Example sentences of "by [num] [pers pn] [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1737 it included 33 ships of the line . |
| 2 | The success of BEFIEX can be judged by the fact that by 1985 it covered 40 per cent of all manufactures , with a significant increase of the net trade generated ( Fritsch and Franco , 1988 : p. 116 ) . |
| 3 | Its share of wool exports rose too , though less strikingly , in 1374–75 and 1424–25 the figure was between 40 and 45 per cent , by 1474–75 it exceeded 50 per cent and in 1524–25 it was 66 per cent . |
| 4 | It was low in numbers a century ago , when the Piedmonts of Italy were being imported for beef and good red milking cows came from Bergamo , but by 1979 it numbered 150,000 and is now a well-established milk and meat breed in France , though almost extinct in Italy , where it is known as the Tarina . |
| 5 | By 1831 they controlled 7,000 spindles and , adding new mills and steam power , were to employ 510 hands by 1845 . |
| 6 | By 1774 she had 58 ships of the line : she is said to have possessed 72 in 1789 . |
| 7 | By 1864 it had 600 employees . |
| 8 | After the First World War the Midland continued to expand by opening branches , and by 1939 it had 2,100 . |
| 9 | By 1954 he had one of the most successful modern art galleries in Cork Street , London , a branch in Paris , and another planned for Madison Avenue . |
| 10 | Yet twenty years later , largely as a result of the work of Maurepas , an energetic Secretary of State , she had nearly 50 ships of the line and was once more clearly the second-greatest European naval power The war of 1744–48 with Great Britain meant fairly heavy losses ; but by 1754 she possessed 57 ships of the line and 24 frigates . |
| 11 | A recent government survey showed that while in 1961 only 57 per cent of the total workforce in full-time employment was covered , the proportion increased to 73 per cent in 1970 and by 1974 it reached 80 per cent of men and 78 per cent of women in full-time employment . |
| 12 | By 1947 they controlled 11 of the 29 mornings and 33 of the 76 evenings ( with minority interest in six more ) . |
| 13 | By 1990 they controlled eight regional daily papers , nearly one hundred weeklies , and two large magazine and directory publishers — Benn Brothers and Morgan Grampian . |