Example sentences of "by [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know I did , I was entranced by them the other day . |
| 2 | It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly when , where or by whom the first pile rugs were made . |
| 3 | Whether he has or not is , par excellence , a justiciable question to be decided , in the event of dispute , by those persons the judges , by whom the judicial power of the state is exercisable . " |
| 4 | The numbers on each contour represent the stress concentration factor K by which the mean stress remote from the crack is multiplied at each point . |
| 5 | The regulationist approach also has a strong international dimension , regarding the mechanism by which the international economy is regulated as important for every part of it . |
| 6 | This is maybe one reason why increasing attention is being turned to methods by which the general public can ( a ) ‘ read the landscape ’ ( Muir , 1981 ) , ( b ) have it interpreted for them ( Countryside Commission and CCS , 1975 ) ; or ( c ) even interpret their own everyday landscape ( Meinig , 1979 ) rather than having experts trying to value the invaluable . |
| 7 | The fourth equation of the model describes the process by which the average quantity of nominal money holdings is determined . |
| 8 | One seat was lost by UUUC to an independent in Fermanagh and South Tyrone as a consequence of an arrangement by which the anti-Unionist vote was not split between SDLP and Unity . |
| 9 | The absence of a target date by which the Protestant/Catholic unemployment differential would be significantly reduced is partly explained by this . |
| 10 | This gives great emphasis to the contention that it is only through the teaching of the children that there can be any progress towards a better world , and by which the complete breakdown of man 's fragile and very young civilisation can be avoided . |
| 11 | The amount by which the real wage rate will have to fall is mirrored in the amount by which prices will have to rise since the aggregate marginal cost curve in 5.5(b) is derived from the marginal physical product curve of labour . |
| 12 | This divergence between collective and individual rationality is not encountered when the means by which the real wage is reduced is via an increase in the absolute price level . |
| 13 | Instead we must ask in more impersonal terms about the ‘ mechanism ’ by which the real object is ‘ appropriated ’ and becomes the thought object . |
| 14 | Yet the paradox gets deeper if devolving budgets to the front-line is seen as the very key by which the golden doorway to needs-led rather than service-led care packages is to be opened . |
| 15 | It is clear from this that for Rolle prayer was the most important exercise by which the reality of faith is realised , which is why he deals with it first after the section on the necessity for patience in adversity : Prayer is the means by which the transforming dynamic of the love of God is accessed in the innermost marrow ( " inhirliest mergh " ) of our hearts ( 7.118.28 ) and labour becomes light ( 11.123.30 ) . |
| 16 | The Torts ( Interference With Goods ) Act 1977 , passed since the decision in Greenwood v. Bennett , provides a mechanism by which the innocent improver is to be reimbursed . |
| 17 | Psychic talent was the floodgate by which the malevolent lunacy of powers in the warp could invade and ravage worlds ; could corrupt the human race into polluted slaves of evil . |
| 18 | ( a ) Unregistered land Where the husband and wife are beneficial joint tenants there are two methods by which the matrimonial home may be vested in the wife alone : ( i ) the husband can release his interest in the legal estate to the wife ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s36(2) ) ; or ( ii ) the husband and the wife can convey the legal estate to the wife alone ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s72(4) ) . |
| 19 | These two peptide hormones have opposite effects on vascular tone and on smooth muscle cell proliferation , and as neointimal proliferation and vasospasm may be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease , the most likely mechanism by which the ACE polymorphism affects the risk of myocardial infarction is by modulating the level of these peptides in the coronary arteries . |
| 20 | It served as a rite of cultural rebirth by which the male individual was accorded entry into the society and religion of his people . |
| 21 | It was a stiff , headmasterly performance , appropriate to the handing down from the palace of the kingly rules by which the democratic experiment was to be played . |
| 22 | At the least it is usually laid down that the amendment of the Constitution can take place only through a special process different from that by which the ordinary law is altered … |
| 23 | On the one hand , law is one means by which the political system wields its power against the peace movement , by prosecuting , fining or imprisoning individual protestors , by altering bye-laws or by controlling the very right to protest . |
| 24 | In the post 1987 era this logic has underscored urban policy interventions which incorporate two key themes , one a straightforward exercise in symbolic amelioration and social control of racial injustice , the other the manipulation of the raw social context by which the Thatcherite ideology of privatism can be extended in housing , education and local government finance through the particular representation of contemporary urban life that the term inner city evokes . |
| 25 | It only shows that the brain is implicated in the process by which the inner mind structure in the subtle energy fields seeks outward expression . |
| 26 | The only real mystery is the precise mechanism by which the inner band of Minoan colonies was established . |
| 27 | A fundamentally important way in which the Nun 's Priest 's Tale reflects the overarching structure of the Canterbury Tales is by inviting profound reflection on the two criteria by which the tale-telling game on the pilgrimage is to be judged : " Sentence " and " solaas " — a familiar pairing of lust and loore , instruction and entertainment — are the two aspects of literature supposed by the terms of the competition to produce the best tales . |
| 28 | Finally , the amount by which the total award exceeds the prescribed element must also be specified . |
| 29 | The package of agreements by which the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan includes an interesting adaptation of the treaty of guarantee . |
| 30 | Che Guevara , on an extensive tour in search of new markets for Cuban goods , had met two Soviet representatives in Egypt in August , with whom he concluded an agreement by which the Soviet Union bought 170,000 tons of sugar at the world market price . |