Example sentences of "[vb pp] but by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that it is a matter most essential to the liberties of this kingdom , that such members be delegated to this important trust , as are most eminent for their probity , their fortitude , and their knowledge ; for it was a known apophthegm of the great lord treasurer Burleigh , ‘ that England could never be ruined but by a Parliament ’ … |
| 2 | Exact beginnings are not clearly known but by the mid-thirteenth century Lübeck and Hamburg in Germany were co-operating together and soon other German towns were joining : Lüneburg , Wismar , Stralsund , Soest and Dortmund . |
| 3 | Lengthy representations , submissions and discussions followed but by the end of 1991 the agreed negotiation procedures had been exhausted without success . |
| 4 | To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can not always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but by supposing something intuitively known , and evident without Proof , so nothing can be defined but by the use of words too plain to admit a definition . |
| 5 | Further attempts at negotiation failed but by the time the dragoons appeared , the crowd had unaccountably melted away . |