Example sentences of "[noun pl] by which [pron] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | To this end he used a metaphor drawn from mathematics , the variable , to create " devices by which we can characterize the objects of empirical social investigation " . |
| 5 | Concepts are mental procedures by which we can create and recreate mental images of objects , ideas of feelings … |
| 6 | These Holy Ones set out the rules by which we can live our lives and , in turn , reach the state of a higher being which is dormant within each one of us . |
| 7 | The response or experience is individual , though there are canons by which one can judge its appropriateness , by which one can discriminate understanding from misunderstanding . |
| 8 | So it 's not , it 's not a question of any one government , or the voluntary organisations or the companies putting pressure , it 's a question of all of them working out mechanisms by which they can persuade more and more people to join this particular movement . |