Example sentences of "was by then [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were many others , not mathematicians or academic linguists , whose function I did not know ( and not all of whom I met in what was by then a large organisation ) , who became celebrated in later life . |
| 2 | Her monograph , The Metabolism of Fat , published in 1943 as the first of Methuen 's monographs in biochemistry , summarized her views on the field , in which she was by then a recognized authority . |
| 3 | He was serving in France in December 1436 under John Talbot , first Earl of Shrewsbury [ q.v. ] , at Gisors , and was by then a knight . |
| 4 | The death of Somes 's father in 1816 left him as partner with his elder brother Samuel in what was by then a prosperous family shipping firm . |
| 5 | The presence of women working at stations was by then a clearer indication of the changes in their status taking place throughout society . |
| 6 | Miss Mates had brought in Sally-Anne 's basket after Dr Neil had intervened to save her , and driven off a Jem Higgins who was by then a little fearful at having laid Sally-Anne so low . |
| 7 | There was by then a growing feeling that the title " resident " conferred a higher status than the older term " agent " which was in any case dropping out of use . |
| 8 | What is likely is that the royal burgh and its muir were set up by David 's brother , Alexander I , in about 1120 , but what is certain is that when David founded Holyrood Abbey in 1128 , or soon after , his charter makes it clear that Edinburgh was by then a going concern . |
| 9 | In the interval much had happened to Marx and he was by then an exile in London in a place and a situation where inevitably he was more remote from the centres of political action . |
| 10 | He was by then an assistant pro in its fullest sense , so he decided to try his hand at playing tournaments . |
| 11 | John was by then an adult , of course , aged about thirty , and also a married man . |
| 12 | One month after Charles 's funeral , wasting little time , his eldest daughter Elizabeth , who had probably tended her father through his final illness and was by then the official occupier of the dwelling house next to his shop , upped and married by licence . |