Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] time by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author was , for example , frustrated for some time by a field name written in 1736 as Abboxry Land , and could come to no sensible conclusion as to what was meant . |
| 2 | And it was a sad end to what will probably be the final F1 appearance for some time by two of the sport 's greatest protagonists . |
| 3 | Cross the stream which has been on the left for some time by a wooden bridge . |
| 4 | She had known the truth for some time by then more or less , and the legal position , but had never quite managed to have it out with her mother . |
| 5 | Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen . |
| 6 | Increases in the volume of shipping are usually accommodated for some time by existing docks and harbours before the pressure on them leads to a heavy capital investment in fresh and usually lengthy building . |
| 7 | This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent . |
| 8 | It has been advanced for some time by both the Liberal party and the Electoral Reform Society . |
| 9 | She grimaced as her voice , unused for some time by the sound of it , came out in hoarse , rusty spurts . |
| 10 | Concern had been voiced for some time by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) as to the restrictive practices maintained by the Stock Exchange : |
| 11 | The Financial Statement 's key aim is to save much of that time by use of an agreed system in which creditors have trust and confidence . |
| 12 | Schools have attempted to provide positive uses of this time by moving all classes onto the next year 's timetable , or by offering a suspension of timetables for an activities week , for example . |
| 13 | A GOAL in the second period of extra time by Ryan Giggs brought Middlesbrough 's hopes of Rumbelows Cup glory to an agonising end at Old Trafford last night . |
| 14 | Not to put too fine a point on it , Washington could save millions of dollars and industry years of wasted time by privatising this snail's-pace bureaucracy . |
| 15 | Retailers have effectively redefined ‘ debt ’ as ‘ credit ’ — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 16 | Retailers have effectively redefined ‘ debt ’ as ‘ credit ’ — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 17 | Certainly after yet another record victory , and the third highest of all time by anyone in the Championship , a strong case would be made for saying so . |
| 18 | The representation of endless time by a snake swallowing its own tail and bearing the legend ‘ My end is my beginning ’ occurs later in rings worn on the finger , such as that possessed by Mary , Queen of Scots . |
| 19 | It resembles the pictures of dancers frozen for all time by the potters who made the Greek vases just to display their feats . |
| 20 | Having overcome the dismissal of Paul Stewart in the 49th minute , Spurs were forced into extra time by Gary Bennett 's second goal . |
| 21 | During the first thirty-six years of the century the pope had taxed the English church to the tune of almost £450,000 , of which some £360,000 was earmarked for the king , a sum more than three times the amount produced in that time by direct royal taxation of the clergy . |
| 22 | For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man : but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost . ’ ( v. 20/21 ) . |
| 23 | Todd did appear in the Raiders side who beat Balmain in the Sydney Grand Final , but was replaced in extra time by Peter Jackson , who went on to score the winning try . |
| 24 | The 1980 Epsom Derby was won in fast time by the horse Henbit . |
| 25 | Examinations usually start at 9 a.m. , so make sure that you are physically attuned to that time by keeping regular hours and rising sufficiently early for at least a week before . |
| 26 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 27 | The breed 's history is described later , but its systematic improvement , begun at that time by a blacksmith with a herd near Burton-on-Trent , was to become the breeding blueprint once it was adopted by the master breeder Robert Bakewell in 1760 . |
| 28 | Bush gave in to this movement , invoked at that time by presidential contender Patrick Buchanan , when he sacked the chairman of the N.E.A. John Frohnmayer this spring ( The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , pp.1,2 ) . |
| 29 | Makassar , still barely visited at that time by foreigners , was an eye-opener . |
| 30 | The efforts made at that time by Sartre , Camus , Merleau-Ponty et alia to rehabilitate Nizan achieved no more than to illustrate the impossibility of reasoned dialogue with the French communist party at moments of extreme ideological polarisation . |