Example sentences of "by [adj] time [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time the personnel function in ICI had ceased to be the domain of inspired amateurs . |
| 2 | By this time the families staying there for summer quarters were out for a forenoon walk : mothers , nurses , playful youngsters — some with towels for the bathing , others with picnic baskets , making for the cliffs or the shore . |
| 3 | By this time the newspapers had lost interest , and the route that Mr Wolski had carefully traced each day on his atlas on the basis of news reports ended near Galashiels in the Southern Uplands of Scotland , where a British Trust for Ornithology report gave a good account of a ‘ vagrant ’ juvenile eagle being seen feeding . |
| 4 | By this time the Kirgiz had rushed out to buy consumer goods while their roubles were still any good , and Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were fearing that their own rather empty shops would be cleared as well . |
| 5 | By this time the wagonettes had caught up so that the rest of the day proceeded according to plan . |
| 6 | By this time the rivers Camel and Allen had been polluted with aluminium , killing 60,000 trout and salmon . |
| 7 | Generally , by the end of the school year we culminate in a week on Dartmoor and by this time the boys have confidence in their ability and have learned the skills necessary to enjoy the freedom of the outdoors , keeping within the Country Code . |
| 8 | By this time the Hintons more or less had a monopoly on sugar processing , and more and more land was being turned over to sugarcane production . |
| 9 | By this time the rotors are turning . |
| 10 | By this time the cutters were being kept in commission throughout the year , the practice of laying them in winter had been abandoned so that more crews were needed to maintain continuity . |
| 11 | By this time the kids were as confused as I was . |