Example sentences of "and by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , there have been improvements in the standard and content of the courses concerned and by 1980–1 there were twenty-four of them in operation , recruiting 321 students . |
| 2 | There was also an acceptance , as the implications were worked out later in the paper , that Terminal courses with ‘ a good deal of teaching at quite an elementary level ’ were ‘ a most important part ’ of the WEA 's work ; that university graduates , who usually had a narrow academic education , could benefit from the breadth of learning offered by the WEA quite as much as manual workers ; that courses in literature and the arts were clearly a valid part of the WEA 's total provision because they attracted new members , taught the processes of serious study and by enriching lives helped ‘ in raising the quality of the public which has the power of judgement upon those set in authority over it ’ . |
| 3 | Further phone calls during the day produced the same result , and by four-thirty Claudia was getting worried . |
| 4 | There is a very small overlap , in that some consultations were recorded both in the individual universities and by inter-library loan through BLDSC . |
| 5 | He arrived at three o'clock , and by 3.20 Dennis was in Mr Chapman 's motor car en route to the home of the League Champions . ’ |
| 6 | The church effect was heightened by the Santa Fe 's cross symbol and by one or two paintings placed high on the walls . |
| 7 | These include reducing smoking in 11–15 year olds by one third , reducing the proportion of energy derived from fats to 35% , reducing deaths from accidents by one third in under 15 year olds and by one quarter in those aged 15 to 24 , reducing suicides by 15% , and halving the conception rate in girls under 16 . |
| 8 | They were moving nearer the house all the time and by one o'clock they had finished the field . |
| 9 | There is now a clear hierarchy of powers exercisable by the Registrar , and by one , two or three judges of the division . |
| 10 | There was no arrogance in the man ; he was desperately aware that he was letting down all his fellow-actors , and by one of the least forgivable of professional shortcomings . |
| 11 | He said that in detailed investigation over 18 months by National Westminster Bank deputy chairman Sir Philip Wilkinson and by two Department of Trade inspectors ‘ my actions and behaviour were exonerated completely and no ground for criticism or fault was found . |
| 12 | Asimov is survived by his second wife , Janet , and by two children from his first marriage . |
| 13 | The case did n't come up and by two in the afternoon , they said it would probably be tomorrow . |
| 14 | All told , life expectancy has increased by two years for women in Britain in the last decade , and by two and a half years for men . |
| 15 | Life expectancy has increased by two years for women in Britain in the last decade and by two and a half years for men . |
| 16 | He was survived by his wife , Mary Trotter , whom he married in 1847 , daughter of the Revd Robert Hunter , a schoolmaster of Colinton , and by two sons and four daughters . |
| 17 | But both were themselves poets , and by that token were concerned more urgently than other commentators , even Edmund Wilson . |
| 18 | And by that open window , in the mirror , they discover bit by bit their faces and bodies . |
| 19 | ‘ What we need is to put more focus on creating brand-consciousness — and by that I mean everything that makes up a brand , such as style , colour , fashionableness , image , price , quality . |
| 20 | It was six months before their debut album was in the shops and by that time public interest in them had waned . |
| 21 | He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs . |
| 22 | What keeps dancers fresh is new work to dance , and by that reckoning Russian ballet has been moribund since the 1917 revolution . |
| 23 | In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin . |
| 24 | The job search took him seven years , and by that time he was ripe for retirement . |
| 25 | If that is not the case , strengthened by your ( the Assembly 's ) support , and by that of the Nation , we shall know how to fulfil our duty without either weakness or hesitation . |
| 26 | When I looked from his face to O's ( my eyes often followed Madame 's ) I saw an older face , one I thought had been weathered by sex and by that indefinable sorrow of O's into a quiet , strong silence . |
| 27 | The money was brought in by direct weekly collection , but sales of various kinds and by that once universally popular but now almost vanished institution , the Guest Tea . |
| 28 | Honoured by the Southern League , Harry was awarded a Benefit by the Palace in season 1914–15 , but whether this was ever taken up is uncertain because the designated game against Croydon Common could not be played on its original date , and by that time Harry was away in the services , where he was killed in action during the 1st World War . |
| 29 | A robust girl , in a short petticoat of Kendal green … pushed the tubs and pots aside , and by that means formed a very tolerable avenue to the fire . ’ |
| 30 | And by that time , astronomers could monitor such minuscule changes ( less than one per cent ) — either directly with new radiation detectors on board orbiting satellites , or indirectly from the ground by analysing particular lines in the Sun 's spectrum . |