Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [noun] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reflecting in 1968 on the difference between him and Communists of the older generation , he said : ‘ They seem to approach reality by way of certain abstract categories , which seem to them to have a lot of meaning and to reflect concrete experience … ; [ whereas ] members of my generation tend to use as a starting point reality as it exists at the moment , they form general concepts on the basis of this reality and they disregard categories which seem to have lost their relevance and to function more as incantations than as concepts . ’ |
| 2 | This continuity is hardly to be wondered at when it is remembered that precious substances have attracted and continue to attract interest by reason of their inherent qualities . |
| 3 | But other men , who remain unsatisfied , continue to grow step by step to new levels . |
| 4 | Looking back from the late 1980s it seems that decentralization was not a clean break , nor was it a temporary aberration , since elements of both continue to exist side by side in the British settlement system . |
| 5 | In addition , most theories of legitimacy simultaneously attempt to justify power by reference to its ends . |
| 6 | For motorists who intend to travel west by road on N3 to Zurich or beyond , a short side-trip is to -be recommended . |