Example sentences of "by [Wh det] [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He has a local European Member of Parliament and I am sure that he is aware of ways by which he can speed up replies . |
| 32 | Sir Hugo Mallinger , to a limited extent , uses his property for the common good , not least in raising Daniel Deronda ; Grandcourt regards his inheritance as the means by which he can indulge his vices . |
| 33 | Most of us have the luxury of choice but others are limited by what they can do by their physical disabilities . |
| 34 | There is a similar relationship between the individual and his surroundings which is suggested in a psychologist 's perceptive formulation of the position : ‘ Part of the intangible boundary of the self is marked off by what we can control . |
| 35 | In effect , this occurs by what we can regard as a self-timing of the system . |
| 36 | This fifth causal relation , like several to come , is stated by what we can call iii dependent nomic conditional statements , or simply ill de -pen dent conditionals . |
| 37 | The educated person is characterised less by what she can do , and more by what the process of learning and knowing has done to her . |
| 38 | In the final analysis , the nicest thing about writing for advertising is that you are judged by what you can do . |
| 39 | You will be be amazed by what you can see . |
| 40 | The amount you pay should primarily be determined by what you can afford . |
| 41 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 42 | ‘ You will be vexed to hear that some of the birds said to be in your last package from Sydney were missing : by what I can gather from your list they formed the whole of one of the smaller packages . |