Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [conj] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BUF was contained by an unofficial publicity boycott in the media after 1934 and by the surveillance of the Security Service . |
| 2 | Much of this turnround is accounted for by the decision to close the Bar Practising Library at the end of 1991 and by the disposal of its assets . |
| 3 | But bravely Close hauled himself up at the count of nine and by the end of the round he was back to his old self . |
| 4 | We had them out for 66 and by the tea interval we were 42 for 0 . |
| 5 | Nearly two-thirds of the works which they have selected did not feature in the major retrospective surveys organised by the Tate Gallery in 1985 and by the Hirshhorn Museum , Washington , and the Metropolitan Museum , New York , in 1989–90 , and will not , as a result , be particularly well known outside the circles of scholarship and Bacon 's dealers . |
| 6 | Bosch , who had moderated his left-wing image to present himself as the defender of the small and medium businessman in the face of state bureaucracy and corruption , still retained the appeal of the reformer who had been ousted from office by the military in 1963 and by the invasion of US troops in 1965 . |
| 7 | Spurred on by the collapse of home demand , UK companies increased exports by 5% in 1991 and by a further 3% in the first half of last year . |
| 8 | Robert Moleyns , Lord Hungerford , captured at Castillon in 1453 , was valued for ransom at £6,000 , a sum inflated to almost £10,000 by the cost of his maintenance while a prisoner till his release in 1459 and by the charges of the merchants who negotiated the exchange of the money . |
| 9 | A directory of 1852 listed three inns ; the ‘ Bell ’ , ( recently demolished ) , ‘ Webb 's ’ , ( opened by Robert Webb in 1833 and by the 1840 's already ‘ … very well kept and without a superior in the country ’ . ) |
| 10 | The European-wide recession has been chiefly to blame , along with competition from American companies aided by a weak dollar in 1992 and by the fact that Novaceta 's European customers have faced tough competition from Far East textile manufacturers . |
| 11 | The carronade , a short-barrelled large-calibre gun with a low muzzle velocity , easily handled and very effective at close quarters , was first developed in 1774 and by the end of the American War was mounted on several hundred British men-of-war of all sizes . |
| 12 | It made its first journey in 1883 but by the 1960s had been run down to an ordinary train . |
| 13 | Both designs first appeared in 1958 and by the 1980s were showing signs of their age . |
| 14 | He was hurt by his failure to win the leadership in 1911 and by the hostility to his family manifested during the contest . |
| 15 | Singapore had been under Japanese occupation from 1942 but by the time Bernard reached there it was under the control of the British Military Administration . |
| 16 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 17 | Better known , however , and models for the country , were those established in the Nottingham hosiery trade in 1860 and by the ironmaster David Dale in the iron trade of the North of England in 1869 . |
| 18 | The fortress was rebuilt in 1896 and by the outbreak of war had been further improved to accord with its new function as the Austrian Army 's forward base against the Russians . |
| 19 | Work commenced in 1723 and by the time Pehr Kalm saw it , over twenty years later , a large collection of trees had become well established . |
| 20 | The first true Ferrari was seen at Piacenza in 1947 and by the time the World Championship was introduced in 1950 , Ferraris were soon gaining a reputation for being a reliable car . |
| 21 | The ten plough lands reduced to six and by the time of Domesday they had been reduced to two and a half and Pannage for hogs reduced to wood for five hogs . |
| 22 | Before World War II the Soviet authorities had diplomatic relations with only twenty-six foreign states , but by the end of the war the number had doubled to fifty-two and by the late 1980s the Soviet Union had diplomatic relations with over 140 foreign governments . |
| 23 | She started work at 14 and by the time she found herself at Vons she 'd held a variety of jobs . |
| 24 | They also agreed that classes are aggregates of people who are distinguishable by one or by a combination of the following : wealth , occupation , manners , standard of living , power , material possessions . |