Example sentences of "if [adv] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a picture of NCC confusion emerged from this study it still held out the hope , if only by implication , that more rigorous thinking would achieve better results . |
| 2 | Set against these deficiencies is the fact that psychiatry — if only by dint of the accumulated experience that comes from having to observe the more unusual among us — has developed a ‘ language of symptoms ’ that can prove useful in throwing the features of that deviance into high relief . |
| 3 | Second , and more specifically , it was ‘ daily journalism that counted politically , if only by dint of its opportunity for reiteration ’ . |
| 4 | Among these , the Sadducees and the Pharisees are familiar , if only by name , to Christian tradition . |
| 5 | But , if only by default , through simply reading the text in terms of the text and not bringing outside considerations to bear , she , as does Barth , shores up its authority . |
| 6 | It has been claimed that the confused clutter of furnishings and knick-knacks commonly associated with the Victorians became fashionable only after the 1870s ; but that impression , if only by contrast with the Regency , is certainly made upon novelists at an earlier date . |
| 7 | The reasonableness of this is manifest when viewed in the light of the fact that a great many of the most important human decisions do , after all , ultimately have to rely on mathematics for their resolution , if only by virtue of the principle of the majority vote being allowed to prevail in , for example , political matters . |
| 8 | But a short experience of married life showed that she and Joyce were temperamentally unsuited to one another , if only by virtue of his moods and outbursts of temper . |
| 9 | In 50 years time , will Miller 's Crossing , say , look like a film of the Thirties or ( if only by virtue of its licence in matters of sex and violence ) like a film of the Nineties ? |
| 10 | The pursuer 's claim will undoubtedly be increasing in value , if only by virtue of inflation and interest , while the defenders argue amongst themselves . |
| 11 | Of the six GCC members , Oman was the most directly involved , if only by virtue of geography . |
| 12 | The Latinos were used to flying their drug cargoes and knew that there was always the risk of someone , if only by accident , being on or near the airstrip . |
| 13 | Are you acquainted if only by repute with a Mr Landor who is a poet ? |
| 14 | Lucy had made it clear , if only by silence , that talk of love panicked her . |
| 15 | It was good to feel I belonged somewhere — if only by adoption . |