Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signed by President Bush and Prime Minister Mulroney on March 13 , the agreement commits the USA to cutting sulphur dioxide ( SO2 ) emissions to below 1980 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 2 | This stipulates that emissions of sulphur dioxide must be cut to 10 million tonnes below 1980 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 3 | The pay rise prohibition , however , had been approved by only six states by the end of 1791 . |
| 4 | Despite disappointment in the City , the pound had lost only 0.5 pfennigs by the close to finish in London at DM2.9562 . |
| 5 | Half the fleet had arrived by last night , including the joint services yacht Satquote British Defender , which was beaten for eighth place by only 37 minutes by the first of the three Finnish challengers , Martela OF . |
| 6 | But there is rich compensation in Barbara Jefford 's magnificent Volumnia : why has this superb actress been given only two roles by the RSC in 30 years ? |
| 7 | India were reduced to 71-6 in their second innings , a lead of just eight runs by the close of the third day in the third Test at Port Elizabeth . |
| 8 | The Commission 's verdict threatens to sweep away two undertakings by the industry which underpin the operation office Pesticides Safety Precautions Scheme . |
| 9 | A number of them have been denied the opportunity to collect the awards for nearly 50 years by the former communist regime . |
| 10 | The large ornate mirror that takes up nearly one wall by the side of the fireplace was a bargain junk shop find and , on the other side of the fireplace , John has built a set of bookshelves . |
| 11 | Like if it 's a family with about forty kids by the place ! |
| 12 | These strange creatures are carried eastwards at a depth of about 700 feet by the great ocean-wide current known as the Gulf Stream . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , casualties continued to be inflicted in a conflict which according to available figures had caused about 700 deaths by the end of June . |
| 14 | The company intends to cut about 4,500 jobs by the end of 1995 , leaving it with some 20,000 full-time employees , compared with 24,651 at the end of 1992 ; 3,500 jobs are to go this year . |
| 15 | The company intends to cut about 4,500 jobs by the end of 1995 , leaving it with some 20,000 full-time employees , compared with 24,651 at the end of 1992 ; 3,500 jobs are to go this year . |
| 16 | Sam 's had about ten pints by the look of him . |
| 17 | I never said anything then he er I could see he 'd gone cos he just stood there for about ten minutes like th and everybody else was working , he just stood there like this for about ten minutes by the rack see him doing nothing I never said nothing he come charging through with a rack and knocked all the pallet over what they just stacked up with fifty boxes on so we had to make that right and he stacked a load of L T M boxes which are temperamental anyway and he had n't pulled the wrap tight so as soon the bloke lift them up with the forklift , they fell all over ! |
| 18 | He had opened the loose-box door and disappeared inside , returning leading a bay horse of about fifteen hands by the halter . |
| 19 | But that took about two years by the time , I purposely started smoking to keep it down . |
| 20 | He added that the inquiry had been hampered for about 24 hours by the violence on Tuesday night . |
| 21 | Intense competition made the Double impossible , he said , and to achieve it a club would need a League lead of at least eight points by the semi-final . |
| 22 | Some models suggest that the earth has already been committed to a warming of at least 1.5 °C by the current increases in greenhouse gases even though global temperatures have actually risen by only 0.5 °C in the past century . |
| 23 | But the weather deteriorated and the wind increased to around 30 miles-per-hour by the time Jack was out and shot a 76 , giving us a three-stroke advantage over the Bear . |
| 24 | Saatchi has made no secret of his admiration for the work of the German painter Sigmar Polke , yet he has sold at least 17 works by the artist in his collection , including what many regard as Polke 's finest work , Paganini ; according to three separate sources of information , Saatchi has only one Polke left in his collection . |
| 25 | Make it your goal to listen in , such a way that you ask at least one question by the end of each class . |
| 26 | Criteria for inclusion were : liquid stool incontinence for at least 12 months , frequency of incontinence of at least once a week , frequent severe urgency , and inefficacy of conventional medical treatment ( constipating agents , fibre supplementation , regular enemas ) given for at least one month by the referring physician . |
| 27 | In particular , there would appear to be at least one strategy by the incumbent which breaks the conditions as first laid out . |
| 28 | Over the past 10 years AI has documented more than 4000 cases of ‘ disappeared ’ people in Peru , scores of summary executions and at least 15 massacres by the security forces . |
| 29 | Yes Mo Monday tomorrow but that wo n't that 'll be one conference and I I 'll be able to well maybe two conferences by the end of the week . |
| 30 | Solbourne Computer Inc , Longmont , Colorado , plans to deliver versions of its symmetric multi-processing ( SMP ) Sparc server architecture with a least 20 CPUs by the time Sun Microsystems Inc manages to wheel out its own 20-way SparcCenter 2000 slated for the end of next year ( UX No 411 ) . |