Example sentences of "[coord] by [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure by which a second borrower 's income can be multiplied , or by which the two incomes added may be multiplied . |
| 2 | It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly when , where or by whom the first pile rugs were made . |
| 3 | The mechanism by which animals might integrate these various events , spread out as they usually are over several sessions of training , and by which the critical conditional probabilities might be computed , are not considered . |
| 4 | This gives great emphasis to the contention that it is only through the teaching of the children that there can be any progress towards a better world , and by which the complete breakdown of man 's fragile and very young civilisation can be avoided . |
| 5 | The Berne Convention is the principal copyright convention , to which eighty-four countries are signatories , and by which the adherents undertake to give a minimum copyright recognition to creators within their jurisdiction . |
| 6 | The social security system is also one of the main mechanisms through which the income inequalities between older women and men are both generated and reinforced and by which the dependence of women on men is encouraged . |
| 7 | The first is the return date by which the claimant must return the completed Summons to court following service and by which the debtor requires to advise the court whether he wishes to defend the action or offer to make payment by instalments . |
| 8 | Commodore 's extraordinary name for the system was determined by their concern to avoid any potential trademark problems by actually calling it CDTV , the name they favoured and by which the system is now universally known . |
| 9 | A part of the chromosome which has no genes and by which the chromosome becomes attached to the spindle . |
| 10 | For example , the choice of a passive rather than an active is influenced both by whether the things referred to are animate or inanimate and by what the basic theme of the speaker 's current discourse currently is ( Harris , 1977 ; 1978 ) . |
| 11 | While there he heard shots from across the road at number thirty one , stepped out to investigate and by what the Metropolitan police Commissioner called a tragic coincidence of events , was shot dead almost immediately by one of three men . |
| 12 | How willing were abolitionists to challenge both the accepted ways of acting publicly and by whom the action should be undertaken ? |
| 13 | It is impossible to discover when and by whom the decision to depose the king was taken , but when parliament assembled , Mortimer and his supporters embarked on a carefully orchestrated campaign to win support for the removal of the king . |
| 14 | Most hotels maintain records of the occupancy of the room so that at any time they can refer to it and see when and by whom the room was occupied . |
| 15 | Sometimes woven into the pile of the rug , usually in the border ; these can usually be taken as a clear indication of when and by whom the rug was made . |
| 16 | The Court had in mind information regarding when and by whom the information was received , the fact that distribution lists are maintained separately from the messages sent and so would not be printed out , unless specified , on the paper copy . |
| 17 | But the experts need to know more precisely when and by whom the bodies of Uffington were buried . |
| 18 | There are too many scenes of people talking about nothing in particular and , when characters are differentiated , not by what they do , but by what the author says about them , the effect can be static and unsatisfying . |
| 19 | The Yasa will not be offended against if the ship is steered not by an oar , but by what the Khan has said is called a rudder , being just another kind of oar which is fixed to the stern of the vessel . |