Example sentences of "by [det] [noun sg] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that time it was difficult to punish the offender , and the Crown frequently abandoned the attempt to exact fines and arrears from ex-wardens . |
| 2 | I mean , I was one of those kids who never even saw a mirror until I was about thirteen , and by that time it was too late . |
| 3 | The worst bit was the recovery in hospital , by that time it was beginning to hurt . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher 's last-minute play for the collection was in 1988 , but by that time it was too late : a contract had been signed with the Spanish government ( see interview with Baron Thyssen , p.6 ) , committing the collection to a ten-year loan in Madrid . |
| 5 | It has been shown above that , on the basis of the careers of a number of Muftis in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries , one might tentatively conclude that by that time it was as a practical matter desirable , if not absolutely necessary , to have taught on at least two levels of medreses beyond the Sahn in order to have a chance to attain the highest office in the learned profession . |
| 6 | Approval was granted upon inspection on the 19th March 1888 and the line continued to operate until 1953 ; by that time it was owned by the National Coal Board , thus becoming one of the first nationalised railways . |
| 7 | In 1819 the Board of Kandyan Commissioners stated that this ‘ practice is sanctioned by such long usage that , until by some proclamation it is declared illegal , it might be deemed harsh to visit the act by punishment . ’ |
| 8 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 9 | Disgruntled Conservative agriculturalists and imperialists resented Bonar Law 's dropping of the ‘ food taxes ’ in the winter of 1912–13 , and although he survived the initial furore sparked by this decision it was not clear that the ill feeling had been fully dissipated or his leadership wholly secured . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't say precisely how long but by this calculation it 's time for a bath . |
| 11 | By this period it was no longer necessary for the emperor to stress Roman identity . |
| 12 | By this reasoning it is possible to set a positive numerical value on the contributions of all saintly people , and a corresponding negative value on the contributions of all evil people . |
| 13 | ( 149 ) From these , similar artefacts could be dated by comparison ; by this method it is rarely clear whether the date applies to the manufacture or deposition of the artefact . |
| 14 | But by this time it 's become easy to forgive a film that is pleasingly constructed and charmingly executed . |
| 15 | I thought course it 'll be , by this time it 's getting dark ! |
| 16 | By this time it is already too late to do anything about Mavic Chen , as the three are accidentally transported to the world of Mira by cellular projection . |
| 17 | By this time it was generally considered that the forests were anachronistic and unprofitable . |
| 18 | By this time it was severed just around the corner from Staveley Town South Junction . |
| 19 | By this time it was past 3.30 , the light was fading fast , and the blizzard that the ignored weatherman had warned would sweep the Highlands was whipping into action . |
| 20 | By this time it was snowing hard . |
| 21 | By this time it was towards the end of October 1190 and too late to make the sea crossing to the Holy Land . |
| 22 | by this time it was nearly 1.00 pm . |
| 23 | This expired in 1978 , but by this time it was such an established force in user education in the USA that it was able to switch to being a self-financing , subscription-funded clearinghouse in that year . |
| 24 | By this time it was the middle of the night and there were no lights showing , so I doubt whether anyone saw me mooning out of the window as we sped past but my car horn has been adapted to play Andrew Lloyd-Webber 's arrangement of Purcell at deafening volume and we had fun with that for a bit . |
| 25 | By this time it was only the bullards and the newly created orders of masons that held the knowledge of the bull . |
| 26 | By this time it was becoming obvious that in spite of the fact that the French were conveying the impression of a limited operation ‘ to restore order ’ ( which might be at least six months to a year ) they were hoping for more moderate Vietnamese leaders to emerge and , in the meantime , they would not after all negotiate with Ho Chi Minh . |
| 27 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 28 | By this time it was broad daylight . |
| 29 | ‘ By this time it was 5.30pm in midwinter and snowing again . |
| 30 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |