Example sentences of "the [noun] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | She discussed the problem with Tom but he suggested she should bide her time , adding , ‘ The navvies will have finished the road by the time Anna 's wedding comes around . |
| 32 | The Welsh wanted none but valuable prisoners , and had no interest in killing the others , since they would surely leave this place more nimbly and rapidly than the English survivors , and be as inaccessible as the stars by the time another force looked for them . |
| 33 | In answer to those who might claim that the perverse approach to this particular movement illustrates that the conductor had lost his grip on the orchestra by the time of this recording , I can only say that the playing of the New Philharmonia is magnificent . |
| 34 | About 200 horse attacks had been reported to the police by the time the mystery was brought to national attention by journalist Siewert Oholm 's TV programme Svar direkt on 25 February 1992 . |
| 35 | One album that is sure to bridge the generation gap and be near the top of the charts by the time Santa hitches up his sleigh to Rudolph and friends is 25 Years — The Chain ( WEA ) , an anthology covering the career of Fleetwood Mac . |
| 36 | A strategy 's niceness is recognized by its behaviour , not by its motives ( for it has none ) nor by the personality of its author ( who has faded into the background by the time the program is running in the computer ) . |
| 37 | This was still very much the situation by the time I went to Bristol . |
| 38 | Dare one hope that the Murrey Report will have alleviated the situation by the time these words are read ? |
| 39 | But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema . |
| 40 | The fire had spread to the fuselage and reached the cockpit by the time he got the wheels on the ground and jumped out . |
| 41 | There were flickering lights in the quarry by the time they got back . |
| 42 | He wo n't even be the MP for the town let alone the minister by the time these decisions are made . ’ |
| 43 | While most commentators were agreed that the LDP 's election performance was sufficiently good to ensure Kaifu 's short-term survival as Prime Minister , many felt that the manner in which he handled forthcoming trade negotiations with the United States would be crucial to determining his standing within the party by the time of the next scheduled leadership contest in October . |
| 44 | Last week a husband took his wife out for a drive and we had 45 minutes to get the place ready , wine chilled , chandeliers , and have a lobster dinner ready on the table by the time they got back . |
| 45 | It was difficult to avoid splashing oneself when filling , admits Mr Doig , and often difficult , too , to have the chemical all in the tank by the time it was full of water . |
| 46 | The three children had gone to bed and Rose was waiting by the fire by the time he was satisfied enough with what he had written to seal the envelope . |
| 47 | This is probably a good idea , but it means that you may never know if the food you avoided was indeed the guilty party , because the child is likely to have outgrown the sensitivity by the time the food is eaten again . |
| 48 | ‘ He hardly left the house by the time you got round to him . ’ |