Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The class and gender interests of senior officials in all agencies are promoted more by ‘ bureau-shaping ’ strategies than by budget maximization . |
| 2 | Stephen Gould , in his excellent essay on The Pan da " s Thumb , has made the point that evolution can be more strongly supported by evidence of telling imperfections than by evidence of perfection . |
| 3 | Philip Urbach fell on his feet when by chance he met a teacher from a school which was being evacuated to Wales . |
| 4 | It is , however , increasingly apparent that her Memoirs are highly selective accounts , characterised as much by omissions and evasions as by integrity and authenticity . |
| 5 | They demanded the release of de la Mare and submitted a petition protesting against the annulment of statutes except by parliament . |
| 6 | ‘ Conveyance ’ means any conveyance construed or adapted for the carriage of a person or persons whether by land , water or air , except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it , and ‘ drive ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 7 | The outcome of these developments is , therefore , a ‘ highly differentiated and fragmented form of government ’ ( Dunleavy 1982 : 185 ) , in which co-ordination is achieved as much by negotiation and bargaining between agencies as by imperative , bureaucratic control mechanisms . |
| 8 | Scrutiny by senior officials is easier in more serious cases because by definition they are more likely to be public knowledge in the agency . |
| 9 | Throughout the period living standards were more affected in the short term by price rises than by wage movements . |
| 10 | Since it will not breed in this form , it has no sexual equipment ; since it has no cause to attract a mate , it needs no mechanisms to send out call-signals whether by sight , smell or sound , nor any sense organs to receive such messages ; and as its parents have gone to considerable trouble to ensure that when it hatches it is surrounded by the great quantities of the particular food it requires , it needs no wings . |
| 11 | In reality , however , the tribe was rather an ‘ open ’ institution , its membership created more by shared political interests than by descent from a common ancestor . |
| 12 | It is clear that fires in the storages discussed would more readily be controlled by well-designed and appropriate automatic systems than by fire brigade action because : |