Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disreputable , starving pirate Brown , invading the peaceful settlement which Jim has recreated by his own efforts , excuses his attack on the village with unconscious force , enquiring : |
| 2 | Rather than deny the nature of the trade , Elie Borowski has responded by saying he ‘ is saving art objects for mankind , to bring them back to the public ’ . |
| 3 | The level of the peat fenland in Cambridgeshire has fallen by up to 4.6 metres in many places since Vermuyden 's initial scheme was completed in the 1650s . |
| 4 | Investment spending in western Germany has fallen by one-third as a share of GDP since 1980 . |
| 5 | higher that it was in 1979 while that in west Germany has risen by 26 per cent. , that in the United States by 32 per cent . |
| 6 | As to the political secrets that the KGB has gathered by the basketful over the last 40 years , few seem to have made much impact on the monolithic structure of Russia 's political machine . |
| 7 | Will Famagusta have fallen by then ? ’ |
| 8 | In the 1990 general election the UMNO candidate in Bayu had won by a majority of 5,774 . |
| 9 | According to a report dated May 21 , Bosnia-Hercegovina had suffered by that date material damage estimated at US$60,000 million-100,000 million ; electricity output was down to 17 per cent of normal levels ; and about four-fifths of the republic 's industrial plant had been destroyed . |
| 10 | In Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd ( No 2 ) [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 545 ( part of the Spycatcher case ) it was recognised that information which Peter Wright had unearthed by his own endeavours was clearly covered by an obligation of confidence even though one could not say there existed a " confider " or " confidant " in relation to that information . |
| 11 | Mrs Wright had stopped by the feeding-ground . |
| 12 | Station Officer Dave Fairley of Bishop Auckland Fire Station said Mr Deacon had escaped by the time his officers reached the scene at 2.30am yesterday . |
| 13 | He wondered if this was what Grimma had meant by all the stuff about the frogs in the flower . |
| 14 | The number of illegal border crossings and attempted crossings in Hungary had risen by 400 per cent compared with 1988 , he said . |
| 15 | The number of illegal border crossings and attempted crossings in Hungary had risen by 400 per cent compared with 1988 , he said . |
| 16 | Edward had arrived by the overnight train and felt like death . |
| 17 | Mancini reported that the woman in question was a foreigner whom Edward had married by proxy on the orders of the earl of Warwick , a reference perhaps to Bona of Savoy . |
| 18 | Mancini reported that the woman in question was a foreigner whom Edward had married by proxy on the orders of the earl of Warwick , a reference perhaps to Bona of Savoy . |
| 19 | One notable omission was Barnard Castle in County Durham , which Warwick had acquired by his marriage to the Beauchamp heiress Anne . |
| 20 | One notable omission was Barnard Castle in County Durham , which Warwick had acquired by his marriage to the Beauchamp heiress Anne . |
| 21 | He had brought with him the Bishop of Durham , which was mandatory , and which of course Thorfinn had matched by bringing Malduin , flashing an expensive ring of unknown provenance . |
| 22 | But , what Freud had realized by the nineteen twenties was that there are lots of different ways of doing that , and has given one example . |
| 23 | Ricky and Lucy have finished by the way . |
| 24 | The Sultan has ruled by decree and a state of emergency has been in force since a large-scale revolt in December 1962 which resulted in the suspension of sections of the Constitution [ see pp. 19261-62 ] . |
| 25 | A state of emergency has been in force and the Sultan has ruled by decree since a large-scale revolt in 1962 which resulted in the suspension of sections of the Constitution . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman will be aware that , under this Government , the number of nurses employed in Scotland has increased by one third . |
| 27 | THE NUMBER of travelling people in Scotland has increased by 50 per cent over the past 24 years , a survey revealed yesterday . |
| 28 | Mr Debbasch has counterattacked by bringing charges for forgery and defamation . |
| 29 | A recent report on fish retailing , compiled by the market research company Keynote , records the number of wet fish shops in the south of England having declined by 60 per cent in 27 years . |
| 30 | The LCC area had declined in population by 0.2 per cent overall , but within that Lewisham had increased by 26 per cent and Wandsworth by 34 per cent ; the population of Middlesex was up by 42 per cent in ten years , Essex and Surrey both by 30 per cent , while the population of Ireland had fallen by another 2 per cent . |