Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] by [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After much destruction of icons the conflict in the East was resolved in 787 by the second Council of Nicaea . |
| 2 | Within marriage the most important change experienced by women was the steady decline in the fertility rate until after World War II ( Table 2 ) , while in the 1870s there were over 295 legitimate live births per 1000 married women aged 15–44 , this figure had dropped to 222 by the first decade of the twentieth century and to only 111 by the 1930s . |
| 3 | The empire was in a state of decline which had begun with the havoc wrought in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade and was made worse by internal conflicts . |
| 4 | The concentration and output of SCFA in faeces was low on the first day of illness , but returned towards normal by the fifth day ( Table I ) . |
| 5 | This was replaced in 1832 by a second church ( now the premises of A D Thornton and Co ) on the right-hand side going up Thomas Street . |
| 6 | During the 18th century , there were at least fourteen mills on the Painswick Stream and its tributaries , rising to thirty by the first part of the 19th century . |
| 7 | By 1882 , Edison 's system of generating power in a central power station , changed industrial methods almost as much as steam had brought about the industrial revolution , and by 1885 the first internal combustion driven machine had appeared , to be followed in 1894 by the first recognisable motorcar . |
| 8 | In that same year , motor-taxis appeared in London , to be followed in 1905 by the first motor-buses being tried in London . |
| 9 | The first settlement of any size in Liddesdale was the purpose-built village of Newcastleton , established in 1793 by the third Duke of Buccleuch as the basis of a weaving community . |
| 10 | The sanctifying veil of the ideal as described in 1822 by the 6th Duke of Bedford with reference to the ‘ Three Graces ’ as shielding them form ‘ the glance of impure desire ’ and ‘ the contagion of sensual love ’ was thus lifted , or at least became more transparent . |