Example sentences of "[prep] be by the [noun] " 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 In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that .
3 Both subss. ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) provide that citation is to be by the board .
4 In many cases the clause provides that the appointment is to be by the president ( for the time being ) of the body concerned .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Her highest ambition was to be by the end of the day simply acceptable , to have done no rushing or crashing , committed no vehemence .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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