Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is to create the demand for the gas by the time the pipeline is completed . |
| 2 | I often wished later that I had named Trotsky instead , because his principles were more in accord with the way I felt about the place by the time I left , but at that time I had never even heard of him . |
| 3 | In the meanwhile , do you think you could persuade a few more salmon to get into the rivers around your neck of the woods by the time next season opens ? |
| 4 | His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election . |
| 5 | A firm conviction of the truth of all this , secure in the minds of the parents by the time the child is born , is the best insurance that the process will start with birth just as surely as does the process of feeding . |
| 6 | But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema . |
| 7 | One album that is sure to bridge the generation gap and be near the top of the charts by the time Santa hitches up his sleigh to Rudolph and friends is 25 Years — The Chain ( WEA ) , an anthology covering the career of Fleetwood Mac . |
| 8 | But with three Tests to follow in the Republic Kapil should be on the verge of the record by the time England arrive in India after Christmas . |
| 9 | Already she was tired , and by the looks of the flat by the time she was finished she would be exhausted . |
| 10 | You 'll have a lot of a headache by the time I 've finished . |
| 11 | I suppose it was n't really that much of a morning by the time you got home again . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'm in fer a right 'idin' if I ai n't got that bleedin' contraption out o' the 'ouse by the time my Joshua comes 'ome , ‘ specially if 'e 's bin on the turps again . |
| 13 | She launched herself through the doorway and was safely behind the skip by the time the first bullets rattled against it . |
| 14 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 15 | When he saw it , he was downstairs , ready to get into the vehicle by the time it had stopped , and the director had got out . |
| 16 | A strategy 's niceness is recognized by its behaviour , not by its motives ( for it has none ) nor by the personality of its author ( who has faded into the background by the time the program is running in the computer ) . |
| 17 | He was fortunate to be seen as an anti-appeaser by the time Chamberlain was negotiating with Hitler and coercing the Czechs into surrender during the Czechoslovakian crisis of September 1938 . |
| 18 | The others had been gone for an hour by the time she was ready to leave . |
| 19 | That Pericles ' maternal relatives , the noble family of the Alkmaionidai , were enemies of Themistokles ( as they certainly were is no objection to this view : Pericles ' father had already distanced himself from the Alkmaionidai by the time of his ostracism in 484 ( Ath . |
| 20 | While most commentators were agreed that the LDP 's election performance was sufficiently good to ensure Kaifu 's short-term survival as Prime Minister , many felt that the manner in which he handled forthcoming trade negotiations with the United States would be crucial to determining his standing within the party by the time of the next scheduled leadership contest in October . |
| 21 | There were flickering lights in the quarry by the time they got back . |
| 22 | Nursing audit was already well-developed in the NHS by the time WFP was published , reflecting the prominent position nurses have taken in promoting quality assurance generally ( Dalley and Carr-Hill 1991 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ There wo n't be a dry eye in the place by the time you 've finished , ’ she murmured . |
| 24 | The coaching stock was six or eight a side compartment type with sliding top lights , it was warm in the carriage by the time the tunnel was reached , so a top light was opened . |
| 25 | Hankin promised : ‘ I will have eight or nine youngsters in the side by the time we play Exeter in our final match . |
| 26 | Sam and Doone were already in the boatyard by the time I 'd found my way there , neither of them radiating joy , Sam 's multicoloured jacket only emphasising the personality clash with grey plain clothes . |
| 27 | It was difficult to avoid splashing oneself when filling , admits Mr Doig , and often difficult , too , to have the chemical all in the tank by the time it was full of water . |
| 28 | Young Thomas Cottingham may be in a wheelchair by the time he 's 10 . |
| 29 | The economy could easily be in a mess by the time of the next election . |
| 30 | Brenda says she was in a coma by the time they got her into the hospital . |