Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the 1960s the emphasis was on the need to restore financial self-sufficiency through drastic pruning of the network . |
| 2 | By the 1960s the State of Israel had become more secure . |
| 3 | By the 1960s the mass of Venus had long been known from its gravitational effect on the orbit of the Earth and of Mercury . |
| 4 | By the 1960s the cricket authorities therefore wanted a better crowd-drawer than the old three-day games between counties that made up the county championship . |
| 5 | By the 1990s the threat to social services is greater than ever . |
| 6 | By the 1990s the change to the meritocrats had begun to affect the highest levels of the party . |
| 7 | By the 1680s the power of France was beginning to alarm Englishmen as well . |
| 8 | Men soon outnumbered the heterosexual women in the key positions , and by the sixties the organization had changed in perspective and in name . |
| 9 | By the 1840s the influence of the philanthropists was considerable . |
| 10 | By the 1840s the transmutationist challenge was ebbing , Grant was losing influence and the whole movement had been labelled as irreligious and potentially subversive . |
| 11 | By the 1840s the Bank of Prussia — which was to become the central bank for the expanding joint-stock and credit banking system — had been established with capital of over 11 million thalers . |
| 12 | It soon received the acclamation of the trade and by the 1920s the majority of undertakers in this country were offering hygienic treatment of the dead to their clients . |
| 13 | Thereafter Offa assumed direct rule of Hwiccian territory in the 780s , and by the 790s the province was under the command of an individual known simply as dux ( CS 272 , 273 : S 146 ) , but it is worth emphasizing how long this process took . |
| 14 | Copper ores needed a considerable labour force to break and sort the ores , and by the 1780s the ratio of female and juvenile labour to adult males had reached 2 : 5 . |
| 15 | However , by the 1780s the use of stoneware was succeeded by porcelain and earthenware sauce-boats . |
| 16 | By the 1820s the movement had spread to England . |
| 17 | However , during the late 1930s/early 1960s , a great deal of interest was generated and , by the 1970s the breed was firmly established with the South African Kennel Club . |
| 18 | By the 1970s the business had dwindled to near extinction , before being rescued by a clever and resourceful lady called Sheila Pickles , who bought what remained of the enterprise and discovered she had acquired a wealth of recipes and formulas . |
| 19 | By the 1970s the demand for an extension of parental choice was growing . |
| 20 | However , by the 1970s the population had dwindled to less than 20 , and the last inhabitant moved out three years ago , after the land was bought by South West Water . |
| 21 | But shares clawed their way back and by the close the fall had been cut to 10.2 points at 2,289.2 . |
| 22 | By the close the FT-SE 100 Share Index had marched ahead to 2837.7 , up 23.7 . |
| 23 | So an early mark-down of a few pence was soon recouped , and by the close the FTSE index had reversed the initial fall of over nearly eight points as New York showed signs of a more stable performance . |
| 24 | Early falls on Wall Street offered London no encouragement , and by the close the footsie one hundred was down twenty two point three at two O two eight . |
| 25 | By the 1290s the priory 's financial base was secure enough to enable Eastry to invest in the local land market and , after the expulsion of the Jews , to acquire the former Jewish tenements in the city of Canterbury . |
| 26 | The black slave population increased quickly : by the 1660s the slave population exceeded the white population in the English West Indies taken as a whole , though this chiefly reflected the transformation of Barbados , which had turned whole-heartedly to sugar , reduced the number of small farmers , and established a slave majority by 1650 . |
| 27 | By the 1660s the alliance was breaking down . |
| 28 | By the 1930s the country 's bankers had built vast mining-to-manufacturing conglomerates , known as zaibatsu , which became the driving force of Japanese militarism . |
| 29 | The Reverend Allen 's successor dealt in motor bikes to supplement his pay , but by the 1930s the parish had become so small that a vicarage seemed unnecessary , and it was sold . |
| 30 | Extra artillery and troops were drafted in , and an attempt was made to plug the gaps with extra forts , yet by the 1740s the defence lines were crooked and poorly organized . |