Example sentences of "by [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the philosophy is to decentralise , in the way described in Chapter 21 , that is to say by effectively delegating authority to the sub-units , then it is likely that little or no role will be available for a corporate marketing department . |
| 32 | Software for Free evaluates the very best in low cost software making the task of choosing a lot less frustrating and time consuming , and by effectively cutting down the number of programs you need to look at it might even save you some money . |
| 33 | It was designed to " intensify enterprises ' interest in increasing output and boosting production efficiency " , and to broaden financial autonomy , by effectively introducing competitive bargaining between enterprises . |
| 34 | The Australian High Court delivered a key ruling on June 3 on the issue of Aboriginal land rights , by effectively overturning the notion of terra nullius — the concept that had deemed the Australian continent to be unoccupied at the time of European settlement in the 18th century . |
| 35 | What we should do is show that we 're the best union by effectively representing our members , and if others want to join us , then they can , but on our terms . |
| 36 | It is generally thought that highly priced shares are unpopular among investors and that the liquidity of the market for the company 's equity can be improved by effectively lowering the price . |
| 37 | Furthermore , if the problem is seen to be women taking men 's jobs , making them unemployed , the problem is one of macroeconomic policy , and is not to be solved by effectively concentrating it in a disguised fashion among non-working wives . |
| 38 | Er by effectively where we 've got the er combination of colours joining on to the southern bypass , we looked at moving that in a westerly direction to encourage that movement . |
| 39 | This whole idea of a subsistence economy is something I 'm not really , I 'm not really sure about it because erm what , what would exactly , you 're saying that if everybody was the same then erm then you 're somehow necessarily going to be producing at a subsistence level so erm so er and so it 's , so if you can only extract surplus by effectively taking it off something given to others . |
| 40 | A diving duck most easily recognised by strikingly peaked , almost triangular shape of head : also has distinctive white neck , broad white wing-bars and yellow eye . |
| 41 | Thomas , his elder brother , was fined as a recusant in 1646 , and little by little the Brydges ' fortune dwindled . |
| 42 | The argument will be harsh , and if the threat of disaster is vivid enough to bring about agreement , it may be that nations will find that , in the interest of common purpose , they are little by little surrendering the sovereignty of which Sir Ian Lloyd spoke . |
| 43 | A second hour went by , while little by little I abandoned hope first of one bus connection , and then of another , until there were footsteps and a small thin man hurried in , pushing back the strands of hair which had plastered themselves across his forehead . |
| 44 | Little by little I learned Leslie 's recent military history . |
| 45 | Little by little he freed himself from the control of the political groups , at the same time successfully exposing their divisions and their increasing isolation . |
| 46 | Little by little the Grants began to do more things together as they came to trust each other , and to find enjoyment in each other 's company . |
| 47 | And little by little the guns with their horses and crews were tilted forward , sliding inexorably towards the freezing mud . |
| 48 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 49 | There will be numerous less expensive pieces for collectors , including the plainer wheel-locks , and also an intriguing group of guns by little known local makers , retained as Court gunsmiths by the family well into the nineteenth century ( est. ranging from £500–15,000 ) . |
| 50 | A matter of trial and error , doing all the wrong things , but little by little getting to know their ways . |
| 51 | When both together took a few slow hops down one of the runs near-by , Hazel followed and little by little they all three moved out of the hall . |
| 52 | Little by little he dropped hints , but no details . |
| 53 | Little by little she was deliberately making herself angry . |
| 54 | Little by little his shoulders bent forward , and his face showed deep sadness . |
| 55 | And little by little they came to see the great Christian doctrine that eternal sin must be , in the very nature of things , eternal punishment or eternal misery . |
| 56 | A few years later , in 1912 , La Fresnaye , attempting to describe a certain aspect of Cézanne 's work and to assess his influence on contemporary painting said : ‘ Each object , in one of the late canvases , has ceased to exist only in itself , and becomes little by little a cell within the whole organism of the painting . |
| 57 | However Mr Earnshaw insisted , and little by little the boy became accepted by the family . |
| 58 | Every day that passes without further raiding speaks for you , the more confirming those who give their voice for reconciliation , and by little persuading those who were against . |
| 59 | A : Not at all ; it could be done even here — merely increase the supply of money until it becomes something of little value , as plentiful as grass : let it grow on every street corner , pour from the high street banks : see how little by little it is of less and less value : soon it is only stuff fit to engage the attention of those who love to indulge in the act of recycling : we will probably find that , pulped , bank notes are an excellent media for growing acorns into oaks . |
| 60 | But little by little he would piece it all together . |