Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It planned to reduce foreign aid by Can . |
| 2 | Without the original bill we can not be certain of the government 's objectives ; but on balance it seems unlikely that it wished to replace statutory legislation by proclamation . |
| 3 | Astonishingly he defended his policy of imposing sky high 36.3 per cent rates , saying it had cut unauthorised loans by almost a third in a year . |
| 4 | It had fallen 50 metres by 10 500 years ago , and had risen to 10 m above OD 4000 years later , when much of the well-known Carse clay was deposited . |
| 5 | British Telecom said it had redirected 300 numbers by last night . |
| 6 | This below-par performance was partly reflected in our share price , which fell sharply in the summer , [ though in line with the market it had recovered some ground by the year-end ] If , by Feb 11 , the price is on the way down , omit words in [ ] |
| 7 | The LDDC , in its 1987 Corporate Plan ( LDDC , 1987 ) , argued that , although it was not itself a housing authority , it intended to increase this figure by rehabilitating older public-sector estates through a programme of co-operation with local authorities . |