Example sentences of "[is] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has trimmed this year 's forecast by £5m to £235m and lifted next year 's by £20m to £340m . |
| 2 | Both rapidly alienated many groups and the Liberal majority was extinguished by 1910 and Labour 's by 1951 . |
| 3 | It was all quite above board — none too clean , but that 's by the way . |
| 4 | In the same period America 's broad-money supply rose by 3.3% , Japan 's by 11.8% and Britain 's by 17.9% . |
| 5 | In the same period America 's broad-money supply rose by 3.3% , Japan 's by 11.8% and Britain 's by 17.9% . |
| 6 | In the same period France 's industrial production fell by 0.8% , and Sweden 's by 4.2% . |
| 7 | But , both being owned by larger companies — Moody 's by Dun & Bradstreet , S&P by a publishing firm , McGraw-Hill — they need not disclose their financial details , and do not . |
| 8 | Eastern Europe stirred : Poland 's exports to the European Community rose by 40% in 1990 , and Hungary 's by 28% , but the Soviet Union 's exports fell by 5.5% to $103 billion . |
| 9 | Therefore all curves must be developed from a continuum of short straight lines , related to VP 's by rectilinear grids . |
| 10 | He asked for them to be clearly marked , packed in damp moss and sent to Lord Cornbury 's by Oxford Chapel , ‘ where I am to be around generally any morning before ten if you ever have time to call ’ . |
| 11 | The UK economy contracted by 2.2% in 1991 — the biggest annual fall since the 1930s — while Italy 's grew by 1.3% and Germany 's by 1.9% . |
| 12 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 13 | If you 're having double glazing fitted — make sure it 's by a reputable firm . |
| 14 | Ella must have reached Dotty 's by now . |
| 15 | Canada 's will be conducted by the Royal Society and the US 's by a committee headed by William Nierenberg , who most recently chaired President Reagan 's panel on the basing of MX missiles . |
| 16 | I went oftener to Uncle Geordie 's by that time and sometimes I missed Uncle Bill if he came to see Dad and Ma on a Saturday night . |
| 17 | Princess Margaret is photographed being welcomed to the Queen 's by general manager Mr Jim Stephenson . |
| 18 | It 's by no means excellent , but still a whole lot better than US Gold 's Masters of the Universe cartoon licence . |
| 19 | People are sending in some really bad , obviously made-up scores : 9 million on Turrican — the most I can manage is 2 million and that 's by visiting every section and standing at the edge of the cascade , blasting everything . |
| 20 | Helen Mirren again plays DCI Tennison , but this time the script 's by Alan Cubitt . |
| 21 | ‘ Self-government ’ was thus conceived not as the inevitable prelude to letting India go , as it appeared at the time and has appeared since to eyes less clouded than Montagu 's by belief in the possibility of voluntary servitude , but as the natural means of keeping it . |
| 22 | The first is a faintly dead , thuddy response on certain notes , like the open G. It 's by no means disastrous , but it 's there . |
| 23 | ‘ She 's by far the biggest influence on my writing , ’ affirms Emily . |
| 24 | Seattle-born Randy Hansen saw Hendrix live on stage once and only this once , but he 's by no means vaunting the experience as his single turning point , the moment when he decided to devote his playing life to Jimi 's music . |
| 25 | ‘ Pot 's by the bed if you wants it . ’ |
| 26 | J : He 's not singing on it , it 's by Tom Jones , Pauline , ca n't you read ? |
| 27 | In the same period , Hoechst 's fell by 34% , from DM4.1bn to DM2.7bn ; Dow 's by 57% , from $3.9bn to $1.7bn ; and Du Pont 's by 35% , from $4.3bn to $2.8bn . |
| 28 | In the same period , Hoechst 's fell by 34% , from DM4.1bn to DM2.7bn ; Dow 's by 57% , from $3.9bn to $1.7bn ; and Du Pont 's by 35% , from $4.3bn to $2.8bn . |
| 29 | If he were master of the house , no maid would address a senior employee of the master 's by his Christian name . |
| 30 | It had six million viewers and it 's by far the most popular thing I 've done , but I do think it was watched by all types and ages of people . ’ |