Example sentences of "[prep] be by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And hammered on the door so one of the teache and it was the class where I was too happened to be by the door there . |
| 2 | Both subss. ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) provide that citation is to be by the board . |
| 3 | In many cases the clause provides that the appointment is to be by the president ( for the time being ) of the body concerned . |
| 4 | In consequence , European collaboration is fraught and costly : operational requirements are made more complex than they ought to be by the need for compromise ; sharing development leads to mismatches of components that have to be corrected late on in programmes ; and divided production and assembly increases overheads and puts up costs . |
| 5 | It was a good question , and suggested strongly that the Argyll interest was less powerful than it was believed to be by the community at large . |
| 6 | Her highest ambition was to be by the end of the day simply acceptable , to have done no rushing or crashing , committed no vehemence . |
| 7 | After the sale , payment is guaranteed within seven days of the cattle leaving the farm which has to be by the Tueday following at the latest . |
| 8 | I also have an automatic washing machine but it has to be by the sink for the water to be pumped out and it has no wheels . |