Example sentences of "by [adj] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 2 | She was ready , just by that you could see she looked better . |
| 3 | Scrivener makes no secret of his ambition , and while his judgment is questioned by some he would attack the task of law reform with gusto . |
| 4 | By 2050 we may be able to buy a compact disc holding our complete genome . |
| 5 | ‘ By 9.30 I would have expected him to have already been at the dinner party , ’ Mr Reenan said . |
| 6 | As implied by 1.9.8 we can do all our working in Z[x] . |
| 7 | By this it will have come to your lordship 's ears what little success my attempt to put forward your terms for negotiation achieved in the council . |
| 8 | For example , remedies available against one body may not be available against another ; procedures or standards applied by one quango may be legally sound but if utilized by another they may not , and so on . |
| 9 | If the power is exercised by another it may be an ultra vires act which is a nullity . |
| 10 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 11 | Most of the members of the IRB know that even in 1992 the rejection of South Africa as the host country would be a King Canute job and that by 1995 it would look just plain silly . |
| 12 | By nine-thirty they 'll have collected their boarding passes and by ten the ship will be virtually deserted . ’ |
| 13 | Because five times three is fifteen and if you times fifteen by three it 'll be forty five . |
| 14 | Then the kitchen , there were the living room was er about three by , three by three I should think , maybe three and a half by three . |
| 15 | By 1859 he could display the results of his experiments with the planting of bulbs in the parterre for a spring display . |
| 16 | Moreover , the proportion of the secondary-school population staying on beyond the minimum school-leaving age was steadily rising from 29.2 per cent in 1959 to 51.3 per cent in 1964 , and by 1969 it would be 61.5 per cent . |
| 17 | About three-quarters of it was concentrated in the Ruhr and Saar-Lorraine area and by 1913 she could meet all her own metal needs except in tinplate . |
| 18 | Loved and cherished by many it may be , but the cheery earthiness and rudeness is overstated and there 's far too many second-rate soul cover versions by the band . |
| 19 | Otherwise suppose b is a root of f in J. Then by 1.11.3 we may write f = ( x-b ) m where by exercise 1.9.9 deg m = k exactly . |
| 20 | Although China wanted the naval base retained , Chief Secretary Sir David Ford announced that by 1992 it would be moved from its central site to make way for land reclamation . |
| 21 | It 's not the best time to launch a new car but we 're optimistic that by 1992 it 'll be alright . |
| 22 | It is a vile and despicable trade as any horse lover knows and unless something is decided about the minimum value law soon , by 1992 it will only get worse . |
| 23 | According to ‘ The Sunday Times ’ and ‘ The Design Business Group ’ the design industry is the fastest growing industry in the United Kingdom and by 1992 it will be 40% larger than it is today . |
| 24 | By 2000 it will have passed both France and Britain , and will be nosing up on the real geriatrics , Germany and Sweden . |
| 25 | Some wonder whether , in any recognisable form , by 2000 it will even be there . |
| 26 | If she did n't come by twelve they would have to leave anyway . |
| 27 | By 1970 you could n't buy a derelict cottage in the Nunes neighbourhood for less than , 4,000 and Wyvis Hall would fetch five times that . |
| 28 | By 1900 it must have been increasingly obvious that the policies of Frederick and Bismarck were not producing the desired effect . |
| 29 | By 1955 it could also be seen that Stalin 's direction of East Europe military policy was not only onerous , but wasteful . |
| 30 | By 1815 it could be done in fifteen hours . |