Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] during the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The WRVS was founded during the Second World War and has around 150,000 volunteers ( 13% of whom are men ) providing a variety of services in the community . |
| 2 | The documents suggest that the radioactive waste was dumped during the Second World War or Korean War , from the Army 's Niagara Falls plant or nearby private plants operating under government contract . |
| 3 | Two fluid processing modules for the Southern platform were installed during the second quarter and a 2,000 tonnes gas compression module for Ninian Central is well on the way for completion in 1993 . |
| 4 | Domestic developments were dominated during the second half of the year by the Gulf crisis , which emphasized Djibouti 's close relationship with France at a time when it had been striving to build up its image as a non-aligned Arab state . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the overwhelming majority of surviving herds of deer either died off or escaped when country houses were requisitioned during the Second World War ; the ‘ Dig for Victory ’ campaign meant that much ancient pasture was ploughed and used as arable land which was often never reseeded . |
| 6 | ‘ Khan , there are records which show that this world was resettled during the Second Empire , over five thousand years ago . |