Example sentences of "which by the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economic embargo and blockade by the United States and the Contra war had left Nicaragua 's economy on its knees , and its population concentrating on day-to-day survival with terrifying levels of inflation , which by the beginning of 1988 had reached a staggering 30,000 per cent a year . |
| 2 | Therefore , a special change point had to be designed , incorporating a point blade in the conduit , which by the operation of a lever , could either deflect a plough onto the change point or permit it to pass unhindered to the old terminus . |
| 3 | Any re-establishment of government authority , be it under the old confessional dispensation or under a new Syrian-sponsored one , would not be comfortable for the Palestine refugee community , which by the turn of the century will number roughly 390,000 , given no significant population movements . |
| 4 | The prospect of disruption to supplies prompted panic food buying which by the afternoon of Oct. 26 emptied shelves in Budapest and other cities . |
| 5 | Other missions joined in : from 1910 onwards the German protestant Mission produced Pwani na Bara ( ‘ The Coast and Hinterland ’ ) , which by the outbreak of the First World War had reached a modest monthly circulation of two thousand copies . |
| 6 | To further accelerate its growth the society is to launch Llangollen Railway PLC in September which by the sale of shares to the public for the first time will push the line forward fairly quickly to Carrog in readiness for the final leg to Corwen . |
| 7 | This treaty was opposed by the Algerian backed Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia y Rio de Oro ( Polisario Front ) which in February 1976 proclaimed an independent Saharan Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ) , which by the time of its admission to the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) in 1982 had been recognized by more than 70 countries . |
| 8 | The jury under his Lordship 's direction found that the appellant had paid all the sums which by the agreement of December 21 , 1876 , he undertook to pay and within the times therein specified . |
| 9 | The war fever of summer 1940 was a passing phase , which by the end of that year had again been replaced by the dominant tone of impatient longing for the end of the war . |
| 10 | Lord Kitchener , who warned that the war would last three years and not three months , launched a recruitment campaign in September 1914 which by the end of November had created an army of some 100,000 volunteers . |
| 11 | The pressure on local councils to obtain building land to cope with housing demand , and the force of demographic forecasts which by the end of the 1950s were being revised upwards , resulted in a series of dog-fights between the large urban authorities and the shire counties , in which the Ministry inevitably became involved . |
| 12 | By the middle of the century , an engineering firm would have a large drawing office ( which by the end of the century might include women draughtsmen ) in which detailed plans indicating exactly where rivets must go , and more highly finished drawings for the client , were prepared . |
| 13 | Tens of thousands of Albanians in at least 12 Kosovar towns were involved in daily clashes with riot police which by the end of the month reportedly had left at least 27 people dead . |
| 14 | Health workers , ignoring government threats of dismissal , went on strike for higher pay , thereby complicating the fight against a cholera epidemic which by the end of April 1991 had claimed over 1,200 victims [ see p. 38002 ] . |