Example sentences of "[subord] by what [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In choosing between the goals towards which I spontaneously tend , I may find myself being excited more strongly by what I perceive here and now than by what I imagine from other viewpoints , so that for example a present amusement obliterates consciousness of a future danger . |
| 2 | I 'm more moved by literature than by what it describes ! |
| 3 | Usually a priest matters more by what he is than by what he says . |
| 4 | He was less bothered by the thought of arms sales , however , than by what he saw as the fundamental unreality of the proposal . |
| 5 | The impression you create is given as much by how you look and behave as by what you say and this very definitely includes what you wear . |
| 6 | The creative mind is moved at least as much by those it knows as by what it reads , but the matter is largely obscure and often simply undiscoverable . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never pursued any man in my life ! ’ she flared , stung by his disparaging ‘ dear ’ as much as by what he seemed to believe . |