Example sentences of "by [Wh det] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( So firm is the grip held by the revived quantity theory of money nowadays that few of the monetarists or new classical macroeconomists who followed in Friedman 's footsteps bothered to elucidate the mechanism by which changes in M s ( or in ) affect W and P. They just do . ) |
| 2 | The curve measures the amount by which falls as the population of the locality increases . |
| 3 | To pick once again examples relevant to awareness , philosophers have often argued on the assumption that since an observer can not be mistaken about what he sees or hears ( although he may mistakenly suppose that he has seen or heard it ) , or a thinker about what he knows , there must be infallible operations by which to arrive at this certainty . |
| 4 | The business of today must be ; clean up the mess , stop any further deterioration , consider that options and make a plan by which to proceed with the reconstruction . |
| 5 | She remembered suddenly the heat and smells of their first swift tour on the second day , protected by numbers and the guide , and felt alarmed by whatever lay beyond the arched doorway of the hotel . |
| 6 | The impression which was made upon the British by what came to be known as the Canadian model was correspondingly deep and powerful . |
| 7 | By contrast , production by what became in time the Co-operative Wholesale Society is , in principle at least , under the control of the general body of members of the consumers ' societies . |
| 8 | All we are left with in this critic 's eyes is the drama of one simple and honourable man created by what seemed at first a ‘ carefully studied impersonation ’ but what became a very moving performance by Muni . |
| 9 | She came of a family whose heads felt cold in the night ( their father had worn a nightcap ) and now she rose to a sitting position looking , in the gloom , like some eastern potentate , her beautiful nose and high forehead all surmounted by what seemed to be a turban but was actually some sort of woolly garment skilfully disposed about her head . |
| 10 | The leadership of the International were in general irritated by what seemed to be the sectarian squabbling of the émigré Poles and Russians , while generally defending the traditional interpretation of Marx 's opinions . |
| 11 | Several times they set out to make their way across by what seemed to be a path but each time they were forced to stop . |
| 12 | That was all that he had in mind , as Prior Robert , bewildered and displeased by what seemed to him very grudging acceptance of a duty that should have conveyed honour upon the recipient , waved Jerome imperiously to the altar . |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ Ashley said , beginning to feel flustered by what seemed to be shaping up into another interrogation . |
| 14 | Rarely , and this was one of the times , she knew she was tied to him by what seemed like a tight cord of anxiety that vibrated to his needs , never hers ; how she was afflicted by him , how he weighed her down . |
| 15 | If in one way he seemed much more human , more normally fallible , than before , that was tainted by what seemed like a lack of virginity in the telling . |
| 16 | Almost immediately he was surrounded by what seemed like hundreds of the small attendants . |
| 17 | Surprised by what seemed like a complete change of subject , Robbie nevertheless shook her head . |
| 18 | ‘ Farmers are aware of the problem but are stumped by what to do about it . |
| 19 | However , the SPO 's electoral prospects apparently had been damaged by Draskovic 's earlier calls , much toned down during the campaign , for redrawing Serbia 's borders to include parts of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia : many voters were frightened away by what sounded like a call for civil war . |
| 20 | These , er , workers ’ — his voice took on a faint sneer as he said the word — ‘ these workers suggest that most human behavior is learned , that we are controlled in our actions not by our inheritance but by what happens to us after birth . |
| 21 | The number of those affected by poverty in any society will , however , be influenced not only by the level of unemployment , but also by what happens to the incomes of those on low pay . |
| 22 | Inside the forward light cone ( t > 0 ) lie all the space–time events with time-like separation from P 1 which can be influenced by what happens at P 1 . |
| 23 | However , when the Community will reach the third stage and whether the currency union will be well-founded are questions that will be largely resolved by what happens during the transition period . |
| 24 | But does this not mean that God has to be affected by what happens in the world and that the challenges and frustrations which the world 's freedom continually presents to Him force ever new responses from Him , so that He is continually changing ? |
| 25 | The workings of the Atlantic Ocean are affected by what happens in the Indian Ocean . |
| 26 | In fact , how the rape survivor feels about her experience in the criminal justice process is more likely to be affected by what happens in the police station and then in the courtroom than how it is reported in the press . |
| 27 | All the churches have a strong regard for the preservation of tradition and they are still little affected by what happens in other churches . |
| 28 | But at a local level , people 's attitudes and the Bizango 's system remain pretty much unaffected by what happens in the city , so they simply are n't interested in who 's President . ’ |
| 29 | The dominion status declaration was made in October 1929 and met on the Congress side by what amounted to a demand that it take immediate effect . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it was achieved , not by the creation of a new theory , but rather by what amounted to an inspired piece of tinkering with classical physics . |