Example sentences of "by which [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in fact imagination can be the means by which we can come to understand reality . |
| 2 | Each science in its infancy has had to establish the assumptions and procedures by which it could claim to extend our knowledge of nature . |
| 3 | There is no difficulty in explaining how a structure such as an eye or a feather contributes to survival and reproduction ; the difficulty is in thinking of a series of steps by which it could have arisen . |
| 4 | Tactics are the means by which you will try to achieve the broad strategy or plan which you have in mind . |
| 5 | In general , the only way by which you can become acquainted with the correspondence student is through the student 's attempts at solutions and possibly by questions on specific difficulties . |
| 6 | Harry held his breath , catching at that as at the first landmark by which he might hope to get his bearings . |
| 7 | Men may , for example , both see themselves as ‘ stronger ’ than women and tend to see women as more weak and passive , but also see women as having a power over them that can seem to engulf the man in forms of emotional dependence by which he may feel threatened . |