Example sentences of "by which this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never explained the means by which this journey had been made , though Jarvis some time later overheard a conversation about suicide , his mother referring to her ‘ poor father ’ , and put two and two together . |
| 2 | However , such groups possess a wider significance if they are seen either as representing the last stages of a long , discreditable history , or as one of the means by which this history is transmitted into the future . |
| 3 | And the Government 's preferred method by which this responsibility should be discharged is the introduction of " energy management systems " microprocessor-based products which allow fuel consumption ( and control over environmental conditions ) within buildings to be centralised and automated . |
| 4 | The State is the result of the disorder brought about by inequality and private property and it is the means by which this inequality and private property is maintained . |
| 5 | BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE WAY IN WHICH NERVE CELLS COMMUNICATE DISCUSSING IN GENERAL TERMS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION MAY BE INFLUENCED BY PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS AND POISONS |
| 6 | List the different methods by which this modification value could be specified , and discuss their relative advantages and disadvantages . |
| 7 | The most significant welfare change , both in terms of numbers of people affected and the sum saved in public expenditure , has been the method by which this Government has calculated increases in social security . |
| 8 | But it will be the big increases in tax , spread over the next three years , by which this Budget will be remembered . |
| 9 | Government was particularly anxious that neither group should retain the relative economic dominance which it had acquired during the colonial period , and exchange rate management was one means by which this dominance could be restrained . |
| 10 | Dehydration , er can produce death within a matter of fe , er a few hours and and an understanding of the mechanism by which this dehydration leads us into one of the most effective forms of heat treatment er , ever produced . |
| 11 | Then there is the wonderful world of electronic mail , by which this column will pop up in the North Bridge computer within the next few minutes . |
| 12 | Before and after this period , subjects also pointed either at an auditory target or using a non-preferred hand in order to identify the mechanism by which this adaptation occurred . |
| 13 | Moreover , it should be borne in mind that the process by which this hegemony was established took nearly forty years , from the foundation of the Zollverein in 1834 to the Empire in 1871 . |
| 14 | The subsequent evolution of geometric perspective in Europe has been devoted to means by which this property could be used and adapted to suggest movement and change : by the introduction of multiple points of view and interlocking spaces ; by the concentration and diffusion of light and light sources ; by the Impressionist fragmentisation of surfaces . |
| 15 | Consider the following simple methods by which this computation can be performed . |
| 16 | Language , for Mead , was the key means by which this socialisation takes place . |
| 17 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 18 | Over time , the dominant influence on the nominal size of the government bond market will be the public authorities ' need to borrow and the means by which this need is met . |
| 19 | The ways by which this class comes about and the implications and feedback effects to and from the natural environment are discussed in Chapters 6 , 7 and 8 . |
| 20 | In other words , it is the lack of consent that matters , not the means by which this result brought about . |
| 21 | The aim of the project is to try to discover the processes by which this efficiency is attained , which could be of great value in the design of automatic systems of face recognition . |
| 22 | Such thoughts lead naturally to the manhood of Christ , the sharp reminder that the Incarnation provides of both the destructive nature of sin and the means by which this destruction is turned back on itself — laid waste . |
| 23 | The mechanism by which this infection , which predominantly affects the antral mucosa , predisposes to ulceration of the duodenum is unknown . |
| 24 | We can usually show that social organization correlates closely with a species ecology yet we are often far from clear about the processes by which this association has come about . |
| 25 | The process by which this vacuum was filled in 1945–7 can best be surveyed by looking at four geographical areas : eastern Europe , Germany , the Near East and western Europe . |