Example sentences of "by [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is an ironic analogy , for it foreshadows the emperor 's death by drowning on the Third Crusade , many years later . |
| 3 | Tit for Tat begins by cooperating on the first move and thereafter simply copies the previous move of the other player . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Last term , he took the Quakers into Division Three by storming to the fourth division championship . |
| 6 | How oppressive the satraps were in reality is a question which can be answered only by looking at the second area in which Persia impinged , tribute and military service . |
| 7 | Do n't forget Leeds winning instead — the best scenario would be Leeds winning on goal difference by scoring in the last minute . |
| 8 | This would occupy a fraction of a second which would have to be made up by hurrying over the next group of semiquavers , and would sound breathless and hectic . |
| 9 | Or would Eden think of the air marshals , and the children who had lost their parents in a blitz , and former warriors who had seen too much blood on a battlefield , and exercise a silent veto , by going for the second preference ? |
| 10 | Members can buy their tickets from tomorrow … while other fans can get their 's by going to the next home game against Sunderland |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The equilibrium position for the excited phase is never attained because more torque can be produced by switching to the next phase as the step position is approached . |
| 13 | The behaviour alleged under – above would amount to a matrimonial offence , while the circumstances covered by amount to the first recognition in England of a right of divorce by mutual consent . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Just by glancing at the first chapter of the book you feel a sort of ‘ zing ’ that brings them together , so much so that one could never rate one higher than the other . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The move away from teaching by copying in the second half of this century and the lack of space for exhibiting the works has meant that the collection has been largely hidden . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Having raised the hopes of friend and foe alike — and especially of Iraqis , witness the ecstatic scenes in Baghdad last week — by agreeing for the first time to contemplate withdrawal from Kuwait , he was unwilling to commit himself unequivocally . |
| 25 | 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 . |