Example sentences of "[adj] by the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somervillians have never lacked energy , as was made clear by the first of ourJills of All Trades , Ruth Spalding . |
| 2 | It is hoped that the situation will become clear by the next issue when a full report can be made . |
| 3 | Modernism , the tip of whose iceberg is visible by the mid-nineteenth century , but whose social conditions of existence are pervasive only from the end of that century , is an end point of this differentiation , a point at which spheres take on full autonomy . |
| 4 | John and Malc watched hours of rehearsals from the stalls of the Palladium , both becoming more nervous by the second . |
| 5 | Raids were becoming so costly by the mid-eighteenth century that the imperial government began to undertake substantial fortification work along the southern marches which resulted in the erection of a series of connecting fortified lines ( lini ) which stretched from the southern Urals to Kuznetsk . |
| 6 | Within the southern suburb , many of the 1956–7 structures were apparently disused by the second half of the century , their footings being robbed out or cut by a new ditch alongside Ermine Street . |
| 7 | The earliest steam-pumps of Thomas Newcomen and others in the eighteenth century were not erected from the kind of detailed and accurate drawings customary by the nineteenth . |
| 8 | Customary by the mid-thirteenth century , largely due to Innocent 's introduction of such a scheme , such taxes , however , did not bring money into the papal coffers but were granted to the leaders of the crusades , through there was a widespread belief that money collected for the Crusade by Philip the notary was doing exactly that , and in 1202 Innocent ordered an investigation . |
| 9 | Maggie was feeling more frantic by the second . |
| 10 | This was too much even for men still undisturbed by the first stirrings of the women 's movement . |
| 11 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 12 | However much the Donation had been perfected and refined by the twelfth century to fit into other papal arguments , there still remained the basic problem not so much as to the origin of power as to its descent . |
| 13 | Tivoli Systems Inc is porting its Management Environment from Solaris 1.1 to 2.1 , expecting it to be ready by the second quarter , with all applications available by the third quarter . |
| 14 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |
| 15 | It was a laugh of happiness and male conceit , and I was so pleased by the first that I did n't mind the second too much . |
| 16 | Alex had spilled some juice on the table top and was drawing his finger through the orange puddle with enjoyment ; Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast . |
| 17 | on the other hand , if they are unmoved by the first track or two , it is unlikely they will bother with numbers three to fifteen anyway . |
| 18 | Peter Rogers gave way on the first count but was unmoved by the second . |
| 19 | Margaret Lacey was getting more worried by the second . |
| 20 | At about the same time , given by flags , which for a time went undetected by the 5th Battle Squadron , commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas . |
| 21 | The question for the consideration of the court at the stage when the amount of contribution has to be assessed is how much , if anything , ought to be recoverable by the third defendant from the third party ‘ having regard to the extent of [ the third party 's ] responsibility for the damage in question . ’ |
| 22 | Cork stoppers were certainly common by the second half of the 17th century , though up to the early 18th century the really smart alternative was the glass stopper , which had to be ground to fit each individual hand-blown bottle . |
| 23 | For example , if a cell doubles its discharge rate under one set of conditions but quadruples under another , does that difference affect how subsequent levels in the circuit respond so that one group of cells is excited by the first set of conditions but a second group is activated by the second set ? |
| 24 | I was so excited by the first decent piece of gold ever found , that a test I once read about came into mind . |
| 25 | Until a sale is made to a non-registered person , all VAT paid is redeemable by the next registered trader in the chain . |
| 26 | The negative , containing the latent image of the figure but otherwise unexposed , is not yet developed ; instead it is run through the printer again , this time bipacked with the male matte and the positive of the background , the White House The previously unexposed portion of the negative will now contain images of this background , while the previously exposed portion , protected by the matte , receives no more light and is unaffected by the second run . |
| 27 | Where there are two successive torts , the first tortfeasor 's liability is unaffected by the second tort . |
| 28 | She could feel Patrick 's erection digging into the side of her leg , his excitement making her more breathless by the second . |
| 29 | If you are one of those going on the Course you will have already received a letter stating the balance of fees , travel , insurance etc. due by the 15th April with a reminder that a contribution will be required in DM 's from those travelling in the coach from Frankfurt to Coburg . |
| 30 | Then the actual church which is iced by the third tier , the spires and decoration around the top of the building . |