Example sentences of "[vb pp] [num] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swan had made half-a-million by the time he was thirty , he had chaired the Planning Committee of the Arden District Council for the past ten years , and he was not the sort to give in easily . |
| 2 | And we got plenty more attention , too , when Davis went out into the Crucible Theatre arena as world champion for the first time and promptly got slaughtered 10-1 by a complete unknown by the name of Tony Knowles . |
| 3 | Founded 1947 by the late Robert Sibbald . |
| 4 | The scheme began with six carers in 1984 ; this had become 49 by the spring of 1988 . |
| 5 | As the cortege passed Srinagar 's Islamia College precinct , Indian security forces opened fire on the mourners , killing at least 20 people on the spot ; a further 27 people were subsequently killed , and according to some reports the death toll had reached 100 by the end of the day . |
| 6 | In its annual update on the incidence of HIV and AIDS , published on Jan. 3 , 1990 , WHO had reported that the total number of reported AIDS cases worldwide had reached 203,599 by the end of 1989 , an increase of 36,942 or 22.2 per cent on the previous year [ for 1988 figures see pp. 37019-20 ] . |
| 7 | REIGNING Super Bowl champions the Washington Redskins had their hopes of successfully defending their crown kept alive last night when the Green Bay Packers were hammered 27-7 by the Minnesota Vikings . |
| 8 | In a study of 848 children aged 11–14 by the Advertising Research Unit at the University of Strathclyde , P P Aitken of D R Eadie found that smokers tended to be more adept at recalling , recognising and identifying cigarette advertisements . |
| 9 | World champion Hendry was beaten 9-6 by the 21-year-old Glaswegian in their Coalite World Matchplay quarter-final at Doncaster in a repeat performance of last month 's UK championships at Preston , where McManus won 9-8 . |
| 10 | The tour was a disaster , Newcastle lost by two goals to Ambrosiana , the team that eventually transformed into Inter Milan , and were thrashed 8–1 by the crack Czech team FC Slovak . |
| 11 | Later in the day , Oslo were beaten 19-2 by the Scots . |
| 12 | Daly , meanwhile , has paid tribute to Northern League Northallerton , who put up a battling display before being beaten 3–0 by the Conference club on Saturday . |
| 13 | The tourists , beaten 25–20 by the French Barbarians , were due to fly to London last night . |
| 14 | The visitors second string were beaten 24–12 by an Armagh Select . |
| 15 | The side was beaten 2–1 by the Ship Inn , of Swanage , in the final at the Purbeck sports centre . |
| 16 | ENGLAND 'S dramatic demise as a footballing world power hit rock-bottom this morning when they were beaten 2–0 by the United States . |
| 17 | Hills make Mr Major 8–13 to be out of office before the next general election , while Graham Taylor , whose team was beaten 2–0 by the United States last night , is 4–7 to go before the World Cup finals . |
| 18 | My team , Guizhou Agricultural College , were beaten 24–16 by the Guizhou University in a game which attracted about a hundred spectators and in which ten tries were scored . |
| 19 | DARLINGTON 'S dismal season plumbed new depths on Saturday when they were thrashed 83–6 by a Blaydon side just two divisions above them in the Courage League . |
| 20 | They lost to Eastern Ontario 35–8 , tied Toronto Scottish 11–11 , lost again to Balmy Beach 25–8 and then were crushed 57–3 by the Ontario XV that had earlier dispatched Heriot 's 33–0 . |