply that any old interpretation will do because , clearly , there are standards involved in any inference from the data materials to the theory , be this a substantive sociological theory or what we have referred to as an instrumental theory . |
| 17 | The observations which we shall make can be directly linked to an account of the overall possibilities of English grammatical structure ; by this we do not mean to speak of the paradigmatic relationships between different clauses , but of the syntagmatic relations which construct the clause itself . |
| 18 | If by this it is meant that there are certain types of decision which can be taken jointly through cooperative arrangements made by different sovereign authorities , there can be little disagreement . |
| 19 | By this it will have come to your lordship 's ears what little success my attempt to put forward your terms for negotiation achieved in the council . |
| 20 | I mean by this it was not the sort of preparation which on the one hand Elizabethan erm critics and writers of rhetoric books , or on the other hand Ezra Pound in the twentieth century would advise to the poet that he must learn to turn a good sonnet or write in all the metrical forms , or accomplish himself deftly in the technical devices . |
| 21 | By this I mean flinging yourself forward on to the opponent 's fist with your unguarded face . |
| 22 | By this I mean , they can do what millions of people can not do . |
| 23 | By this I do not mean that he did no experiments , but that he explained his results by hypothesizing the existence of entities for which he had no direct evidence . |
| 24 | By this I mean , in Switzerland the Rottweiler has many close cousins , including the Bernese Mountain Dog , Appenzeller and Entlebuch . |
| 25 | By this I mean that those who identify themselves with the cause of animal welfare are increasingly those who speak for the commercial animal agriculture community , the bio-medical community , the hunting and trapping communities , and so on . |
| 26 | By this I mean we should look beyond the symptoms to the cause and to the prevention of illness . |
| 27 | By this I mean we need to look to the cause of the problem , not just to the symptoms which can sometimes be the signs of a more serious underlying health problem ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 28 | By this I mean that both the designer and colleagues may be too expert , too sophisticated , too used to jargon , too well-educated and able to verbalize . |
| 29 | By this I mean how do we prevent the curriculum experience of the children being continually teacher-directed forward , moving without time for reflection , reinforcement , space to breathe ? |
| 30 | Feeling slightly puzzled by this I continued my perusal of the instructions . |