Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Those who have experienced deliverance by the hand of God , and who live under his sovereignty , must show it by distinctive behaviour .
2 I shall send it by registered post . ’
3 His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him .
4 We can only stop it by international agreement and enforcement .
5 The Independent is perceived as the most vulnerable competitor and editor Andreas Whittam Smith has accused Mr Murdoch of attempting to ‘ destroy us by unfair means ’ .
6 There is a problem of access to affordable housing , all I 'm saying is that you do n't solve it by wholesale allocation of land .
7 Boys , he said , needed ‘ excitement ’ , and if they could not get it by legitimate ways then they would ‘ seek it in mischief and vice ’ .
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