Example sentences of "by [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By about the fifth month they will be able to hear the baby 's heartbeat with a stethoscope , and may feel if the baby moves — in any case , they will check with you that you can feel movements . |
| 2 | It did n't work , and by about the third instalment the outcry was such that we abandoned it . |
| 3 | Sister Paul would pretend not to see me as I hung about outside around the staffroom to see her pass by for the third time that day . |
| 4 | It will also integrate the operations of Archive faster than planned , completing the effort by within the first half of 1993 . |
| 5 | Cutting down on training , together with a natural apprehension , may make sleep a little harder to come by in the last few days , so staying up an extra hour may actually help . |
| 6 | Have we any idea as to how much that may grow by over the next two or three years ? |
| 7 | my Lord , my Lord erm my Lord that really brings me to what are , er my conclusions , my Lord erm , can I just practice my conclusions with two erm comments , first of all about the , the my learned friend seems to paint erm in relation to this of course Mr made a point quite strongly that he agrees this is a relevant consideration and that er have exaggerated the situation and if they are willing to make a point a like this it would require evidence , they did point to their accounts , Lord erm I do n't see to put in evidence , but the , the statutory statement of business served er filed by on the first of September this year with the D T I , revealed that has a total of sixteen and a half billion in it 's members premium trust funds which is up four billion from the end of the previous year , erm , set against that the claims now made against the names is , is relatively speaking er small , erm my Lord |
| 8 | A LUNCH for close to 90 people , mostly Estate Agents , was held on by on the third floor of ‘ One ’ Great Tower Street ( the old headquarters of ) to mark the completion of the re-development started in January 1989 . |
| 9 | By by the third Summer I think it had outlived its usefulness and it had become much more like a a mini-goose fair . |