Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male homosexuality is increasingly regarded as a variation of sexual behaviour rather than a perversion , and although the homosexual male is still treated badly by the law , in comparison to the heterosexual , he no longer feels the urgent need for anonymity and secrecy . |
| 2 | He was treated pre-operatively by the physiotherapist who taught him deep breathing exercises . |
| 3 | In his Beverly Hills suit and hand-painted 1950s tie , Kaufman looked like a divorce lawyer in ‘ LA Law ’ ; his presence at the Tory Party 's autumn festival could be explained only by the need to earn a crust ; he had been invited by the BBC , no doubt , to comment on the proceedings . |
| 4 | By the eighteenth century salutes were normally given merely by the firing of guns , not by the more humiliating lowering of the flag or striking of sails . |
| 5 | Note that , if the key that has been requested is not present on the file , the unsuccessful search length is potentially limited only by the size of the file . |
| 6 | It does rather sound as though DTP is where you 're heading , and your choices are limited only by the memory in your machine and your budget — in that order . |
| 7 | An open question invites a ‘ free ’ answer , recorded in full with the detail limited only by the space on the form . |
| 8 | Normal free-sparring in the training hall is limited only by the number of people there , so you can pick up bad competition habits through using space uneconomically . |
| 9 | Officials describe the exodus as ‘ quota-driven ’ , meaning that numbers are limited only by the number of places made available in resettlement countries . |
| 10 | The clinical usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction thus seems to be limited only by the power of our imagination in identifying specific targets . |
| 11 | Most people use their own bodyweight as a stretching aid , with the number of different ways to stretch being limited only by the imagination . |
| 12 | The creative element in such notes is limited only by the imagination of you , the user . |
| 13 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 14 | He says : ‘ Tinnitus ( Latin for ringing ) is the name given to the subjective ( heard only by the person concerned ) experience of hearing sounds in the ear or head which have no basis of reality in the environment , that is to say , the sound can not be accounted for by vibrations coming from objects external to the patient . ’ |
| 15 | Now the pathology is by a chief information and i in fact , the chief information could be provoked merely by the presence of organisms . |
| 16 | The parallels of the extreme behaviourist and the extreme hereditarian meet at a finite point and join hands in mystic union , like the snake with its tail in its mouth , welded together by the acetylene torch of commitment to one approach and one answer to a multitude of questions . |
| 17 | The award is given annually by the Author 's Club on the recommendation of the RIBA 's Professional Literature Committee . |
| 18 | This facility can be started/stopped only by the LIFESPAN Manager . |
| 19 | The scene had been altered only by the season . |
| 20 | It could have been taken , he reckoned , from the very spot where he was standing , capturing the scene much as it now was , altered only by the onset of winter . |
| 21 | Clearly , such a drastic change in the law could be undertaken only by the legislature . |
| 22 | Alternatively , when the costs of transport are high and local production can be justified only by the creation of a single plant , competitors may choose to collaborate , as in the case of consortium oil refineries . |
| 23 | The expense involved will , however , be justified only by the demonstration of a good long term outlook after such a management approach . |
| 24 | Round in 67 , he was irritated only by the fact that he had left it too late to play a postal part in the election . |
| 25 | It was a long , quiet road , the silence broken only by the whirring of a tractor in the distance . |
| 26 | The silence in the kitchen was broken only by the whirring of the washing machine as it finished its programme . |
| 27 | They ate in silence , broken only by the clatter of cutlery and requests for the salt . |
| 28 | Lord 's silence over Lamb has been broken only by the swish , frantic swish of sweeping every inconvenient fact under the Long Room carpet , now piled so high that Chris Bonnington might not scale it ! |
| 29 | When they were left alone , a silence descended , broken only by the click of silver against porcelain as Jake helped himself to sugar and stirred . |
| 30 | Sara stopped speaking and the silence was broken only by the thudding of the printing press below . |