Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] during the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A team of researchers from Bristol University was commissioned to examine what the YTS had to offer young black people and to indicate how they got on during the first six months of the scheme ( S. Fenton , Ethnic Minorities and the Youth Training Scheme Research and Development Series , no. 20 , MSC , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | Despite this apparent lack of interest at high level , detail work must have been carried on during the next two years , for Gordon Thomas , together with the signatories of the memorandum , took out two patents relating to the lift . |
| 3 | Even the SRHE/Leverhulme enquiry carried out during the early 1980s was arguably weakest on the curriculum , and although the Society has organized conferences on curricular issues ( most recently that on Education for the Professions ; Goodlad 1984 ) , it has not attempted to tackle the overall questions of what is taught and what ought to be taught . |
| 4 | It is remarkable that the present Government have never reflected upon the great increase in public expenditure , and the substantial change in its pattern , which has come about during the past five years in consequence of their policies in the field of the social services . |
| 5 | ‘ Most of the children came in during the first two days and our helplines were flooded with calls , but they appear to have calmed down now . ’ |
| 6 | He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work . |
| 7 | Will he take a personal interest in stopping this scandalous dumping and make sure that the overshoot is clawed back during the next two years , the time remaining to the EC-Chinese trade agreement ? |
| 8 | In Nottinghamshire no less than 164,508 ‘ presumed pickets ’ were turned back during the first 27 weeks of the strike ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 154 ) . |
| 9 | The idea has got about during the past three weeks that there is really not much difference between the parties , give or take the odd howl of anguish from the higher-tax-paying classes . |
| 10 | Such powers were a necessity for advanced warning , as were the short wavelengths for the much greater precision in the location of targets than was possible with the 11-m waves of the coastal radar stations set up during the late 1930s . |
| 11 | Exploration activity slowed down during the late 1970s , though encouraging progress was made . |
| 12 | A few co-operatives have been set up during the last 25 years . |
| 13 | B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years . |
| 14 | I am also in no doubt about the amount of devoted hard work that has gone on during the last four years . |
| 15 | Men and women who grew up during the swinging sixties may have a different view of sexual fidelity from those who are slightly older . |
| 16 | To make the needle fit the groove , the disc contained abrasive material , so the tip would be ground down during the first two or three revolutions . |
| 17 | Builders move in during the next two weeks and work should be complete in 20 weeks , he said . |
| 18 | In that log book , which he showed me later , was the name , port and country of origin , of every ship that had passed through during the last eight and a half years , together with her age and condition , her destination , and of course the name of the captain and details of the cargo . |
| 19 | But if the negotiators do allow them to fail after all , or if the United States Congress rejects any compromise that may be worked out during the next two months , the effects will be disastrous . |
| 20 | As cricket activity wound down during the first two years of the war the Otago CA was finding Crawford to be an expensive acquisition , with only £103 in the Coach 's Fund and £169 being paid out for a six-month period . |
| 21 | He is also extremely wealthy , and personally worth an additional Pounds 50m , thanks to the cash he raked in during the roaring 80s . |