Example sentences of "[noun] be by this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The draughtsmen were by this time becoming separated from the engineers , in that specialization which was such a feature of all aspects of life in the age of science . |
| 2 | As an extension of this military competence , the constable was by this date the established authority in cases of treason which had involved raising war against the king . |
| 3 | As an extension of this military competence , the constable was by this date the established authority in cases of treason which had involved raising war against the king . |
| 4 | Where any difference is by this condition to be referred to arbitration the making of an award shall be a condition precedent to any right of action against the Corporation . |
| 5 | Where any difference is by this condition to be referred to arbitration the making of an award shall be a condition precedent to any right of action against the Corporation . |
| 6 | And of course British capitalism was by this stage a very different capitalism from that of the inter-war years : a social formation in which the organised working class , as organised in the trade unions , was at least consulted and listened to by governments as a matter of course , and in which the major political forces took for granted the obligation to minimise unemployment and to preserve and expand the welfare state . |
| 7 | It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape . |
| 8 | Many people were by this time weary of the various attempts to find a satisfactory form of government and they believed the return of the monarchy was the best solution . |
| 9 | Bernard and Laura nearly became victims of their own success at this point ; with the great increase in turnover ( sales were by this time around £100,000 a year ) , the company was falling into the near inevitable trap of a young , fast-growing business . |
| 10 | Many members of the British cabinet were by this time reluctant to make peace on any terms short of a glorious victory , but after tortuous negotiations Austria , France and Britain agreed the " Four Points " on 27 July / 8 August 1854 . |
| 11 | She and Miki took to the stage again with Ministry , Miki sporting a rockerific white flying V. If I can remember correctly , Howard our manager was by this time on all fours with a bottle of tequila clutched firmly between his mitts — but this is what we pay him for . |
| 12 | The Czech orchestra were by this time a pretty good ensemble , and have just the right timbre and tonal blend for Dvořák . |
| 13 | Vlasov was by this time fully aware of the likely fate of his army , many of whom had grisly crimes to answer for ; however , he himself refused to take an opportunity to escape to Spain . |
| 14 | Consider policy should be for all nationals , ie persons born within pre-1939 frontier of an Allied country , to be handed over to Ally concerned This final sentence underlined how keen Eighth Army was by this time to " clear the decks " in its area . |
| 15 | Despite some disappointments , the general progress of science was by this time undoubted , and a source of pride even to those not connected with it . |
| 16 | Greg was by this time at University , and Shanti missed him very much . |
| 17 | Mr Cubbage was by this time almost demented , he had to know Coleen 's decision , so he wrote an impassioned letter begging her to accept his proposal of marriage . |
| 18 | Obbligato instruments were by this time also being used in much more modest works , such as the Concerti Ecclesiastici ( Venice , 1608 ) of the Ferrarese Archangelo Crotti which actually include a ‘ Sonata sopra Sancta Maria ’ humbly anticipating the famous one in Monteverdi 's Vespers . |
| 19 | Young , single middle class women were by this time engaging in paid work outside the home . |
| 20 | Though Danzig was by this time 90 per cent Protestant and almost entirely German in character and culture , the city still feared the worst from Prussian rule . |
| 21 | But the principal purpose of the Forest system was by this time the raising of revenue : in most cases the wardenships were restored to the offenders or their heirs on payment of a fine to the king . |
| 22 | The Daily Express was by this time in pole position , but the Mail and Today were coming up fast on the inside . |
| 23 | As Minister of Internal Affairs , Valuev was by this time in a position to act . |
| 24 | Macho and Ulysse were by this time standing upright , concentrating on the movements of the colobus high up in the trees . |
| 25 | Eastern Pomerania , however , the area that was eventually to become the Polish Corridor was 60–100 per cent Polish , while the Pomeranian districts of Lębork and Słupsk were by this time only 0.5–10 per cent Polish . |
| 26 | In the first issue of Nord-Sud , a periodical which appeared in 1917 with the purpose of reintegrating and stimulating artistic life in Paris , Reverdy , feeling that some kind of objective evaluation of Cubism was by this time possible , wrote : ‘ Today for a privileged few the discipline can be taken for granted , and as they never sought for an art that was cold , mathematical and anti-plastic , wholly intellectual , the works which they offer us appeal to the lover of painting directly through the eye and the senses . |