Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by the [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | The course is to be designed by the five times winner of the Open Championship , Peter Thomson . |
| 2 | The contrasting fortunes of share prices and sterling were illustrated by the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index closing within a whisker of its best for the year whilst sterling could manage only a marginal improvement from Thursday 's all-time low against the German mark . |
| 3 | The proposals were described by the Financial Times of May 4 as " greatly complicat[ing] " already difficult negotiations . |
| 4 | The Shanghai stock exchange was reported by the Financial Times of Oct. 23 to have gained approval to offer for the first time to foreign investors shares worth $35,000,000-50,000,000 in the state-owned Shanghai Vacuum , the biggest quoted company on the exchange . |
| 5 | The outcome of my work was published by the Financial Times as a feature entitled ’ The Mystery of the Al Fayeds ’ on May 31 1985 . |
| 6 | The agreement was described by the Financial Times of May 16 as " designed to remove any need to raise taxes during the politically sensitive phase of completing reunification " . |
| 7 | He was described by the Financial Times of Jan. 15 as a " safe but unimaginative choice for premier , a job which will be overwhelmingly concerned with the reform of the collapsing economy " . |
| 8 | However , early on Dec. 11 , in what was described by the Financial Times of Dec. 12 as an " astonishing compromise " , EC leaders agreed that the entire chapter on social policy should be removed from the union treaty . |
| 9 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
| 10 | A decision over the issue of inter-enterprise debt was described by the Financial Times of Sept. 4 as " a messy compromise " . |