Example sentences of "by [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us be resolved to take and use the opportunities presented by change to the full . |
| 2 | In its prime the solid curtain-walled castle could not have been taken by storm up the sheer cliffs rising from the sea on three sides ; and a deep ditch hewn from the rock on the landward side made any surprise attack on the gatehouse or drum towers improbable . |
| 3 | She wants to take the pop charts by storm in the multi-talented manner of her heroine , Barbra Streisand . |
| 4 | When set to the rhythm first of ska music ( which took the world by storm in the 1950s ) and then to reggae , the resulting musical brew was explosive . |
| 5 | It seeks to explain the important role played by money in the domestic ( and international ) economy . |
| 6 | The Government of Indonesia and in particular its wildlife organization PPA are doing their best , aided by money from the Worldwide Fund for Nature and the Frankfurt Zoological Society . |
| 7 | But , after 1990 , two shocks threw the progress off track : post-cold-war pressures for democracy made governments more cautious about economic reform ; and growth was weakened by recession in the rich world . |
| 8 | Profits on these sales were , however , to a large extent offset by provision for the expected loss on disposal of the group 's remaining minerals interest , Olympic Dam in Australia , and on the closure and disposal of certain retail sites in the United States . |
| 9 | Such an attitude reflected the determination to decapitate the lower classes , in so far as they did not shed their potential leaders spontaneously by absorption into the lower middle class . |
| 10 | And it is fairly clear that the slaves of northern Europe died out between the eighth and the twelfth centuries by absorption into the larger class of serfs or villeins , personally free , but tied to the soil , retaining certain symbols of unfreedom . |
| 11 | They were leaving to eat a curry washed down by whisky from the ex-Jesuit pal upon whose floor they were sleeping . |
| 12 | Especially if you follow a similar path every day , then getting your dog to pass a motion will be easier to achieve by building on the previous training which it has received in home surroundings . |
| 13 | In the Collembola and Diplura all the antennal segments except the last contain intrinsic muscles , the antenna grows postembryonically by division of the terminal segment and Johnston 's organ ( p. 129 ) is absent . |
| 14 | Hashemite political control was established by division of the local administration of the West Bank and by incorporation of the local notable class . |
| 15 | It can be increased by layering in August , or by division at the same time . |
| 16 | Increase the Oriental Poppy by division in the early autumn . |
| 17 | The positions and durations of these zones were chosen by inspection of the averaged e.p.s.p. waveform ( see a ) . |
| 18 | By contrast with the normal situation , most CD68 + macrophages ( 70–90% ) infiltrating areas of lymph nodes occupied by malignant B cells expressed L1 ( Fig 2B ) . |
| 19 | The greatest difference between this understanding of science and a religion lies in the openness of science to constant revision , by contrast with the unchanging dogmas and sacred authority of religions . |
| 20 | The traditional , fixed-yield tax of fifteenths and tenths was preserved , but a new tax , the subsidy , was developed alongside it , based upon direct assessments of individual wealth , by contrast with the stereotyped geographical quotas of the older tax . |
| 21 | The model , used in fight scenes , for instance , inevitably draws attention to its nonrealistic movements by contrast with the real actor , whereas stylized characters like snake-haired Medusa or Dioskilos , the two-headed dog , at least have no real-life equivalents . |
| 22 | By contrast with the Liberal understanding , the kingdom as Blumhardt preached it was not gradually evolving through history , nor identified with the moral progress of human civilisation , but would come ‘ from beyond ’ . |
| 23 | By contrast with the non-constipated subjects , the patients with neuropathic constipation had no significant increase in their postprandial motility index ( 2.1 ( 0.3 ) mm Hg/min basal v 3.1 ( 0.4 ) mm Hg/min postprandial , NS ) . |
| 24 | By contrast with the old classical school , qualification , self-doubt or simple pragmatic open-mindedness are not conspicuous attributes of the adherents to the new classical macroeconomics . |
| 25 | By contrast with the previous recording , only one embolic signal was detected in the left middle cerebral artery during the whole 20 min ; again none were detected on the right side . |
| 26 | By contrast with the unprecedented alarms of the late 1970s , ‘ the disturbing increase in criminal offences ’ was on the Tory Party agenda , and so was ‘ this sudden increase in crime and brutality which is so foreign to our nature and our country ’ . |
| 27 | By contrast with the calculating prose of the bawd , listing the attractions of his new acquisition , Marina 's verse stands out with greater pathos ( IV.ii.64–6 ) . |
| 28 | Not only the continuous activity of the mammal , by contrast to the general torpor and intermittent liveliness of the reptile , but also the wider range of its behaviour and its ecological adaptation call for a more plastic , adaptable behavioural response . |
| 29 | For these upper levels of control ( by contrast to the lower levels of those who were far more controlled than controlling ) , employment could constitute a career in which either seniority or achievement might be the basis for advancement . |
| 30 | The survey reported that , despite the rate of loss , average timber productivity was just 0.5 cubic metres per hectare , by contrast to the international average of 2.1 cubic metres . |