Example sentences of "by [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 2 am the pound was up two pfennigs against Wednesday 's price for the German mark to stand at DM 2.87 . |
| 2 | By six o'clock the water had n't arrived and Haverford , looking at their despondent faces , said , ‘ It 's like a death in the family . ’ |
| 3 | By six o'clock the ground will be covered with cageots , the chip vegetable and fruit baskets , making a sea of soft colours " and shadowy shapes in the dawn light . |
| 4 | It is hoped that the first phase of the project will have been completed by 1991 when the excavation of the village will have been finished and at least three properties will have been totally reconstructed . |
| 5 | By 2040 only a handful of currency dealers remained , huddled in tatty offices in Tirana and Ulan Bator , trading the lek against the tugrik . |
| 6 | This means that the value of the contract will have changed by 1250 when the price limit operates . |
| 7 | By 11 a.m. the bombardment intensified to the point where Campana could count the shells raining down on two neighbouring companies at a rate of five a minute . |
| 8 | By 1715 when the syndicate took over Savery 's part of the patent there were engines in use in Staffordshire , Warwickshire , Cornwall and Flintshire . |
| 9 | Most seem to have developed between 1130 and 1200 , but on some estates the process must have been complete by 1183 when the Bolden Book was compiled . |
| 10 | By 5 pm the drink was consumed and the body of the kirk was getting high on the spirits ! |
| 11 | The effects of post-war social trends became visible by 1952 when the number of Tutorial Classes and University Sessional classes declined relatively as the number of Terminal courses increased . |
| 12 | But by ten o'clock the mist had gone , burned off by the sun which shone from a clear blue sky . |
| 13 | By ten o'clock the town was only half-lit and many of the smaller back streets not at all . |
| 14 | By 1928 when the vote was granted to women over 21 , the two sisters had ceased to communicate with each other — their ideas and lifestyles were now poles apart . |
| 15 | But Eileen did n't sleep , and by nine o'clock the pain had become stronger . |
| 16 | By twelve o'clock the meeting of senior scientists in the Director 's office to discuss the furniture and equipment for the new Laboratory was over , and Howarth rang for his secretary to clear the conference table . |
| 17 | By 1957–58 only a quarter of male students were manual workers and men were down to 42% of the total student body . |
| 18 | By 9 a.m. the shore party reported a swift victory and shortly after the first reluctant emigrant arrived at the ship 's side . |
| 19 | They say that Direct Line 's 1992 profits of £15 million could grow to as much as £100 million by 1996 when the company becomes one of the biggest players in insurance industry . |