Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It affirmed that provision by LEAs of education for under-fives was discretionary not compulsory . |
| 2 | History is the realm of violence and war ; it constitutes another form by which the other is appropriated into the same . |
| 3 | The town has many picturesque corners and interesting buildings although it sustained much damage by fire in 1799 when the town was fought over by French , Austrian and Russian armies . |
| 4 | It trivialises sexual relationships by treating them in mechanistic fashion , its purpose being ‘ the stimulation of sexual desires in the reader or viewer ’ . |
| 5 | As well as a facsimile of the Mannerist painter 's diary , it contains three texts by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn : a commentary , an analysis of his life as seen by Vasari , and a long essay on the Santa Felicitá ‘ Deposition ’ . |
| 6 | Evaluating the evidence , it demonstrated substantial storage by Capricorn of works of art on the premises in London . |
| 7 | Newark Castle was of strategic importance during the Civil War when it withheld three sieges by Parliamentarians . |
| 8 | Big brother was staying in Islington , making a living from TV comedy shows by being one of the twenty or so names that zip up the screen under where it says Additional Material By : , and trying to be a stand-up comic . |
| 9 | Steering through foliage at night , it needs good accommodation and it achieves 5 dioptres by changing the shape of its lens and having a corrugated retina . |
| 10 | Made from chipboard with ash veneer , it measures 85 cm by 40 cm by 153 cm ; diameter of mirror , 40 cm ; £796 , designed by Peter May for Ligne Roset |
| 11 | It measures 170 cm by 260 cm , £250 |
| 12 | It measures 42 inches by 42 inches in height and width . |
| 13 | But a regular inspection every four or five years can not by itself be sufficient protection for the parents or the children ; nor can it provide enough information by which to judge the effectiveness of a school . |
| 14 | The framework I want to propose rests upon a regard for the importance of the active , interpreting self in social interaction ; for the way it perceives , makes sense of and works upon the actions of others and the situation in which it finds itself ; the way it pursues goals and tries to maximize its own ( often competing ) interests ; the way it pursues these things by combining or competing with other selves ; the way it adjusts to circumstances while still trying to fulfil or retrieve its own purposes — and so forth . |
| 15 | Launched in 1957 , it claimed 25,000 supporters by 1958 and by 1960 pacifist members had sailed into the Pacific testing grounds , boarded nuclear submarines or missile bases or simply refused to take shelter during bomb drills . |
| 16 | It exerts antibacterial effects by depriving bacteria of iron required for growth , and it has anti-inflammatory poperties — for example , by preventing complement activation through inhibition of classical C3 convertase . |
| 17 | It measured six inches by four and was three quarters of an inch thick , with thread-bound pages . |
| 18 | This gerbil is strictly nocturnal in contrast to some of the more common rodents , and as a result it suffers more predation by the owls than do the others . |
| 19 | Fidelity believes it breaks new ground by getting over the problem that has stopped unit trusts from showing any real growth since the Great Crash five years ago namely that 90pc of unit trusts are in high risk equities , whereas 90pc of savings are in low risk investments such as banks or building societies . |
| 20 | It justifies managerial power by showing that those who are affected by it are involved in making managerial decisions . |
| 21 | The formula seems a good halfway house , and has the saving grace that it avoids another row by commanding EC unanimity . |
| 22 | The government of Taiwan announced on May 11 that the vessel was free to dock in the country but that it would not be allowed to return if it violated international law by making unauthorized broadcasts to the mainland . |
| 23 | As children become more experienced they establish their own interdependent relationships , but initially it requires careful questioning by the teacher : " You 're a woodworker . |
| 24 | The idea has now reached dimensions where it requires some assistance by individuals with stature and/or money to legitimize its growth . |
| 25 | It requires considerable commitment by already hard-pressed teachers , and considerable organizational skill by the management team , to ensure that such issues are truly taken on board , and do not somehow fall down the cracks between more clearly defined and familiar roles . |
| 26 | It reduces visual amenity by blocking views , cluttering open space and damaging pavement surfaces when parked ( Figures 2.2 and 2.3 ) . |
| 27 | It followed repeated requests by successive Canadian governments for US action to reduce the emissions of pollutants which travelled across the frontier to fall as acid rain in south-eastern Canada . |
| 28 | Will he undertake to include the insurance industry in his fight against car crime and encourage it to give financial incentives by way of lower premiums to owners who improve the security of their vehicles ? |
| 29 | To some extent , it broke new ground by placing emphasis on organic wastes , such as food scraps and garden litter , which make up over half of all household waste . |
| 30 | Probably it originated many times by independent ‘ mutation ’ . |