Example sentences of "by [conj] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think in terms of our our first duty to protect the public by keeping offenders locked up securely , yes by and large we do a good job and that , by keeping good order in prisons we do a good job generally speaking incidence are very few and far between after the mid eighties , things have settled down considerably . |
| 2 | Yeah well but by and large we 've not |
| 3 | We see the future of the education service depending upon local financial management , and erm , as I have said , we were very keen to protect the delegated budgets which erm by and large we erm have succeeded in doing . |
| 4 | By and large they fell in happily with the exhortations they received from the Arab world not to take any unauthorized political initiatives . |
| 5 | Yet it is remarkable , on the other hand , how morally unmoved the British hierarchy in India seems to have been at the time by civil disobedience : if British officials found it morally painful to see Indians breaking the law and suffering for it , by and large they succeeded in keeping the fact to themselves . |
| 6 | Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . |
| 7 | the Kings theatres in towns where by and large they 're showing the same shows |
| 8 | If this is the perceived basis of conservatism , then there is a problem for these Young Conservatives : by and large they were not ambitiously greedy , nor were they the ‘ high-flyers ’ the councillor had talked glowingly about . |
| 9 | The overall position on staffing tends , therefore , to defy much generalization beyond that the social services need a very large number of trained people , and that by and large they fail to get them . |
| 10 | By and large they bore out what the girl 's uncle claimed — that it was with their consent , or even connivance , that the girl had gone to live with her uncle in the first place . |
| 11 | By and large they all get on very well together . |
| 12 | The recovery was slow and by 1937 the rate was still at 9%. 3 By 1941 , then , people looked back across two decades of mass unemployment to the end of the previous war , and by and large they assumed the same thing would happen again . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , so long as they did not organise — and sometimes even when they did — the workers themselves provided their employers with a solution to the problem of labour management : by and large they liked to work , and their expectations were remarkably modest . |
| 14 | By and large they 've been replaced by computers now . |
| 15 | There 's definitely that needed and , and by and large they seem to fall by slightly on that and in things like breathing apparatus , the wearing of that , and |
| 16 | I think by and large they 're probably running away and do n't want to have much to do with him and they do n't like these people , probably , who use your drop in centre because they might smell a little bit and they might be down at heel and they 're not really people who are going to contribute much to the lives of those other people who are trying to get on and make things better for themselves . |
| 17 | By and large it does not , and it certainly did not in Margaret 's case : she merely laughed all the more , and sang the taunting hymns of her new faith , about how tyrants would be put down from their thrones and the humble and the meek raised up . |
| 18 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 19 | By and large it performed well during the miners ' industrial action of 1973–4 and the concurrent ‘ go-slows ’ in the electricity-supply industry , as David Howell recalls : |
| 20 | There is a trace of fierceness in the upper reaches of the violins , and that serves to highlight some woodwind and vocal sounds , but by and large it merely underlines treble presence without causing obvious exaggeration . |
| 21 | This is the practice that has been followed for many years and by and large it has worked . |
| 22 | By and large it is better to write an individually tailored application letter for each job , as this gives the company the feeling that you have a particular interest in that specific job . |
| 23 | If the woman does not choose to fulfil this part of the process , then the connection will not hold ; by and large it is women who create the form of the relationship . |
| 24 | By and large it is the large brewers , which include Allied , Bass and Whitbread , who are leading the way in refurbishment and catering , and ownership of these retail outlets is at a premium . |
| 25 | By and large it is , therefore , in their best interests , with regard to career prospects , to accept these postings . |
| 26 | By and large it is men who construct knowledge , check with other men as to its significance and validity and build on the traditions developed by other men . |
| 27 | Sometimes the 1949 recording is a trifle overwhelmed , but by and large it absorbs the heavy demands with reasonable fidelity . |
| 28 | There is a lot of it hype , there is a lot of it window dressing , but by and large it has helped to provide a railway line , if you like , for them to work on and give special help and special aid to various industries that are relocating there . |
| 29 | By and large it 's according to people 's occupations and you start with A which will be professional people , surgeons solicitors etcetera . |
| 30 | Now by and large it 's a tough game being a soldier . |