Example sentences of "by [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know I did , I was entranced by them the other day . |
| 2 | It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly when , where or by whom the first pile rugs were made . |
| 3 | Whether he has or not is , par excellence , a justiciable question to be decided , in the event of dispute , by those persons the judges , by whom the judicial power of the state is exercisable . " |
| 4 | The mechanism by which animals might integrate these various events , spread out as they usually are over several sessions of training , and by which the critical conditional probabilities might be computed , are not considered . |
| 5 | The numbers on each contour represent the stress concentration factor K by which the mean stress remote from the crack is multiplied at each point . |
| 6 | The regulationist approach also has a strong international dimension , regarding the mechanism by which the international economy is regulated as important for every part of it . |
| 7 | This is maybe one reason why increasing attention is being turned to methods by which the general public can ( a ) ‘ read the landscape ’ ( Muir , 1981 ) , ( b ) have it interpreted for them ( Countryside Commission and CCS , 1975 ) ; or ( c ) even interpret their own everyday landscape ( Meinig , 1979 ) rather than having experts trying to value the invaluable . |
| 8 | The fourth equation of the model describes the process by which the average quantity of nominal money holdings is determined . |
| 9 | Their list of partial indicators includes publication counts , citation analysis , and peer review , and they neatly summarise the problems encountered in dealing with each indicator , and suggest methods by which the distorting effects of these problems can be minimised . |
| 10 | One seat was lost by UUUC to an independent in Fermanagh and South Tyrone as a consequence of an arrangement by which the anti-Unionist vote was not split between SDLP and Unity . |
| 11 | The absence of a target date by which the Protestant/Catholic unemployment differential would be significantly reduced is partly explained by this . |
| 12 | Warfare was the means by which the upper classes provided themselves with exercise and occupation , and justified their existence . |
| 13 | A provision may be a substantive rule : it may be optional ; illustrative ; mandatory ; or procedural ( a means by which the substantive rules are to be implemented ) . |
| 14 | This gives great emphasis to the contention that it is only through the teaching of the children that there can be any progress towards a better world , and by which the complete breakdown of man 's fragile and very young civilisation can be avoided . |
| 15 | Instead we must ask in more impersonal terms about the ‘ mechanism ’ by which the real object is ‘ appropriated ’ and becomes the thought object . |
| 16 | The amount by which the real wage rate will have to fall is mirrored in the amount by which prices will have to rise since the aggregate marginal cost curve in 5.5(b) is derived from the marginal physical product curve of labour . |
| 17 | This divergence between collective and individual rationality is not encountered when the means by which the real wage is reduced is via an increase in the absolute price level . |
| 18 | Yet the paradox gets deeper if devolving budgets to the front-line is seen as the very key by which the golden doorway to needs-led rather than service-led care packages is to be opened . |
| 19 | It is hierarchical , i.e. it is the process by which the managerial relationships of the institution are expressed and developed . |
| 20 | They should understand the operation of some major transformations , and be able to interpret , and to produce , the diagrammatic forms ( both tree diagrams and brackets ) by which the deep and surface structures of sentences are conventionally represented . |
| 21 | It is clear from this that for Rolle prayer was the most important exercise by which the reality of faith is realised , which is why he deals with it first after the section on the necessity for patience in adversity : Prayer is the means by which the transforming dynamic of the love of God is accessed in the innermost marrow ( " inhirliest mergh " ) of our hearts ( 7.118.28 ) and labour becomes light ( 11.123.30 ) . |
| 22 | The Torts ( Interference With Goods ) Act 1977 , passed since the decision in Greenwood v. Bennett , provides a mechanism by which the innocent improver is to be reimbursed . |
| 23 | Psychic talent was the floodgate by which the malevolent lunacy of powers in the warp could invade and ravage worlds ; could corrupt the human race into polluted slaves of evil . |
| 24 | In checking to ensure that your employers have striven to strike a fair balance , it could be worth asking whether they have considered drawing up some form of ‘ points table ’ or other grading system , by which the relevant matters can be assessed . |
| 25 | ( a ) Unregistered land Where the husband and wife are beneficial joint tenants there are two methods by which the matrimonial home may be vested in the wife alone : ( i ) the husband can release his interest in the legal estate to the wife ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s36(2) ) ; or ( ii ) the husband and the wife can convey the legal estate to the wife alone ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s72(4) ) . |
| 26 | Researchers might also address themselves to studying the processes by which the implicit is translated into explicitness . |
| 27 | These two peptide hormones have opposite effects on vascular tone and on smooth muscle cell proliferation , and as neointimal proliferation and vasospasm may be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease , the most likely mechanism by which the ACE polymorphism affects the risk of myocardial infarction is by modulating the level of these peptides in the coronary arteries . |
| 28 | It served as a rite of cultural rebirth by which the male individual was accorded entry into the society and religion of his people . |
| 29 | It was a stiff , headmasterly performance , appropriate to the handing down from the palace of the kingly rules by which the democratic experiment was to be played . |
| 30 | It also has to have some mechanism by which the latent TL signal is zeroed that can be related to an archaeological or geological event of interest . |