Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observing that " governments of the world stand in danger of sabotaging the hope of a new era of human rights " , it asserted that " some are sabotaging it by the violations they commit directly , others by the selectivity with which they exert their influence " . |
| 2 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
| 3 | the earths it comes out of so they 're selling it by the bottle in Germany . |
| 4 | They 're doing it by the . |
| 5 | But the families say they have still not been told anything by the health authority . |
| 6 | But with office facilities so scarce in the Commons , one of the most reliable is to see who 's been offered what by the Whips . |
| 7 | It would be bad psychology to tell Lou that she had been shown them by the police . |
| 8 | Our last Letters are dated Hobart Town Feb. 9 up to which time his expedition had been eminently successful ; far more so than he could have anticipated ; the most liberal assistance had been rendered him by the Authorities , everything that could facilitate his views being cheerfully accorded : while nothing could exceed the kindness of Sir John and Lady Franklin in whose house he was then residing : in fact so much were they interested in his pursuits that upon more than one occasion they accompanied him in his exploring parties . |
| 9 | In all of this giving away of herself ( which can be taken in two modern senses ) , this revelation of a coarser character beneath the courtly exterior she tries to sustain , Margery follows the movement of the opening stanzas of the text down from the character of the courtly dame to the level of the townswoman , a stereotyped bourgeois Vxor , " Wife " : the label that seems to be given her by the letter " " V " alongside some of her speeches in the manuscript copy of Dame Sirith . |
| 10 | You have n't ans answered my question Mr Chairman , I asked you why did the Council vote to this museum on the Norfolk enquired by trust which to be given you by the Suffolk Authority Wild Life Trust |
| 11 | After breaking into two local homes and hi-jacking the occupants ' cars the IRA launched their attack on the apparently vulnerable target only to be ambushed themselves by the SAS . |
| 12 | So she said well do n't do n't put them down again I 'm doing it by the computer . |
| 13 | ‘ Why not ? ’ he said , ‘ I 'm charging you by the day . ’ |
| 14 | and it keeps on cutting out , that 's why I 'm stopping it by the way . |
| 15 | How- ever , the first instalment of the kingdom would soon be sent them by the ascended King himself . |
| 16 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 17 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 18 | ‘ They were doing everything by the book . |
| 19 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 20 | Several London children who had been allocated to secondary education in a grammar or central school found , after they were evacuated , that they were denied it by the absence of such provision in their reception area . |
| 21 | the forces of the countries of the socialist camp are so great today and they are so strong economically that they can fully take upon themselves , on the basis of the development of normal trade relations , the provision of Cuba with all the necessary goods which are denied her by the United States … the Soviet Union is prepared to deliver oil and other goods in amounts fully meeting the requirements of Cuba , in exchange for Cuban goods . |
| 22 | The Handmaid 's Tale is director Volker Schlondorff 's first American feature , and he 's done it by the book . |
| 23 | way of categorising the names is to list them by the of medium in much the same way as they are listed ie media guides . |
| 24 | So the best thing is , is get him by the scruff of the neck and ask him what 's he gon na do about them things that you fell over twice ! |
| 25 | she 's doing everything by the book I think , so |
| 26 | The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit . |
| 27 | However : What Mr Taylor [ for the council ] said … was … that the common assumption which lay behind the agreement was that the council was the owner of the … land and that Mr Tillson had no interest in either parcel of land beyond the tenancy which the council was to grant him by the transaction . |
| 28 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 29 | Nigel Cramer was phrasing it by the book . |
| 30 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |