Example sentences of "by the [adj] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , as has been noted , by the early 1970s the structure of British industry was similar to that of the EEC countries as measured by the proportionate distribution of employment . |
| 2 | Founded in the 1950s to encourage ecumenicalism , by the early 1970s the OCU had become a campaigning moral protest group , opposing abortion , liberal divorce laws , and seeking the ‘ advancement of Christian values ’ in education and broadcasting . |
| 3 | By the early 1970s the struggle was over , and the decline in the Chiefs of Staff 's activity and influence in national affairs was soon being reflected in the steady drop in the frequency of their meetings . |
| 4 | By the early 1970s the Senate was no longer controlled by an oligarchy . |
| 5 | By the early 1970's the hobby had taken off . |
| 6 | By the early thirties a stage often called ‘ career launch ’ arrives . |
| 7 | By the early 1790s the argument was conducted in an atmosphere in which projects for reform were presented by their enemies as tantamount to a threat to stability and the preservation of civilised life in Britain . |
| 8 | By the early 1780s the spirit of the Enlightenment , emphasizing individual freedom and status , was filtering through to Austria from pre-Revolutionary France . |
| 9 | By the early 1950s the binder had been rendered out of date by the combine harvester , which cut the crop and separated out the grain in one operation . |
| 10 | By the early 1950s the riot was on . |
| 11 | By the early 1950s the claim that agriculture saved valuable foreign exchange was already paper-thin . |
| 12 | By the early 1950s the saw milling business had moved elsewhere and the site had become a scrapyard , a sad and unsightly end to a long and varied career . |
| 13 | By the early seventies the firm was employing over 1,000 operatives covering every aspect of building works . |
| 14 | It is perhaps noteworthy that two chroniclers refer to the plague of 1361 as the pestis puerorum , the plague of the children , and if it is true that children in particular had perished in that outbreak , it could be that by the early 1370s the supply of labour was being reduced by a shortage of new recruits , particularly as the survivors of 1361 would also have been attacked by another outbreak in 1369 . |
| 15 | By the early 1980s the euphoria of early Gay Liberation politics had worn off . |
| 16 | By the early 1980s the Commission had been coming under increasingly severe criticism from conservationists and others . |
| 17 | By the early 1980s the line had been extended to a purpose-built platform alongside the museum building and line had become fully signalled , controlled by the former Liverpool Riverside Signalbox ( Now Steamport No. 1 ) . |
| 18 | By the early 1980s the ETUC was expressing increasing dissatisfaction at this lack of progress , and the relationship between the employers and trade unions reached its lowest ebb when employers ' opposition ensured the freezing by the Council of the " Vredeling Directive " on worker consultation in 1986 . |
| 19 | By the early 1980s the situation had changed . |
| 20 | By the early 1890s the NVA had begun to pass on evidence of cases to the Home Office , complaining of the difficulties of prosecuting under existing legislation . |
| 21 | By the early 1890s the view was widespread that Japan 's own security could not afford a weak , Chinese-dominated Korea , which could offer no barrier to Russian advance . |
| 22 | By the late 1970s the state sector had become not only a harbour of inefficiency , as in many ‘ developed ’ countries , but also a greenhouse of the hybrid values emerging in Africa many of which were inimical to efficient methods of low-cost production . |
| 23 | For twenty years from 1961 Ahidjo had relative success in maintaining stability in Cameroun , and by the late 1970s the country was experiencing high rates of growth . |
| 24 | By the late 1970s the quality improvement process began to gain credence in the USA and is now being applied by some businesses in Europe . |
| 25 | By the late 1970s the impetus towards central control was well established . |
| 26 | By the late 1970s the Countryside Commission had designated 33 AONBs in England and Wales , occupying more than 9 per cent of the total land surface . |
| 27 | But by the late 1800s the trust emerged again , not just in the field of real property . |
| 28 | By the late 1960s a number of lines of evidence were being brought together into a new , radical model of global tectonics . |
| 29 | By the late 1960s the emphasis of government policy was on the creation of new irrigation complexes , covering an additional million acres at a time when Gezira was experiencing major problems of productivity . |
| 30 | By the late 1950s the breed was again in decline and part of the blame could be put on the 1949 Agricultural Act , which set guidelines for bull licensing and required bulls ' dams to have high recorded milk yields . |