Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [vb pp] by the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stayed quite still , smiling back at it , until it disappeared with a plop , leaving ripples of disturbance that were erased by the next wave . |
| 2 | The disarming process was due to begin from the moment of Senora Chamorro 's inauguration and be completed by the tenth of June . |
| 3 | The match was Halling Institute v Snodland , and was decided by the first innings Snodland scoring 77 and Halling 49 , Halling were playing valiantly when stumps were drawn at 6.30 . " |
| 4 | Summer savory is grown as a half-hardy annual , sowing outdoors in April-May , to thin to 20cm ( 8in ) apart , when the plants will grow into little bushes , but be killed by the first hard frost in autumn . |
| 5 | Christianity gained a hold here later than in Denmark but was established by the twelfth century and the Cistercians began to found monasteries soon after , as at Varnhem and Alvastra . |
| 6 | An alternative way of looking at it would perhaps be to say the Greater York Area is that area within ten miles of the city centre as is indicated by the third of the criteria set out in policy H two . |
| 7 | We are spending two and a half times as much , after taking account of inflation , as was spent by the last Labour Government on training . |