Example sentences of "by [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buick 's share of the market has grown by about a percentage point , to 6.5% . |
| 2 | Father Morrow was accompanied by about a dozen supporters and pro-life campaigners . |
| 3 | At length , in 1987 , the small companies were given greater access to the network and the number of network hours was reduced by about a quarter . |
| 4 | Epsilon consists of an extremely luminous supergiant , perhaps over 100000 times as powerful as the Sun , together with a mysterious companion which has never been seen , and is known only because it periodically passes in front of the supergiant and dims it by about a magnitude . |
| 5 | Thus , since relative incidence ( new cases of known opioid use ) across the five agencies reached 328 during 1985–6 , this suggests that prevalence had increased by about a further 100 individuals . |
| 6 | For walking scenes involving the full-size model , only the upper half appeared , making things easier for the puppeteer underneath , since the weight was reduced by about a third . |
| 7 | The number of statistical staff at the 650 was indeed cut by about a third , but as the Pickford report points out , this was made up for by greater use of computers . |
| 8 | THE 43 police forces in England and Wales should be cut by about a half , one of the country 's most senior officers said yesterday . |
| 9 | Fr Morrow was accompanied by about a dozen supporters . |
| 10 | THE airpass holder who whinged to the Dallas check-in clerk that she had spent all day standing by for a flight out of one of America 's less attractive airports was gently chastised . |
| 11 | STAND by for a new moral crusade against single mothers . |
| 12 | So stand by for a new trade war , as America is accused of dumping subsidised security services on world markets ? |
| 13 | John Thorn , who makes red boxes for ministers , is standing by for a rash of orders . |
| 14 | Hands are not so easy come by for a slaver . |
| 15 | ‘ If you are not busy , ’ offered Jeremy Vole , ‘ I thought perhaps you might like to stop by for a chat . ’ |
| 16 | Mona , a Palestinian born in Kuwait , said : ‘ Oh yes , he would often drop by for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat . ’ |
| 17 | Christopher Jabelman often stops by for a chat during the day , but this is different . |
| 18 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 19 | We 'd get Cypriot narcotics cops stopping by for a free cup of coffee or to make a call to their relatives in England on Uncle Sam 's nickel . |
| 20 | Perhaps only barely by then , until she managed to get something behind her , the reserve , the " something put by for a rainy day " which neither she nor anyone else in her hand-to-mouth world could ever quite hold together . |
| 21 | Stand by for a revealing insight into your childhood or upbringing . |
| 22 | STAND by for a Tartan invasion in the Irish League next season ! |
| 23 | And Runcorn striker Steve Shaughnessy stands by for a possible call-up into the F.A . |
| 24 | Stand by for a special edition , four hours early , of News at Ten presented by John Kane . |
| 25 | But the book 's publishers should be warned : if searches for extraterrestrial intelligence ever pay off , then stand by for an avalanche of orders from interested parties . |
| 26 | WIGAN ATHLETIC 'S mysterious new owners are standing by for an instant bonus — a third found FA Cup-tie at Old Trafford and the Pounds 100,000 minimum windfall it would bring in . |
| 27 | But , as it is , the 325i scrapes by as a comfortable four-seater with the proviso that four tall occupants will have to come to a front/rear legroom compromise that would n't even need to think about in a Peugeot 405 . |
| 28 | It was only a short step from here to the so-called ‘ New Pop ’ of Duran Duran , Wham ! and Culture Club , with ABC standing by as a rather aloof and better-dressed alternative . |
| 29 | A passion born of the habit I came by as a girl at school . |
| 30 | They wanted me to stand by as a consultant . |