Example sentences of "if [adv] by [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Set against these deficiencies is the fact that psychiatry — if only by dint of the accumulated experience that comes from having to observe the more unusual among us — has developed a ‘ language of symptoms ’ that can prove useful in throwing the features of that deviance into high relief . |
2 | Second , and more specifically , it was ‘ daily journalism that counted politically , if only by dint of its opportunity for reiteration ’ . |
3 | The reasonableness of this is manifest when viewed in the light of the fact that a great many of the most important human decisions do , after all , ultimately have to rely on mathematics for their resolution , if only by virtue of the principle of the majority vote being allowed to prevail in , for example , political matters . |
4 | But a short experience of married life showed that she and Joyce were temperamentally unsuited to one another , if only by virtue of his moods and outbursts of temper . |
5 | In 50 years time , will Miller 's Crossing , say , look like a film of the Thirties or ( if only by virtue of its licence in matters of sex and violence ) like a film of the Nineties ? |
6 | The pursuer 's claim will undoubtedly be increasing in value , if only by virtue of inflation and interest , while the defenders argue amongst themselves . |
7 | Of the six GCC members , Oman was the most directly involved , if only by virtue of geography . |