Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun sg] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also possible to induce hypnosis by means of fascination . |
| 2 | The " tramp " was sheltered arid if possible found work by union officials if forced to take to the road . |
| 3 | Still adhering to the old fashioned measurement by piece ( a cask which in Champagne contains 205 litres ) , the 2,666 litres of must , as it comes through the pressing operation , is separated into three portions in order of quality : the cuvée , which amounts to the first ten pieces ( 2,050 litres ) ; the premiere taille , which includes the next two pieces ( 410 litres ) ; and the deuxième taille , or the last piece ( 205 litres ) . |
| 4 | This shows change by sign.posting the new route and leaving the old route intact . |
| 5 | This suggests that low prostacyclin production may be a consequence of arterial endothelial cell loss or damage and this requires restoration by normalisation of metabolism for some days before prostacyclin production returns to normal ( Harrison et al , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | This functioned side by side with the official diplomacy controlled by the king 's ministers . |
| 7 | This put promotion by seniority on a more regular basis than ever before in any major European diplomatic service . |
| 8 | However we can achieve an approximation to the theoretical shear strength by means of a very simple model and the result is not grossly in error . |
| 9 | It is not always possible to answer post by return , or to return telephone calls within the next few minutes . |
| 10 | The answer to those questions may be said to depend on whether it is generally as serious to obtain sex by deception as it is by other means ( threats , force , fear ) . |
| 11 | A party seeking to recover his property , which may be held , for example , by someone who has done work on it , will have first to issue proceedings , and if it appears that a lien arises , the court may order that the party seeking to recover may pay into court , to abide the event , the amount in respect of which the security is claimed together with such further sum by way of interest and costs as the court directs , and upon such payment , the property be given up . |
| 12 | Each of the 40 walks selected , which range from one mile to eight miles long , are illustrated with a simple map and easy to follow step by step instructions . |
| 13 | These vary case by case but typical headings include : |
| 14 | He was a Free Churchman by origin , likely to suspect religion by law . |
| 15 | The home side was indebted to a fine fielding performance by Whitney , usually one of the lesser lights in this department : he took three good catches in the deep to add to a tight spell of bowling . |
| 16 | Soon they all stood side by side , one of the younger policemen coughing involuntarily . |
| 17 | Like everyone else , they will be able to pass judgment by means of the ballot box . |
| 18 | Table I shows prevalence by age , sex , and recency of the symptom . |
| 19 | Washington meanwhile was acutely concerned to discourage retaliation by Israel and its being thus drawn into the war . |
| 20 | ( 7 ) The whole report must be written in such clear and precise language that it is able to withstand cross-examination by Counsel . |
| 21 | Article 6 requires legislation by Member States to take effect by 1 January 1993 . |
| 22 | Attendance Allowance is paid at a lower rate to people who require personal care or attention by day or night , and at a higher rate to those requiring care by day and night . |
| 23 | Suppose that the government is able to reduce cash by £1 million ; then with a money multiplier of 10 ( = 1/cash ratio ) , advances must be reduced by £9 million , bringing a total £10 million reduction in deposits and hence in money supply . |
| 24 | So when price inflation is extraordinarily high , but interest rates lag behind , customers who can get the cheaper forms of credit such at bank loans ( and that usually means relatively richer people ) may actually be able to beat inflation by borrowing : for them , it is a question of buying now and paying less later . |
| 25 | I was happy to offer advice by telephone while Moby was still a puppy — simple and , better still , free ! |
| 26 | This simple scheme has to be buttressed by statutory provisions concerned to prevent abuse by debtors and to achieve a fair distribution of a debtor 's property among his creditors . |
| 27 | Some still do n't know what have happened to their menfolk , but one was able to make contact by telephone with her husband after six months . |
| 28 | The areas which display the greatest success in acquiring valuables are also those that first develop leadership by birth . |
| 29 | Lexandro 's father was Calculator Maximus to Lord Spinoza , whose clan owned lower hab factories that built Mammoth class land-trains to traverse the ash wastes on great cleated tracks , stoutly armoured to resist assault by nomads . |
| 30 | Furthermore , MailSort , the Post Office 's new bulk mailing rebate scheme which will come into full use in the Summer of '89 , is bringing computerisation to the direct marketing industry because it just is n't practical to sort mail by hand into thousands of individual postcodes . |