Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] by the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans agreed on by the first meeting included a shopping trip to Holland to visit a shop which sells outsize jeans and sweat-shirts and another to Germany to a shop which claims to sell the biggest size shoes in the world . |
| 2 | Speaking on implementing the guidelines laid down by the fifth plenum , government spokesperson Yuan Mu said on Nov. 22 : " The main problem behind the many mistakes which have occurred in China in the past lies within the party and it is therefore necessary first to focus attention on the party itself in solving the problem " ( of " dilution and weakening of party leadership , neglect of ideological and political work , and neglect of the building of party style " ) . |
| 3 | The main forces that work against trade union interest , according to Beaumont , are the difficulties experienced by unions in using the favourable industrial relations procedures laid down by the last Labour Government ; moves in the public sector that have made trade union organization difficult , and , in the case of GCHO , unlawful ; and the Conservative Government 's continuing drive against the closed shop . |
| 4 | The medium of continuous recording prompted the inclusion of bridging scenes to allow one group of characters time to go off one set and onto another while the action is carried on by the second group of characters . |
| 5 | Half of the extra cash will be forthcoming only if projects of sufficient quality to take up the whole £2 million come in by the next deadline for grants on 1 April . |
| 6 | The save_set will then be picked up by the next incremental backup . |
| 7 | But linguistic and other factors indicate that the oracles were written down by the 12th century BC . |
| 8 | These survived until about 8000 years ago , when they were probably wiped out by the first human settlers . |
| 9 | This is borne out by the third type of managerialist study — that of the role of external ‘ pressure groups ’ in local politics . |
| 10 | Any tendency toward sentimentality is blasted out by the second movement 's raucous and ugly woodwind and brass writing . |
| 11 | The delay necessitated going back to the trough for a third-round of venture capital after going through the $12m brought in by the first two rounds . |
| 12 | Nothing was omitted , no aspect of her being was not party to this miraculous moment of ultimate sharing , and in the final vibration of the after-shock set up by the last incredible convulsion of ecstasy , she heard Luke gasping her name and understood that she did n't hate him and never had . |
| 13 | His acceptance speech , in March 1985 , promised that the strategy worked out by the 26th Party Congress — over which Brezhnev had presided — and at subsequent meetings of the Central Committee would remain unchanged : a policy of the ‘ acceleration of the country 's socioeconomic development [ and ] the perfection of all aspects of the life of the society ’ . |
| 14 | The Germans broke through the British line , but seemed unable , once again , to follow up their success , and were driven back by the last Allied reserves . |
| 15 | Part of the Webster ruin was brought about by the fifth baronet 's attempts to reroof many of the derelict Battle Abbey buildings in 1812 — 13 . |
| 16 | In the centre of the layer this transport is brought about by the first term of eqn ( 22.11 ) : essentially just the fact that rising currents in the convection are typically hotter than falling ones . |
| 17 | This will be followed up by the second phase of interviews and observation work to explore further some main ideas more closely important factors in women 's health decision-making , especially those contributing to low rates of utilisation of services such as screening . |
| 18 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 19 | And when the offices of the Chief Justices of the Forest were finally abolished by statute in 1817 , their powers and duties also were taken over by the First Commissioner . |
| 20 | If the first order is made for less than eight weeks however the balance of this period may be taken up by the second or subsequent orders . |
| 21 | ( In fact , over fifty additional questionnaires had been sent in by the third week in November ) . |