Example sentences of "and by [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs . |
2 | Where was she going ? she asked herself , and by that she did not mean the waterways stretching out ahead . |
3 | ‘ What we need is to put more focus on creating brand-consciousness — and by that I mean everything that makes up a brand , such as style , colour , fashionableness , image , price , quality . |
4 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
5 | England have to put Turkey under pressure and by that I do n't mean lumping balls into their box and hoping for a break . |
6 | It is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions , but it becomes somehow a lot worse when the child in question is extra -ordinary , and by that I mean sensitive and brilliant . |
7 | If the opportunity was n't there , and by that I mean a realistic chance of winning the Championship , then I would n't be racing in Formula One any more . |
8 | If you embark on using someone as your detective who is immensely superior to yourself either intellectually or in the social scale ( and by that I do not mean any conventional listing of dukes , earls , barons and honourables ) you will be heading for trouble when you try to have the sort of insights for them that they would naturally have . |
9 | ‘ We need a significant raising of the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . ’ |
10 | That means very significantly raising the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . |
11 | You are the pleasures which we draw him on to — ( He escapes a fractional giggle but recovers immediately ) and by that I do n't mean your usual filth ; you ca n't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires . |
12 | Lord Hailsham carefully unpicked the shreds of legitimacy attaching to the established constitution and called for " nothing less than a written constitution for the United Kingdom , and by that I mean one which limits the powers of Parliament and-provides a means of enforcing those limitations both by political and by legal means " . |
13 | We must not sanction the contracts lying on my right hon. Friend 's desk — and by that I mean that there should be no more contracts for gas generation . |
14 | If you ask in general , why social science has been in so selective in its use of Freud , and so one-sided in its interpretation , the answer seems to be , that since the nineteen twenties and up until very recently , Western social science has been primarily dominated by what I would call , cultural determinism , and by that I mean , a school of thought which believes that , to use a term borrowed from one of its founding fathers , Emile Durkheim , social facts have social causes . |
15 | Yes , well you are talking about children 's services , but , I , I think if Mr 's going to talk later to this , if you want , but we are absolutely at the moment , we know that eighty nine percent of work at the child care centre is to do with child protection with to deal with it , and by that I mean abuse , physical and sexual abuse , er , concerns about that and a lot of that of course is , is tied up in procedural ways , and we 're dealing with events almost after the situation has er , got going , er , and of course , with the courts , you know that we 've got duties in relation to the courts , that we , we have to fulfil or else we are the subject of criticism from the er , courts , and we have been rapped at various er , times . |
16 | And by that I was looking at er things like discussing with Alan that I felt we were un under , had , had less management time than we should . |
17 | Noble sold the mill and by 1887 it had been taken over by Moses John Mason who , at his peak , was producing up to four tons of millboard per week . |
18 | He first appears , in company with several of Edward 's retainers , in October 1265 , when he received a grant of confiscated property in London , and by 1268 he was certainly one of Edward 's knights . |
19 | They had to start promptly at four , however , since the twilight came early in Egypt and by six it was getting too dark to see . |
20 | A few years later Millend too was rebuilt and by 1811 he had built yet another mill , Meadow Mill , downstream from Churchend . |
21 | Cromwell took his army across St. George 's Channel and led it forward ruthlessly and successfully , and by 1650 it was clear that the English government was going to be able to reconquer the island . |
22 | During the 1930s he led the team which successfully decrypted all Comintern radio traffic with England , and by 1939 he was head of the military section at the Government Code and Cypher School . |
23 | After the First World War the Midland continued to expand by opening branches , and by 1939 it had 2,100 . |
24 | By the early part of the 18th century , a forge occupied the site , and by 1736 it had an annual output of around 60 tons . |
25 | Cursive in nature , secretary was a distinct hand initially , and written upright , but slopes were soon introduced ( in the interests of writing at speed ) and by 1637 it was already possible to speak of ‘ sett ’ , ‘ facill ’ and ‘ fast ’ hands , or , less opaquely , ‘ engrossing ’ ‘ upright ’ and ‘ sloped ’ . |
26 | Congress has always been better staffed than its counterparts elsewhere in the world and by 1979 it had a total staff of 23,056 . |
27 | In 1962 , he married American actress Susan and by 1966 he was on the up again playing a seedy abortionist in the hit movie Alfie . |
28 | In 1950 , America consumed half the world 's oil ; by 1960 this fell to 44% and by 1970 it was less than one third . |
29 | According to ‘ The Sunday Times ’ and ‘ The Design Business Group ’ the design industry is the fastest growing industry in the United Kingdom and by 1992 it will be 40% larger than it is today . |
30 | He was sent back to England in 1595 and by 1605 he had set up an organization of recusant Welsh gentry , Welsh secular priests , and Jesuits ( centred in Gwent and extending up the marches ) . |