Example sentences of "by [Wh det] [pron] may " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My life with Gary and my mother and her occult friends has enabled me to pick out the symptoms by which we may recognise those who are involved in the occult . |
| 3 | Gagné has provided a formula by which we may detect what is missing from a student 's repertoire . |
| 4 | In summary , one can say that one can not teach any creature to mentally be like any other , since we have no handle by which we may modify the essential mind structure of another creature . |
| 5 | The intellect merely helps us choose the means by which we may best achieve ends dictated by our instincts . |
| 6 | Not least the new abilities by which we may see human existence anew — relativistically , that is , each person imprisoned in his own umwelt , his own conceptual universe . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it is our purpose to keep a channel open by which we may still talk with Glendower . ’ |
| 8 | In the treaty of union , where is the mechanism by which we may change the law ? |
| 9 | All we can find out ‘ by the appearances or effects of nature , which we know by sense , [ are ] some ways and means by which they may be , I do not say they are , generated ’ . |
| 10 | It familiarizes students with those theories by which they may better understand themselves , the society in which they live and their role within it . |
| 11 | Insider dealing provides a route by which they may do so . |
| 12 | Men may , for example , both see themselves as ‘ stronger ’ than women and tend to see women as more weak and passive , but also see women as having a power over them that can seem to engulf the man in forms of emotional dependence by which he may feel threatened . |