Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] by the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a system , based on social class and the old school tie , had never become quite so entrenched across the Atlantic in the first place , and had largely broken down by the end of the 1950s . |
| 2 | The artwork and mission tallies had been stripped away by the end of September . |
| 3 | The time taken for them to enter the dark box is noted , and if they have not done so by the end of a fixed time , say one minute , the experiment is terminated . |
| 4 | The Aldergrove operation — with a turnover last year of £21m — is to be sold off by the end of next year in a major privatisation project . |
| 5 | A Forestry Commission spokesman denied charges of a secret arrangement , but acknowledged that the Ordnance Survey had " clearly felt that it would be misleading to their customers to publish maps indicating Commission land when they are aware that one tenth of this land has to be sold off by the end of the century " . |
| 6 | Both agreed that a draft outlining the main areas of agreement and disagreement should be drawn up by the end of January 1992 and the US Representative for Trade Negotiations Carla Hills cautioned that the USA had " no intention of substituting speed for substance " . |
| 7 | West Wales , a totally tourist-traffic target area , will be opened up by the end of the year with 158 rolling stock added to the single-car Class 153 trains already introduced . |
| 8 | SHEEP farming in two Borders valleys could be wiped out by the end of the decade , with holdings covered in commercial forestry , a group campaigning to protect the open hills forecast yesterday . |
| 9 | Says a company spokesman : ‘ The Game Boy success story is staggering , with 25 million machines sold worldwide by the end of last year . |
| 10 | New installations of the sow stall would be banned from this year , and current systems phased out by the end of 1998 . |
| 11 | The bill will see all remaining forms of tobacco advertising phased out by the end of 1995 . |
| 12 | The US dollar , which had peaked at US$1.00=DM1.85 during May and June 1991 from a February trough of 1.44 , had fallen back by the end of November to below 1.6 , as early hopes of a rapid recovery in US consumer spending faded , and as unfavourable indicators in the employment market coincided with news of a disappointing trade balance in September . |
| 13 | The centre will test for interoperability between ICL and non-ICL hardware , software and operating systems at the bequest of customers and ICL says it 'll have 12 similar worldwide centres set up by the end of the year — 50 by the end of 1994 . |
| 14 | Prosecutions under s20 , in common with other consumer protection legislation ( for example s19(1) of TDA 1968 ) , must be brought either by the end of the period of three years from the day that the offence was committed , or within one year of its discovery by the prosecutor , whichever is the earlier ( s20(5) ) . |
| 15 | The news was welcomed yesterday by the End Conscription Campaign , which has been running an increasingly effective protest against national service on the grounds that servicemen are used to oppress the country 's majority population . |
| 16 | The news was welcomed yesterday by the End Conscription Campaign , which has been running an increasingly effective protest against national service on the grounds that servicemen are used to oppress the country 's majority population . |
| 17 | These schemes were well received and had extended considerably by the end of the 1970s . |
| 18 | F7,000 million of this was to be repaid over six years ( with a three-year grace period ) , while the remainder was to be paid back by the end of 1989 . |