Example sentences of "by [det] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They talked to him of their lives as if by that they smeared some ointment on their existence . |
2 | Could he just make sure though that in his plans by defining community care and by by that I mean social care as opposed to health care , in a certain way . |
3 | By this they mean these explanations and facts , research and analysis , thought and hypothesis , abstractions and theories , are uncontaminated by subjective inclinations , personal prejudices , biases , all that sort of thing , so noticeable among non-scientists . |
4 | By this I mean those aspects of her I like least . |
5 | By this I mean any process or phenomenon that involves a mapping of two or more elements . |
6 | By this he gives clear evidence of his innate greatness of soul . |
7 | A key point to note is that every stage of processing was able to affect the score of a reading ; thus , for example , a reading that scored more highly during the first ( semantic conflation ) phrase could later be overtaken by another which allowed easier reference resolution . |
8 | It was the inevitable mistake made by those who equate bureaucratic efficiency with political stability . |
9 | It was as if poets owed an explanation to the audience for being what they were , to bring creatures apart down to the level of ordinary folks ; as if the poet might be indulged his little failings and eccentricities as long as he allowed himself to be democratically mauled in public by thoughtless questioners or — even worse , much worse — by fellow-poets or by those who had poetic pretensions and who found in ‘ question time ’ an opportunity to assuage their jealousy or seek revenge for their own incompetence and mediocrity . |
10 | However , one of the arguments put forward by those who support all forms of field sports is that the landowners over whose land foxes and deer are being hunted and game birds shot , will maintain a more natural environment than if such activities did not take place . |
11 | The argument developed in this chapter is that insider dealing is undesirable and ought to be regulated at all levels ; that the prohibition of the practice has a rational basis ; and that many of the arguments advanced by those who favour unfettered insider dealing are seriously flawed . |
12 | Comedy , in any case , is not necessarily optimistic , and it can tellingly present a tragic world — a point readily overlooked by those who confuse literary forms like tragedy with states of mind like a tragic view of life , as if over-obsequious to a terminology or eager to be confused by one . |
13 | Is the Minister aware of the deep concern felt also by those who attend non-vocational classes in the evenings and at other times who , I am sorry to say , do not believe a word that the Minister says about continuing those classes ? |
14 | Whether we are consumers or citizens , we stand more chance of being robbed by persons who roam corporate suites than we do by those who roam public streets . |
15 | But the shock and outrage simulated by those who write these stories only perpetrate the idea that such goings-on are rare and extraordinary . |
16 | ‘ . Yet Shakespeare has more than a merely national reputation , kept in being by those who manipulate ideological power . |
17 | The nursing skills the camp followers brought with them , must have reduced the number of fatalities and the contribution made by those who donned male attire , and fought along side their men can not be counted . |
18 | It is imposed through its use in administrative functions by those who have political power . |
19 | There are no manuals for this struggle , for it can only be done by those who have pure hearts and sharp wits and the wisdom to know themselves . |
20 | The performance of cast iron in fire is better than might be expected by those who have some knowledge of the dramatic reaction of steel structures to fire . |
21 | It needs to be avoided by those who have these problems . |
22 | The end of a paratone is marked in a way similar to the ‘ turn signal ’ discussed by those who investigate conversational discourse as a process of social interaction ( cf. |
23 | In the remainder of this chapter we deal with five of those that have been put forward by those who give general assent to his radical perspective . |
24 | Unfortunately , they also continue to be ignored by those who produce official reports and government guidelines . |
25 | He has no time for the fair-weather aid groups , who will only go to Romania in the summer and is annoyed by those who deliver basic supplies , take a few pictures and never return . |