Example sentences of "by the [noun] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | By the mid-1950s his growing reputation enabled him to concentrate on a literary career . |
2 | Avoid the faceless approach and write to a named executive who has authority to approve the account for payment ; have the letter signed by the person whose printed name and title appears as the sender of the letter . |
3 | However , its calculatedly oblique and enigmatic avoiding of a direct statement — a withholding made all the more tantalizing in that it includes no less than eighteen declarative verb forms — could have a remarkably powerful effect if we imagine it being read by the person whose unnatural behaviour it describes . |
4 | By the mid-1970s our collective view was that , with a few notable exceptions , Soviet technology was on a distinctly inferior plane to that found in the major Western industrial countries and , moreover , had shown no signs of catching up in the previous 15–20 years . |
5 | But Alf was saddened by the conditions his two pals are now living in . |
6 | They hauled up their Norwegian colours , forbidden by the Germans whose only presence was an armed trawler , pulling away from a jetty and prepared to fight . |
7 | This incident has since been described , by the tabloid whose lurid prose I regaled you with earlier , as ‘ a pitiless and cynical coup de grâce ’ . |
8 | You may be surprised by the success our direct actions have achieved so far . |
9 | She felt both shocked and outrageously delighted by the way their two bodies moulded so perfectly together . |
10 | They were certainly made hideous by the way their fossilized bones , complete with jutting frills , were reassembled in museums . |
11 | He was also concerned that his reputation might be tarnished by the way his physical comedy was edited . |
12 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
13 | Constanza would have carried it off , casually , lightly : By the way your charming guest the other night — so stupid of me — |
14 | ALAN SHEARER was last night hailed as a £10 million wonder — by the man who this afternoon must stop him leading Blackburn 's title crusade . |
15 | It would be improbable that men totally unqualified for their rank would be placed in a fleet commanded by the patron whose own career might be damaged by inefficiency , but given the situation in the fleet , of far more qualified applicants than available places , the choice was likely to fall upon a friend of a friend . |
16 | They are typified by the relations whose extended statement consists in a machine table , or flow chart , or computer programme . |
17 | As the Prime Minister reproached Mr Nigel Lawson for resigning the Chancellorship ‘ with such suddenness and haste ’ — and over personality not policy — her isolation was highlighted by the ex-minister whose enforced resignation in the Westland affair of 1986 is being likened by disaffected MPs to the recent sacrifice of Mr Lawson . |
18 | Investors appear to have been effectively abandoned by both the fund managers , with whom they entrusted their investments , and also by the trustees whose main role is to safeguard these investments . |
19 | Investors appear to have been effectively abandoned by both the fund managers , with whom they entrusted their investments , and also by the trustees whose main role is to safeguard these investments . |
20 | But by the time their financial worries were over their political options seemed to be over too ; starting new relationships looked easier than the tortuous process of political realignment . |
21 | And are n't most mothers in the 90s planning to return to some form of work outside the home by the time their youngest child is at school full-time ? |
22 | The town of Knossos had reached a size of not less than 45 hectares by the time its first temple was built in 1930 BC , which would have given it a population of 12,000–18,000 . |
23 | Same thing affected the Prodraw review , and the contents page was printed by the time its new position had been determined . |
24 | By the time our major advertising campaign is complete , millions will have seen our adverts and thus have a clearer perception of AEA . |
25 | By the time your young dog is about six months old you should be developing other commands which will form part of its outdoor training requirements , in preparation for allowing the dog off its leash . |
26 | Oag hopes to employ 40 people by the time his new factories are up and running , and stresses his sense of responsibility to the Highlands . |
27 | He had a big advantage over Peter Slade in that by the time his seminal publication , Development through Drama , emerged in 1967 , the profession , particularly teachers in the Primary schools , was more eager to seize upon his message . |
28 | By the time his original classification as a ‘ contested registration ’ was rescinded there were no vacancies for the hard-hitter from Keighley , and he was compelled to settle for league cricket and Minor Counties appearances for Cumberland . |
29 | By the time his ready smile reached us we were glad to see him and retreated to try to get warm and ask a few questions . |
30 | If Reagan did prove bellicose during his first terms as President he was amply repaid by the Kremlin whose ageing leaders appeared unable to take any positive initiatives . |