Example sentences of "by [pron] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , other mammals are strongly attracted by them which will make it difficult for the perfume manufacturers , who have extracted and patented human copulins , to market them successfully . |
| 2 | Hostels Researchers at The Policy Studies Institute were commissioned by the then Department of Health and Social Security to study the extent to which hostels for the needy provided care as well as accommodation and food , to enable the department to decide if , how , and by whom they should be funded . |
| 3 | If so , there are no responsible ministers by whom she can be advised , because the Commonwealth as such has no government and no ministers , and she must be speaking therefore without responsible advice . |
| 4 | He was convinced that Brampton and Vechey had been brutally murdered , though by whom he could not say . |
| 5 | It is surprising , and possibly inappropriate , that a leading article on a middle ear condition should be written by someone who specialises in general practice , rather than by an otologist , and by someone who may be less well acquainted with the problems of long waiting times in Britain than a British specialist . |
| 6 | Zambia had no wish to be found out cold by someone who might discover what SHe was . |
| 7 | Today 's prayer was written by someone who must have experienced the terrible sense of desolation that Cardinal Newman spoke about — it was written by the great composer , Beethoven , at a time when he realised that his deafness was incurable . |
| 8 | You rescued me from those gorillas at the garage , took me out to that dinner and , lo and behold , I came home to find my house ransacked by someone who must have known how long I 'd be away . |
| 9 | An assessment will be carried out by someone who will try to find out what kind of needs you have and what services would best meet those needs . |
| 10 | No one believes the TPLF can take the capital , but their continuing success could persuade senior army officers that President Mengistu should be replaced by someone who can stop the war and negotiate . |
| 11 | It must be carried by someone who could not be suspected . |
| 12 | Maybe it would do Isobel good to be dragged out by someone she would feel at home with , and a man of her own age would cause much more of a stir in the neighbourhood . |
| 13 | But the exit was at the foot of the screen , and I was being borne up towards that great and drooling hag , away from safety , pinioned by someone I could n't see , and the witch was laughing . |
| 14 | If you 're confronted on the phone by someone you 'd rather not speak to , or asked to name a price or give information you 're not ready to give , then always ask if you can call back later . |
| 15 | The latter may , for instance , feel that if he is regarded as competent to take on the task by himself he ought to be in charge of his own department and that the manager is intentionally blocking his promotion . |
| 16 | If he was in living in a flat by himself he would n't be having one at all . |
| 17 | He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged , for by himself he can not help himself without belying the truth . |
| 18 | I would n't dare leave him by himself I would n't think of leaving your dad by himself , going out gadding about |
| 19 | The response or experience is individual , though there are canons by which one can judge its appropriateness , by which one can discriminate understanding from misunderstanding . |
| 20 | The response or experience is individual , though there are canons by which one can judge its appropriateness , by which one can discriminate understanding from misunderstanding . |
| 21 | One problem in analysing party programmes derives from the fact that there is no unambiguous index by which one can assess the extent of " real " choice between them . |
| 22 | It was noted in the introduction to Chapter 21 that , if planning represented the route map for the journey , then organizing represented the means by which one could arrive at the chosen destination . |
| 23 | The second reason why I feel that gradualism is the only means by which we shall achieve any kind of new vision for society and for the natural world has everything to do with the workings of democracy . |
| 24 | This is a situation where the rate of growth ( by which we shall always mean the proportionate growth ) of all relevant magnitudes remains constant over time . |
| 25 | Home rule and proportional representation are the means by which we shall break the stranglehold of Westminster . |
| 26 | They are also the means by which we shall provide a system of government which commands the confidence of all the people , in which the democratic deficit is made good and in which pluralism is entrenched . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | Gagné has provided a formula by which we may detect what is missing from a student 's repertoire . |
| 30 | 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 . |