Example sentences of "by [Wh det] he can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ His plea of guilty is the only means by which he can express his contrition today and acknowledging it must be a lengthy prison sentence which he now faces . ’ |
2 | There is a potency in his warning at the end of chapter fourteen that the world is dependent on time which will end , and man 's most urgent and natural work , therefore , should be to find the means by which he can pass beyond it . |
3 | In one case Valens discusses a trust worded ‘ Let Stichus be free : and I request that my heir teach him a skill by which he can look after himself ; in another Ulpian deals with a bequest of an annual sum in which the amount has been left out . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |