Example sentences of "do not [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was important because the ruling class ( and the state which was its instrument ) did not merely rule by coercion — which for our purposes means in particular by punishing people for breaking its laws . |
| 2 | Italian researchers have shown that Octopuses do not just learn by experience , and by copying other Octopi , but are actively instructed by those who have already learnt the lesson . |
| 3 | I apologise , Mr. Speaker , I do not usually have by breath taken away . |
| 4 | I do not now intend by beauty of shapes what most people would expect , such as that of living creatures or pictures , but … straight lines and curves and the surfaces of solid forms produced out of these by lathes and rulers and squares … |
| 5 | However it does not always go by size but depends on the subject , as Foujita 's young girls cost much more , and the year in which it was painted makes a difference in price . |