Example sentences of "[noun pl] by [pron] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | David and Alan will be presented with their honours by Her Majesty the Queen at Holyrood in June . |
| 2 | The two parasitic moults take place in the lungs within five days by which time the parasites are 1.0-2.0 mm long . |
| 3 | Some of the new cases , no doubt , would be taken to Strasbourg , but , as with the earlier ones , the United Kingdom could delay proceedings for at least six years by which time the Ulster crisis might be half-remembered history . |
| 4 | In most insects they consist of two groups of muscles : ( 1 ) a pair of dorsoventral muscles by whose contraction the tergal region of the thorax is depressed , with the result that the wings are forced upwards owing to the peculiar nature of their articulation with the thorax ; ( 2 ) a pair of longitudinal muscles by whose contraction the tergal region becomes arched upwards which results in the wings being forced downwards . |
| 5 | In most insects they consist of two groups of muscles : ( 1 ) a pair of dorsoventral muscles by whose contraction the tergal region of the thorax is depressed , with the result that the wings are forced upwards owing to the peculiar nature of their articulation with the thorax ; ( 2 ) a pair of longitudinal muscles by whose contraction the tergal region becomes arched upwards which results in the wings being forced downwards . |
| 6 | The navvies beat their way through the Wychwood Forest for almost three hours by which time the initial enthusiasm had long since waned . |
| 7 | I spent some time in discussion in Oman , not about the minesweepers but about the much more valuable corvette order that the Omanis are seeking to place , and I was given very satisfactory assurances by His Majesty the Sultan about those orders . |