Example sentences of "[noun] by [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 As the anxiety for each target is overcome so the client is only ever raising their anxiety by ten units by going onto the next target .
2 The Annales school attempts to deal with this issue by appealing to the third category identified by Braudel — that of événements ; but to say quite what événements are is no easy task .
3 He failed to take a wicket at Sydney in the next Test , and helped Gibbs to a reciprocal three wickets in four balls by falling to the first he received .
4 Three bureau tied for second place by delivering on the 19th ; P's & Q's , The Setting Studio and The Last Word .
5 Do n't forget Leeds winning instead — the best scenario would be Leeds winning on goal difference by scoring in the last minute .
6 The stream proves precocious , soon again switching allegiance by departing to the next cave down the field , Diccan Cave : bereft of its water , Lower Long Churn continues with increasing difficulties and enters Alum Pot on its north side .
7 Lawrence E. Walsh , the special prosecutor in charge of the Iran-contra investigation , responded to the move by suggesting for the first time that Bush was a " subject " of his inquiry .
8 He even lost his Rothmans Grand Prix title by losing in the first round to world No 52 , Welshman Tony Chappel , while in the grip of fear .
9 Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal .
10 This is equivalent to obtaining one tableau from the other by pivoting in the jth column while ( 9.8 ) has a non-negative solution with .
11 Bristol City 1 Middlesbrough 1ANDREW COLE , on loan from Arsenal , saved Bristol City last night by equalising in the 66th minute against Middlesbrough after the visitors seemed to have taken command in the first half .
12 In a news conference on Nov. 9 , however , the Philippine spokesman Rafael M. Alunan appeared to indicate a softening of the government 's stance by differentiating for the first time between " sovereign control " and " operational control " , noting that Philippine personnel would not be fully ready to take over the bases by 1991 and that US personnel would be needed to operate them under Philippine sovereignty for a transitional period .
13 Wirgman influenced the development of Western-style painting in Japan by serving as the first foreign teacher to artists painting in the Western style .
14 You can catch a sneak preview of some of the other pictures in this large ( almost 2 foot x 1 foot ) photo calendar by checking on the Third World Greetings Cards you 'll see around the catalogue .
15 Lawyers acting for Operation Rescue challenged Kelly 's jurisdiction by appealing to the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver .
16 Simple constant voltage drives of the type described in Chapter 2 can also incorporate this waveform detection principle by arranging for the next phase in the excitation sequence to be turned.on for a succession of short trial times .
17 Much damage was done to Hull by bombing in the Second World War , and the site of its first dock , built in the eighteenth century , is now a garden .
18 It is an ironic analogy , for it foreshadows the emperor 's death by drowning on the Third Crusade , many years later .
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