Example sentences of "by [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Peugeot Parts Promise guarantees that the parts the dealer orders to complete a job will be delivered from the company 's central warehouse to any dealer in mainland Britain by 8am the next morning . |
| 2 | And even if your Centre does n't have the part you need , if they order it from our National Parts Centre before 3.30pm , provided it 's in stock , it will be delivered to any Centre in the mainland by 10.30am the next day . |
| 3 | By early the next morning the troops had managed to seal off the city centre area . |
| 4 | The staircase stood in a garden overlooked by both the first floor and a ground-floor flat let to the plaintiffs . |
| 5 | The Department of Transport is unmoved , insisting that the cafe 's must shut up shop by july the 22nd . |
| 6 | ‘ We were by far the second best . |
| 7 | Aries is always classed as the first constellation of the Zodiac , though by now the First Point of Aries ( the position where the ecliptic cuts the equator ) has shifted into the adjacent constellation of Pisces . |
| 8 | Irritating as Miss Kenton 's behaviour was , I could not afford to give it much thought , for by then the first of the guests had arrived . |
| 9 | By then the last radio station had stopped broadcasting . |