Example sentences of "but by the [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Records still give no indications of use other than corn milling , but by the 1690s a fulling mill and dye house had been added , possibly much earlier . |
| 2 | In the 1950s Dulles ' threat of ‘ massive retaliation ’ in the event of war , did not seem unrealistic but by the 1970s a position of ‘ mutually-assured destruction ’ was reached between the Superpowers . |
| 3 | In the 1950s European population was still concentrating into metropolitan cores ( perhaps in part as a process of adjustment to rebuilt cities ) , but by the 1960s a reversal had taken place , with people decentralizing from cores to rings , a process which accelerated in the 1970s . |
| 4 | But by the 1960s the emphasis was on the need to restore financial self-sufficiency through drastic pruning of the network . |
| 5 | The Reverend Allen 's successor dealt in motor bikes to supplement his pay , but by the 1930s the parish had become so small that a vicarage seemed unnecessary , and it was sold . |