Example sentences of "[adj] year by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet with eight sendings-off in all that day there was a case for ending the old year by taking a stand on players ' behaviour in time for the new . |
| 2 | There must be something in this : when morning came , amid some laughter , my husband re-enacted the closing chapter of the old year by going up into the rafters and suspending himself through the hole so that I could take photographs . |
| 3 | The 1900 U.21 Champion , Arantxa Sanchez certainly made a successful switch this year by reaching the final of the Ladies singles ! |
| 4 | The letter reiterates questions raised earlier this year by Age Concern about ‘ bottom-line ’ responsibilities of health and local authorities . |
| 5 | Colin Gibbins was arrested this year by the customs authorities after they seized a high speed Imacon 790 camera , worth £250,000 , at Birmingham Airport . |
| 6 | After years of frustrated attempts to regain control of the site , Hindu extremists brought the issue to an explosive head this year by threatening to tear down the crumbling mosque and build a temple devoted to Lord Rama . |
| 7 | MRS Leona Helmsley , the hotel queen dethroned earlier this year by a New York court that convicted her as a tax cheat , was yesterday sentenced to four years ' imprisonment and fined $7 million ( £4.5 million ) . |
| 8 | The judges are breaking new ground this year by bestowing the diary 's Bon Mot Trophy on a piece of work as yet unpublished . |
| 9 | Its decline explains why the wholesale price of mistletoe has gone up this year by as much as £15 a hundredweight at England 's largest market — Tenbury Wells in Herefordshire . |
| 10 | Bruno , twice beaten in world heavyweight title fights , against Tim Witherspoon in 1986 , and this year by Mike Tyson , receives the MBE for his services to boxing . |
| 11 | The series is the first production by Activate , a company formed earlier this year by Mary Calderwood , Dernin Schlesinger and Jaqui Doyle . |
| 12 | When the first draft of Li 's report was presented a fortnight ago it incorporated many of the demands for faster reform voiced earlier this year by China 's elder statesman , Deng Xiaoping . |
| 13 | Palm Sunday , for Christians the commemoration of Christ 's entry into Jerusalem , was marked this year by the opening of Euro Disney . |
| 14 | As we announced in the Budget , no one 's Uniform Business rate will go up this year by more than the rate of inflation — 4.1 per cent . |
| 15 | Even more ambitious plans for single-mode fibre systems were announced early this year by MCI Communications , one of AT&T 's competitors in the long-distance telephone market . |
| 16 | Apart from the now well established Media Mind competition ( won this year by Leo Burnett Ltd ) , Express are running a monthly series of training days for media executives which are proving popular and successful — and will again be sponsoring the IPA Media Award designed to encourage excellence in media planning and buying . |
| 17 | WHILST the accounts from last year 's World Cup are still not available , I.B. Secretary Keith Rowlands asserted in Catania recently that RWC profits would be more than the paltry £3 million mooted earlier this year by fellow director Marcel Martin . |
| 18 | In financial terms , it is a shrewd move for both concerns because it is expected to boost Owners Abroad profits this year by as much as Pounds 15m . |
| 19 | VAUXHALL defied the recession this year by breaking production records . |
| 20 | Largent 's records for most catches and most receiving yards have already been eclipsed this year by Washington 's Art Monk and Buffalo 's James Lofton . |
| 21 | A serious flaw in our arrangements was remedied this year by the appointment of the Reviewer of Complaints ( or Ombudsman ) . |
| 22 | Bardot was still recovering from shock after narrowly missing being shot earlier this year by hunters killing her pets . |
| 23 | In the last issue of Action we published the first portion of the international Study and Action Programme which was launched in July this year by WACC 's Central Committee . |
| 24 | Such reports fuelled the suicide theory , which was raised earlier this year by Presley 's stepmother , Dee . |
| 25 | TWO hundred baby hedgehogs have been saved this year by RSPCA nurses who fed them scrambled eggs at West Hatch , Somerset . |
| 26 | John McEnroe enabled the USA to reach the semi-finals this year by answering Mr Gorman 's plea to play singles because certain other players preferred to play at Queen 's or practise elsewhere for Wimbledon . |
| 27 | The discreet field of African art , which escaped art market speculation and has always been a strong point at the fair , will be better represented than ever this year by six dealers , two of them newcomers — Meyer and Ratton , both from Paris . |
| 28 | The Chairman of the Museums and Galleries Commission , Graham C. Greene , has asked the Attorney General Nicholas Lyell to look into the matter of the permission , finally granted this year by the Charity Commissioners , but applied for in 1988 , to break the Trust of Thomas Holloway . |
| 29 | The Foundation was set up in September this year by Coutts and Co , Zurich . |
| 30 | The flood of credit will be increased this year by all the promissory notes Mr Yeltsin dished out on the campaign trail . |