Example sentences of "by [adj] there [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bill for the retired population would be borne by the working population , but the ratio of contributors to pensioners would slowly worsen so that by 2025 there would be only 1.8 contributors for each pensioner . |
| 2 | In 1991 there were 3.3 workers per pensioner ; by 2030 there could be just 2.2 . |
| 3 | By 1992 there will be more than 16 million miles of fibre-optic cable in place , each of which can carry 160 times more information than a copper wire . |
| 4 | By 2001 there will be over one million people aged 85 and over , representing 13% of all elderly people . |
| 5 | By 1900 there would be 16,416 miles in service with another 13,019 miles still in the planning stage . |
| 6 | One industry observer , Bill Welter. a consultant to Applied Concepts , believes that by 1983 there will be three chess calculators available that will be good enough to play against the top 5 per cent of rated players . |
| 7 | As a result of dividing by 19 there will be six synonyms — 00 , 02 , 02 , 05 , 15 and 16 . |