The phrase "by its appearance and" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the characteristics or qualities of something based on how it looks. Example: "The building was deceiving by its appearance and seemed much smaller than it actually was."
Wigglesworth [2] described the sponge-like body only by its appearance and air content, whereas Lawson [3] described it as being formed by a white substance, light in weight and very fragile.
Cheese is a classical dairy product, which is strongly judged by its appearance and texture; hence, a renewed interest in its microstructure has been on the rise, as sophisticated techniques of analysis become more and more informative and widely available.
Rice grain quality is assessed by its appearance and by its milling, cooking, eating, and nutritional quality [ 1- 3].
Lateral integration appears to be good generally, at least in the surface layers, when ascertained by its appearance and resistance to probing at arthroscopy (JB Richardson, unpublished observation).
However, Hazelbaker stresses that the full measure should be used as part of a detailed feeding assessment, not simply to determine the severity of a tongue-tie by its appearance, and that the importance of assessing tongue function when deciding upon possible frenotomy must not be overlooked.
Laminates come in a whole spectrum from the most glossy to the most matte, so consider each chip by its appearance, and not its marketing.
It began with the invention of the Rampant Rabbit in the mid-1990s – a model that features a clitoral stimulator, and was popularised by its appearance in a Sex And The City storyline in 1998.
The reason seems to be absurdly plain: readers recognize poetry by its appearance on the page, and they respond to the convention whereby they recognize it by reading it aloud in a quite different tone of voice from that which they apply to prose (which, indeed, they scarcely read aloud at all).
iPhone5Mod claims the keyboard is the thinnest and lightest ever made for the iPhone, and judging by its appearance in the video, that would indeed appear to be true.
It was intended to fix all the problems and criticism faced by Vista, with slight tweaks to its appearance and a concentration on user-friendly features and less "dialogue box overload".
