Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the big gainers , Tonka 's 16.5% 1997 bond , Macy 's 14.5% 1998 , Southland 's 14.5% 1995 and RJR Nabisco 's 17% 2007 have all seen their price rise by half or more this year . |
| 2 | Unfortunately I soon blotted my copy book by stating that Pete Townshend of The Who should be tried for cultural war crimes and made to issue a public apology . |
| 3 | It has already boosted its market share by 0.2% last year , he noted . |
| 4 | Farmers normally convert their farm bit by bit , in order to make ends meet until the conversion is complete . |
| 5 | Parker , Oakland 's starting pitcher , had gone a full eight innings before George Bell finally broke his hit-left streak by depositing the ball over the left-field fence . |
| 6 | To represent this wildness a war boar rider always reduces his leadership value by -1 when taking any tests . |
| 7 | NEW ZEALAND , whose tour of Sri Lanka was delayed by nearly a week and then rescheduled after a bomb blast near their hotel , yesterday lost their opening game by 17 runs in Matara . |
| 8 | It seems that one underlying problem is your relationship with your husband , who is gradually undermining your self confidence by comparing you as you are now with the way you looked as a teenager . |
| 9 | This article explains how you can rapidly increase your finds rate by putting yourself on the saddle of an imaginary bicycle and travelling back in time to the turn-of-the-century . |
| 10 | Unlike so many manufacturers who are inclined to say ‘ this is our aircraft , come and get it , ’ DHC wisely began their design process by polling over eighty bush operators throughout their diverse country , as well as a few in other climes , to see exactly what they wanted . |
| 11 | Chairman Stanley Metcalfe also saw his pay rise by 17.4 per cent to £142,000 . |
| 12 | Simply increase your calorie consumption by up to 50 per cent . |
| 13 | When Howell picks him up at dawn on a deserted Texan highway he immediately makes his intentions plain by scaring the boy witless . |
| 14 | If the company wins its franchise back in 1992 , and then trebles its share price by mid 1993 , their stake will expand to 15 per cent . |
| 15 | If your exams are in May/June , you should certainly start your exam preparation by Easter . |