Example sentences of "[adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he 's Scottish by extraction , though you 'd hardly know it from his accent . |
| 2 | Our French Canadian friends have been very good company for us ( actually , the woman , Dorothy , is Scottish by birth and upbringing ) , and we have been improving our French at the breakfast table , so even if ( as I fear ) we shall come home unable to speak more than ‘ hullo ’ ‘ goodbye ’ and ‘ thank you ’ in Chinese , at least our French will be a bit better . |
| 3 | NOx production is substantial too , but controllable by lean-burn techniques and catalysts . |
| 4 | Water feeds into the lower pool , slightly smaller , via a surface skimmer and a bottom drain — in other words , at two levels ( controllable by valves ) . |
| 5 | But in a more sophisticated sense it means that the level of unemployment ‘ is not controllable by variations in demand-management ’ [ ibid. , 96 ] . |
| 6 | Marx and Engels ' arbiter model of the state suggested that if class forces in society were for a time evenly balanced , then the state bureaucracy and a strong political — military leader could intervene to impose stabilizing policies which were not controllable by capital , although they would be bound to maintain capitalist predominance in economic life . |
| 7 | Arbiter theorists have a comparatively complex outlook on law , which is regarded as a partly autonomous sphere of social action , not controllable by capitalists . |
| 8 | A key assumption is that the money supply is exogenous — uninfluenced by economic activity — but is controllable by the monetary authorities . |
| 9 | If , as is generally agreed , it is not Parliament itself which governs , to what extent is the Government itself , minister , civil servants , and the whole apparatus of the state , actually accountable and answerable to the Commons , and so in principle controllable by it ? |
| 10 | Constant frequency clock circuits controllable by a start/stop signal are available as single integrated circuits and the excitation sequence generator of Fig. 8.4(b) needs only two integrated circuit packages . |
| 11 | Much work was needed to prepare enough radium to treat patients , but once it was made , it was a more convenient source of radiation than the apparatus , extremely primitive by modern standards , which produced X-rays from electric discharges . |
| 12 | They were primitive by modem standards and life . |
| 13 | It is generally understood that the disease is spread by fleas and mosquitoes and since rabbits are gregarious by nature their close contact with each other automatically ensures the rapid spread of the disease . |
| 14 | The remedy must be highly potentised i.e. prepared by the LM method §246 |
| 15 | But there are fears that the MPC could wind up staffed by members of France 's closely knit financial elite , whose pals roam the corridors of political power . |
| 16 | It is however true to say that in most countries the hotel and leisure industry remains staffed by expatriates , as do the more senior positions in the contract services sector . |
| 17 | Some rare people remain slim by staying with a very restrictive way of eating . |
| 18 | It was interesting that when she started her thighs only measured 21½ inches which is slim by comparison with most of the other volunteers . |
| 19 | Today the Vatican rightly claims to be the country with the world 's lowest birthrate ; since most of its permanent residents are Roman Catholic clergy and nuns , the chances of a baby appearing in their midst are slim by anyone 's reckoning . |
| 20 | And , when you think about it , did you succeed in getting permanently slim by struggling to cut out carbohydrates for all those years ? |
| 21 | The method of finance is relatively novel and as yet untried by most contractors but , as is the case when trying to start up any project , potential pitfalls and problems can be circumvented by using consultants , particularly in the early stages to provide off-take forecasts , preliminary designs , financial and legal advice , and subsequently for project management . |
| 22 | Now nature may be feminine by gender but surely not feminist by conviction . |
| 23 | The ‘ impressive and general ’ wording of Article 23 was seen as demonstrating that the Convention would not have been a proper vehicle for a treaty which would have done the barely conceivable by giving other countries control over American litigation . |
| 24 | Apart from these special sessions we encouraged more and more people to make statements in the main inquiry ( where the atmosphere was more formal and they could be cross-examined by a CEGB barrister ) . |
| 25 | Rape victims , for example , may fear the consequences of reporting the act , and may not wish to be cross-examined by the police or in court and be exposed to possible innuendoes and suggestions that they ‘ encouraged ’ their assailant . |
| 26 | As she was leaving work , she was taken to the Police Station , where without being cautioned , she was cross-examined by Sergt. Woodhouse . |
| 27 | Anyone reading of the trial would appreciate the ordeal of the rape victim in court as she ‘ sobbed continuously as she was cross-examined by counsel for the men … . ’ |
| 28 | If you then cross-examine them and attack their credibility your shield goes in and then after that your previous good character , but only in the context of you being cross-examined by the prosecution . |
| 29 | They may then be cross-examined by the respondents . |
| 30 | A hostile witness may be cross-examined by the party calling him . |