Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [noun sg] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , having created your shape , you can make stitch by stitch adjustments if necessary by using the EXACT STITCH LAYOUT facility . |
| 2 | As a result of acquiring writing ‘ one can compare side by side utterances that have been made at different times and places ’ ( 1977 , pp. 11 — 12 ) . |
| 3 | In addition , it can locate prey by smell alone , scenting blood from well over half a kilometre away . |
| 4 | Faith and Reason : Why God suffers but is unchanged : In the fifth article in a series on God 's mutability , Canon Roy Porter argues that the idea that God suffers can exist side by side with the idea that He is unchanging |
| 5 | Freud takes these points from Le Bon , commenting that contradictory ideas can exist side by side in the unconscious mental life of people , as is seen in children and neurotics . |
| 6 | Farming and Wildlife , see how modern agriculture and wildlife can exist side by side at Low Middlesfield Farm , Norton , meet Howard Ward outside Norton Tavern , off Station Road , Norton , 10am . |
| 7 | Where the arable trail demonstrates how conservation and modern farming techniques can flourish side by side , Cow Wood , with a history going back to medieval times , emphasises the environmental importance of well-managed woodland and is a logical extension of the Bovingdon Hall concept . |
| 8 | I can see case by case judgments arising based on the precise nature of the services or their scale as a whole , but those are judgments on the facts rather than the framework for general rule-making . |
| 9 | One perceptive and one judging process can develop side by side , provided one remains subordinate and auxiliary to the other . |
| 10 | Despite criticisms voiced by the Post Office Engineering Union ( 1980 ) it is still the case that warrants are to be issued under the hand of the Home Secretary rather than a judge , there apparently being no concern that a major invasion of privacy can take place by executive act without the need for any judicial approval or authorization , as is required in other democracies . |
| 11 | This can vary water by water , but often the last two or three hours of daylight are crucial and can bring a short burst of action after all else has failed . |
| 12 | Its build-up in the body can cause death by liver or kidney failure . |
| 13 | Hitting the throat can cause death by asphyxiation , haemorrhage or blood clotting . |
| 14 | You can shop meal by meal , or bit by bit . |
| 15 | There 's it 's mirror image and what you will find is that you can superimpose side by side and two , any two of those atoms there those groups but then , straight away the other two are out of position the other two have reversed . |