Example sentences of "by [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until July 24 Intimate Lifes Historical and contemporary works by eight internationally renowned photographers . |
| 2 | Dr Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra , a 40-year old lawyer and human rights worker , was abducted by eight heavily armed men on the night of 4 July 1990 in Bogotá . |
| 3 | They got up at five , leaving us alone but asleep , and returned by eight o'clock . |
| 4 | FAPS had 28 members in the field by eight o'clock , along with our usual differ driver Geoff Carnell , who would drive the JCB loaned by the farmer . |
| 5 | By eight o'clock the French had still not attacked . |
| 6 | Morning newspapers are regularly sold out by eight o'clock . |
| 7 | He worked with reasonable diligence , getting to Wilden by eight o'clock most mornings , and also travelling a good deal — to South Wales , to Birmingham , to London and even on one occasion to the United States — on the firm 's affairs . |
| 8 | By eight o'clock at night the platforms of a London goods station are congested with great stacks of goods , every imaginable commodity and every conceivable shape . |
| 9 | But you had to be in by eight o'clock . |
| 10 | The next morning , we were all up early and eating breakfast by eight o'clock . |
| 11 | Members might like to note that the first half hour is usually a chance to chat ; we try to get the talks under way by eight o'clock . |
| 12 | By eight o'clock , when the first pair was due to tee off , the sun was well up in a clear sky . |
| 13 | That was one thing Andrew could n't do , because he had to be at the Works by eight o'clock and Emma did n't start school until nine . |
| 14 | The next morning I was up and on my way to work by eight o'clock . |
| 15 | By eight o'clock there was still no sign of Silvia . |
| 16 | By eight o'clock , as Lindsey made her way to the hospital , the sun was already hot and getting hotter , and the excitement of the previous day was being repeated as passengers hurried to go ashore . |
| 17 | By eight o'clock that evening Paige was sitting at the dressing-table in her luxurious hotel room busily putting the finishing touches to her make-up . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've promised I 'd be at the Queen 's Hall by eight o'clock . |
| 19 | divi divided divided by eight then minus one eighty . |
| 20 | The same procedure was adopted as for the immediate recall part of the experiment but words were used from set B. However , before the subject was allowed to recall the words an arbitrary three digit number , provided below the word list for each trial , was given to the subject and the subject asked to repeat the number and count backwards by threes as fast as they could for thirty seconds . |
| 21 | FIFTEEN steps to be implemented within a month of taking office in order to reverse the Conservative health reforms and set a new direction for the NHS were outlined by Labour yesterday . |
| 22 | CHRONIC asthma sufferer Jeffrey Harrison was held up as an example of the alleged inadequacy of student loans and NHS funding by Labour yesterday . |
| 23 | IAN LANG , the Scottish Secretary , was urged by Labour yesterday to grasp the opportunity to fulfil a Tory pledge on the carrying of knives , writes Chris McLaughlin . |
| 24 | The presumptuous way in which it has laid claim to the English rose as representing the party is indicative of its misplaced self-assurance that the people of ‘ our country ’ , as they repeatedly refer to England , wish to be governed by Labour as much as it wishes to govern us — an illusion emphatically dispelled last week . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Most peace activists remained united by their continuing opposition to rearmament , if by little else . |
| 27 | Between 1935 and 1939 , the last four years of Nizan 's membership of the PCF , his thoughts were dominated by little else . |
| 28 | It is not immediately apparent which house this might have been ; however , the six properties are separated by little more than a hundred yards . |
| 29 | By 1850 over half the workers had jobs in the cotton textile industry . |
| 30 | By 1842 France had only 350 route miles and by 1850 only I , 870 , compared with Germany 's 3,735 miles and Britain 's 6,621 . |