Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [noun] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as their usefulness as a measure of performance the conclusion that should be reached is that none is superior as we can only measure performance by comparison . |
| 2 | When everyone is being encouraged to have their say and chipping in , you can only have decision-making by consensus and that takes a lot of time . |
| 3 | Obviously , such a current can not affect the transport of material in the swash zone , but it may greatly help transport by saltation and suspension in the breaker zone . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , to ensure that the Germans did not rush reinforcements by rail to the threatened area , General Alexei Alexeievich Brusilov , commanding the South West Front , was ordered to make menacing probes in his area . |
| 5 | And he did not promise government by principle ; a politician to the core , Mr Clinton prefers to work by consensus and compromise . |
| 6 | Conventional double-glazing cuts heat loss by conduction , but can not prevent loss by radiation . |
| 7 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
| 8 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
| 9 | Secondly , step ( 4 ) above should be implemented before step ( 5 ) so that at the time management subscribes the substantial part of their shares in Newco , in respect of which they have taken out loans to defray the cost of acquisition , Newco will already control Target by virtue of its contractual entitlement to acquire it ; if , in practice , steps ( 3 ) to ( 5 ) occur on the same day , board minutes and other records should show that events took place in the correct order . |
| 10 | Humans do not read character by character . |
| 11 | They could not go side by side . |
| 12 | In the first place it is essential to the concept of graded tests that they should be taken by students when they are ready , from time to time throughout their school career , or indeed after school ( there is no reason why a grandmother and granddaughter should not practise side by side for their Grade 1 piano examination ) . |
| 13 | Hence if a registered shareholder , A , first executes a transfer to a purchaser , B , and later to another , C , while both remain unregistered B will have priority over C. If , however , C succeeds in obtaining registration before B , he will have priority over B so long as he had no notice , at the time of purchase , of the transfer to B. If C did have notice , although he has been registered his prima facie title will not prevail over that of B who will be entitled to have the register rectified ( assuming that there are no grounds on which the company could refuse to register B ) and in the meantime C 's legal interest will be subject to the equitable interest of B. If both transfers were gifts , the position would presumably be different ; the gift to B would leave A without any beneficial interest that he could give to C and , not being a ‘ purchaser , ’ C could not obtain priority by registration ; his legal interest , on his becoming the registered holder , would be subject to the prior equity of B. |
| 14 | Sorry , but this is one competition where we can not accept entries by post . |
| 15 | Musical savants could easily learn pieces by Greig which follow classical rules , but were stumped by the less structured avant garde works of Bartok . |
| 16 | Because there are three parts to this definition it is called the tripartite definition or the tripartite account ; it defines propositional knowledge , knowledge that p ; it does not define knowledge by acquaintance as in ‘ a knows James ’ nor knowledge-how , e.g. knowledge how to ride a bicycle , unless these can be shown to reduce to knowledge-that . |
| 17 | Human beings do not usually shoulder responsibility by choice . |
| 18 | You could still transfer stitches by hand tooling but , except when working small motifs , this would take more time than would be worth the effort . |
| 19 | But there has been no sign of panic flight as they remain convinced that they can still leave Libya by road , albeit at the cost of a 12-hour drive through the desert . |
| 20 | ( This is not to say that you can deliberately reach people by advertising ‘ subliminally ’ , merely that it is quite possible to get a message out of an ad without really being aware of it . ) |
| 21 | Local authorities can also purchase properties by agreement , possibly with Exchequer aid under the 1953 Act . |
| 22 | Insects can also lose heat by evaporation from their spiracles , but this may lead to desiccation . |
| 23 | If the two governments agreed to leave the border where it is , and if Slav Macedonia perhaps changed that vague phrase in the preamble of its constitution , then Britons and Bretons — sorry , Makedones and Makedonci — could probably live side by side with not much more than the usual inter-human friction . |
| 24 | The introduction of new technology means that you can now book hostel accommodation in advance ; a pilot fax scheme is in operation for onward reservation between some hostels ( most hostels will also accept payment by credit card ) . |
| 25 | When I say I ca n't see people I think it 's the lighting but there is a sort of a I ca n't recognise people by face . |
| 26 | They do n't carry horses by train much now . |
| 27 | If they could n't beat Greycoats by skill , they might stand more chance by guile , and one needed to learn all one could about the opposition . |
| 28 | Before and after , within a phenomenological time , separate experiences , not ontological objects , and they do not even separate experiences by number alone . |
| 29 | The other children on the ward did n't get parcels by post . |
| 30 | I think Lazlo introduced this , to us , very refreshing sort of sound that he wanted to achieve and we were able at the beginning to quite take people by surprise with this what was described as a young , fresh sound , and we did quite a number of recordings . |