Example sentences of "that by [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Amazon , the numbers of Indians declined , ceasing to be a threat to western expansion , so that by the second half of the last century , they were becoming more of a curiosity , regarded as anachronistic impediments to progress , which had to be educated on Christian lines on the one hand , the true lords of the territory to be given their freedom on the other . |
| 2 | Apprenticeship indentures amongst the Inland Revenue records in the Public Record Office show , however , that by the second decade of the eighteenth century the geographical distribution of the craft in the Midlands had been largely determined ; shortly afterwards Daniel Defoe observed , ‘ One would scarce think it possible so small an article of trade could employ such multitudes of people as it does , for the whole country seems to be employ 'd in it ’ . |
| 3 | Foster has concluded that by the second decade of the nineteenth century , the well-organised mule spinners had " fought themselves " to near parity with London 's building craftsmen . |
| 4 | Ryzhkov assessed that by the second stage the situation in the consumer market should have improved radically , that material and financial market equilibrium could be achieved in 1992 , and that economic growth and an improvement in living standards was possible from 1993 . |
| 5 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 6 | Perhaps its remoteness has been its saving grace , coupled with the fact that by the nineteenth century the Pinney family who had built it deemed it too small and dim to live in and moved to their other house of Racedown , a mile up the road . |
| 7 | The Provence seems to have been Miller 's favourite type of rose ; he frequently stressed its outstanding fragrance , an important consideration in the flower garden , and said that by the mid-eighteenth century it had become the most widely propagated of any kind . |
| 8 | I also noticed a tendency to assume that by the twentieth century women had overcome most of the problems of inequality . |
| 9 | It is estimated that by the first decade of next century , only 20 per cent of the peat soils now present on the 561 square kilometres marked by the soil map of the Ely district will remain . |
| 10 | Artificial appearance thereby takes on a sexual overtone which Porter detects in the expression ‘ making faces ’ , meaning to have sex Keith Thomas observes that by the eighteenth century bodily control became a symbol of social hierarchy An elegant person would not pass wind audibly , or expose teeth while laughing . |
| 11 | Other sources say that by the seventeenth century big , stately , black longhorns were being reared in Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Lancashire and Staffordshire and that by the eighteenth century there was a large , rangy , big-hoofed plough-ox type which could also give acceptable though ordinary meat and the cows could give reasonable milk well suited for cheese-making . |
| 12 | Its strength was a nose for commerce which soon manifested itself , so that by the twelfth century , the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle as the power of the merchants correspondingly grew . |
| 13 | A variant theme in recent historiography has been that by the mid-ninth century , nobles had been too much influenced by the church 's stress on peace , and had thus become unfit for military service . |
| 14 | Other sources say that by the seventeenth century big , stately , black longhorns were being reared in Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Lancashire and Staffordshire and that by the eighteenth century there was a large , rangy , big-hoofed plough-ox type which could also give acceptable though ordinary meat and the cows could give reasonable milk well suited for cheese-making . |
| 15 | Moreover , there is evidence to suggest that by the seventeenth century both literacy and Bible reading were on the increase ; in the parish of Keevil in Wiltshire , for example , only 4 per cent of testators who died during the decades between 1590 and 1630 appear to have possessed a Bible , whereas during the course of the 1630s and 1640s the proportion rose to 18 per cent . |
| 16 | But it is beyond question that by the seventeenth century a distinct change of emphasis had occurred both in the goals which the majority of the ulema sought and in the terms whereby their success was judged by themselves and by others . |
| 17 | Roman was early ; Claudia left her office on the hour , closing the door with an irrational feeling that by the next time she saw it many things , including herself , would be irrevocably changed . |
| 18 | Since no commentator or studio expert remarked on this as anything unusual , can we assume that by the next World Cup rugby players will resemble American Superbowl players ? |
| 19 | Marx believed that by the mid-nineteenth century workers in England could not easily be exploited any more than they were already : for example , the working day could not be any further extended . |
| 20 | Of course , differences in wealth between peasant families were not new ; the evidence of the poll tax returns shows that by the last quarter of the fourteenth century peasants might employ labour on their own account and even have a servant living in their household , although it is difficult to say how common this was ( 81 , pp.30–3 ; 83 , p.31 ) . |