Example sentences of "criteria by which [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , eugenicists stressed the importance of teaching women the criteria by which to choose a mate . |
| 2 | What he is interested in above all is analyzing the process of reading , and formulating criteria by which to evaluate the experience that reading produces . |
| 3 | A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , hostility to socialist realism runs deep and it would seem appropriate and productive at this stage to examine briefly the more critical views of the practice of Stalinist socialist realism articulated quite dramatically by Georg Lukacs himself , in order to draw up another set of criteria by which to assess Nizan 's communist novels . |
| 5 | Others have sought to generate criteria by which to assess the distinctive features of a political culture . |
| 6 | er , erm , obviously the commission felt it was er , it was funny , unacceptable if you did n't have erm for example objective criteria by which to judge applications to membership , now I can understand this a fairly proposition of fairness , but where does it fit in to article eighty five ? |
| 7 | For one thing , it is difficult to arrive at consistent criteria by which to identify the species . |
| 8 | The research showed there to be virtually no knowledge among arts projects personnel of available strategies for guiding schools in staff development except for a recognition of criteria by which to identify schools ready for development ( Shipman 's concept of a ‘ healthy school ’ in Slater 1985 ; viz. a recognition of the need for change by the school staff , a supportive headteacher , the active involvement of a senior member of staff , and a professionally interactive staff ) . |