Example sentences of "by [noun] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the bees found the food by smell they would go to the nearest dish ; but , in fact they went to the original dish which the first bee had been to . |
| 2 | Er but hopefully by March we will be able to say , well it 's all ready |
| 3 | If I can bring a report by March I will do so but it , this is quite a complicated area . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if a question is asked exactly as it appears here and you give an answer which has clearly been prepared in advance and learned off by heart you will not be very convincing . |
| 5 | And they look down their noses at schemes devised by builders which may offer £100 a month to encourage a potential purchaser of their existing home . |
| 6 | The arrangements for getting rid of rainwater are often skimped by builders who will put in the cheapest possible system — and not always install it properly . |
| 7 | By contrast one can normally expect a mini to have good on-line facilities . |
| 8 | By contrast you will appear all the more reasonable . |
| 9 | Sylvie 's coffin slid away , swallowed up by flames they could n't see . |
| 10 | By rail you could alight at the tiny wooden platform that has been used by servicemen for decades . |
| 11 | B-R has told Margaret Wilkinson that if she wants to go by rail she 'll have to get a narrower wheelchair . |
| 12 | Should any local authority provide a service not specifically permitted by Parliament it would be acting illegally , or ultra vires ( see Chapter 15 ) . |
| 13 | It was recognized that a work of literature might employ , to advance its serious purpose , a style which resembled , or had the same effect as , the pornographer 's : here the jury was to be assisted to draw the line by experts who would offer judgments as to the degree of importance the article represented in its particular discipline . |
| 14 | Accompanying each display will be a catalogue published by Zielo which will draw on the work of the overall catalogue . |
| 15 | He was the most handsome man she had ever seen , although his face was marred by the marks of her nails , and by bruises which would soon turn black and blue . |
| 16 | Clough jnr was generally an irrelevance ; once more , it seems that he struggles when faced by defenders who can react faster than he thinks . |
| 17 | By temperament he could never be a member of a group , but at the time he was associated with a talented wartime circle which included Max Jacob , the poet Cocteau , the composer Eric Satie , the painters Juan Gris , Kisling , Foujita and , more rarely , Picasso and the sculptors Archipenko , Zadkine and Lipchitz . |
| 18 | Hence representing revenues from community X by R(X) we can say : The consequence is that the group of three communities would not be willing to go for the scheme involving supply to all three , since they would not be able to come up with an agreed method of sharing the £650 . |
| 19 | The intention behind the introduction of the Green Form scheme was to extend the range of services offered by solicitors which would be covered by legal aid . |
| 20 | Quite apart from the drafting problems that would be encountered , the imposition of such a system might well be resented by sentencers who would probably not find it difficult to subvert the intended aims through a process of ‘ destructive interpretation ’ . |
| 21 | By Easter we should sort someth |
| 22 | In no time at all , I was saying ‘ Around 5ft 10in ’ and , if I do n't put a halt to it , by Easter I 'll be topping 6ft and playing basketball . |
| 23 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 24 | However if the 18 year old could pick up languages merely by exposure they would be considered a real prodigy . |
| 25 | But even if the majority of Asian states recognise a link between the political aspirations of non-alignment and the broader goals of the revived Soviet ‘ pan-Asian security ’ scheme they are unlikely to permit themselves to become drawn into a new structure of strategic accords in Asia presided over by Moscow which could enable the USSR to press for more direct relations of military alignment in the future . |
| 26 | Diffusing knowledge and acquiring it are as much an art as a science , processes influenced by variables which can not be measured as much as by those which can . |
| 27 | Occasionally as Mary describes , our panels ’ tempers are severely tested by fishkeepers who ca n't or wo n't do the basic background reading for themselves . |
| 28 | It was worked out by the Austrian ethologist Karl von Frisch in the middle of this century , by methods we shall discuss in the next section . |
| 29 | Even by daylight we could not tell who he was until Cadfael turned up the whole side of his face to the light . |
| 30 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |