Example sentences of "by [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skiing tips were useful but not consolidated by long enough demonstrations and suffered from some strange hand mannerisms of the teacher . |
| 2 | Had Hoving 's reign been marked by only these highlights , he would have richly earned his self-appointed title as the ‘ crusading force ’ in American museums in the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Because you 're paying by so many letters usually . |
| 4 | Any subject er three seems to suit , all odd numbers , funny enough , seem to better than o even numbers , I du n no why , but erm maybe I 've been told that by so many judges I begin to believe it . |
| 5 | It is wonderful to be surrounded by so many friends and good wishes . |
| 6 | We will continue to oppose EC measures which would discourage part-time employment , valued by so many women . |
| 7 | ‘ Withdrawal of goodwill ’ caused many people ( myself included ) to question whether teaching could ever be viewed as a ‘ profession ’ when the ethics which are central to teaching ( responsible and thoughtful care for the young ) could be so readily ignored by so many teachers . |
| 8 | With the manure provided by so many beasts , there was some hope of success in making productive the marginal soils of the Weald , particularly where natural fertiliser was augmented by a wide variety of other fertilisers , lime , meat and even scraps from the villages . |
| 9 | Thus , in front of a still life by Chardin or Courbet , for example , one can say that one object must be separated from another behind it by so many inches , and so on . |
| 10 | They are not on our agenda , at least not until they become such a common feature , shared by so many others , that they qualify as ‘ social phenomena ’ . |
| 11 | Jenna was filled with misery and still puzzled by so many things . |
| 12 | During his search for parts he has built up a colossal spares stock , but as the type has been used by so many air forces around the world and is still in service in places , components are not difficult to obtain — although they can be pricey . |
| 13 | I think one sees it by the change in the structure of big business , by so many management buy-outs and the realisation that size is not everything ; large companies concentrating more on their core businesses and getting rid of peripheral businesses and spending more on research and development in supporting core businesses . |
| 14 | This sudden and violent less of the abbey , its Abbot and three of its Brethren is perhaps the cause of the locally reported transmutations and the essence of the profoundly poignant atmosphere commented upon by so many visitors so the site — that overwhelming peace , tinged with a hint of sadness . |
| 15 | ‘ We are delighted to have created this prestigious exhibition which has been well received and enjoyed by so many visitors . ’ |
| 16 | Women 's bodies , which Johnny finds so much more interesting , by so many magnitudes , than everything else put together . |
| 17 | ‘ Why , then , Sir , is it His will that we in our hive are beset by so many enemies within ? |
| 18 | The years 1182–3 were to be the maker-break crisis of Richard 's rule in Aquitaine , faced as he was by so many enemies . |
| 19 | But this is seen to be the reason why forces or energies are transferred or transmitted across what has continually been regarded by so many scientists as ‘ empty space ’ . |
| 20 | Actually , I have begun to think that I do belong to a time , but it is separated by so many decades from theirs that I reproach myself . |
| 21 | This figure of the diaspora returns us to one of the most important aspects of Levinas ' formulation of the relation of the ethical to the political , that is the connections which he makes between the structure of ontology and Eurocentrism , the latter ‘ disqualified ’ , as he puts it , ‘ by so many horrors ’ . |
| 22 | What seems miraculous , when all is said , is that a man driven by so many acts of perversity should have been embraced so widely . |
| 23 | We can not , therefore , feel surprised that Professor Coleman , beset by so many obstacles in that particular branch of our art , and having arrived at an advanced period of life , could not fling himself into its pursuit ; nor was it reasonable to expect it from him ’ . |
| 24 | One of the reasons is clearly the cloying sentimentality with which all things Irish are viewed by so many Americans : DEC after all is a Boston company , and Boston has a large population that traces its roots back to Ireland . |
| 25 | It was the scarcity of Indian appointments , coveted by so many applicants , which gave such great influence to those politicians able to produce some of them for their friends . |
| 26 | Are we being bombarded by so many messages from so many different charities that we forget last month 's cause in favour of the latest one ? |
| 27 | A desperate shortage of labour caused by so many workers in industry being called up enabled hundreds of deaf men and women to get employment . |
| 28 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
| 29 | People will not give up lightly what they have gained under this Government , and they will not easily embrace a creed that has been rejected by so many nations in recent years . |
| 30 | At the Tribute and subsequently in Seville , it must have been great to be surrounded by so many people who openly acknowledge Queen as a huge influence . |