Example sentences of "during [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also need to consider the local and wider community and its various institutions — not least , the powerful influence of television , which for some children represents more hours of information intake than is provided by teachers during eleven years of compulsory education . |
| 2 | During adolescent years when we face the responsibilities of adulthood and the prospect of choosing a career and making a living in the world . |
| 3 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 4 | Some break in communications between parents and children often occurs during teenage years . |
| 5 | But Lord Donaldson paid tribute to Lord Lane and defended his performance during 12 years as Lord Chief Justice . |
| 6 | The Prime Minister of the Pakistan-based Afghan Interim Government ( AIG ) , Abdur-Rabbur Rasul Sayaf , dismissed the plan as an " affront " to the memory of the 1,500,000 Afghans who had died during 12 years of civil war . |
| 7 | EL SALVADOR 'S right-wing parties over the weekend forced through a controversial amnesty for army and rebel chiefs accused by a UN commission of human rights atrocities during 12 years of civil war . |
| 8 | At Platform Three stood a rake of blue and grey BR Mr. 1 coaches , headed by one of Vulcan Foundry 's famous ‘ Whistlers ’ , its 16 cylinders thumping gently and the turbocharger drilling away in the well-known manner which earned the class its nickname during 30 years and 250 Million train-miles of running over BR 's main lines . |
| 9 | The conceptual basis for LIFESPAN was developed during 10 years of long lifetime software production and issue . |
| 10 | The US Natural Resources Defence Council predicts that as a result of high exposure during pre-school years to some carcinogenic pesticides used on fruit , 55% of our lifetime cancer risk is incurred before the age of six — and that 's pre-irradiation , with its own unquantifiable consequences . |
| 11 | Peter , who was 44 , had joined Rentokil in 1966 and during 26 years with the company had worked in the laboratory , been appointed the youngest ever pest control surveyor in London and been seconded to the Bahamas where he and Lynn spent seven years . |
| 12 | Wprost , a Polish weekly , recently published a list of the 100 wealthiest Poles , revealing who managed to make money and how during 45 years of Communist rule . |
| 13 | He 'd been so disinterested in her progress during six years of primary school that he 'd only ever visited the school once . |
| 14 | Resource distribution during early years of the NHS was based on previous funding with additions for specific developments , thus perpetuating and even exacerbating the inherited geographical inequalities . |
| 15 | During David Kirby 's period as head of L&SE , the sector 's call on the public service obligation grant had fallen by 36 per cent during three years , and Chris Green 's task was to reduce ( if not ultimately obviate the need for ) the grant . |
| 16 | NEAVE WAS IN MI9 DURING THREE YEARS OF WORLD WAR II AND MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH THE SECRET SERVICES UNTIL ASSASSINATED BY TERRORISTS ON THE EVE OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MAY 1979 . |
| 17 | Creeping inflation during the 1950s and 1960s and periods of rapid inflation in the 1970s and 1980s reduced real values while the Conservative administration of the 1980s at first reduced the government 's borrowing requirement and then , during three years , ran a fiscal surplus and repaid debt . |
| 18 | During these years , Lee Krasner painted less than she did before or afterwards . |
| 19 | The truth is that as painters and as a man and a woman , they were engaged , during these years , in the same adventure which turned out to be more fatal than either of them realised at the time . |
| 20 | ( Perhaps their paintings said things to one another during these years that they could never say in person . ) |
| 21 | What kind of singers were you working with during these years ? |
| 22 | During these years , the status of the WEA as an ‘ Approved Association ’ and its Districts as ‘ Responsible Bodies ’ were confirmed through legislation and the first set of Board of Education Regulations specifically designed to provide financial support for liberal adult education provision . |
| 23 | Further , during these years the possibilities of the wireless as a teaching medium was being explored through the BBC 's ‘ Listening-in ’ groups . |
| 24 | It was during these years in Kidderminster that amongst all his other labours , Richard Baxter found time to write some sixty books . |
| 25 | During these years there had been routine protests in places like the United Nations , which France ignored , and around the island of Moruroa itself involving the Greenpeace organisation . |
| 26 | It is possible to identify a number of strands which should feature in their development as writers during these years ; these are to do with an increasing ability to : |
| 27 | His spare-time activities during these years resulted in various patents , including one from 1931 concerning the Baird TV system and one in 1933 for the variable density technique of optically recording sound on film . |
| 28 | During these years Wordsworth also began The Ruined Cottage ; this was later incorporated into Book i of The Excursion and suffered considerable modification . |
| 29 | During these years we are still on the high plateau of Wordsworth 's poetic achievement . |
| 30 | Thus , during these years , the overriding concern of the government in office was parliamentary survival and electoral prospects . |