Example sentences of "by [num] [pers pn] be [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1981-82 , 3,800 tonnes were imported , and by 1987-88 we were importing 80,000 tonnes , thereby almost becoming one of the major toxic dustbins of the world . |
| 2 | By 1705 London already had 180 departing coach services ; by 1836 it was to have 342 . |
| 3 | In the beginning it had a circulation of two thousand ; by 1930 it was selling nine thousand copies per month at ten cents . |
| 4 | By 1789 he was employing five assistants in London , his brother Robert , a solicitor in Edinburgh , was attending to his Scottish business , and in spite of his Presbyterian background he was working on Sundays to keep up with the pressure of work . |
| 5 | Beginning with 8 apprentice girls and three journeymen tutors , by 1863 it was employing 14 women . |
| 6 | By 1915 he was advising one commentator ‘ to treat my verse … as my essential writings , & my prose as my accidental ’ . |