Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] during the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Systematic crime statistics were not compiled during the first half of the nineteenth century , but there is some scattered evidence about the extent and frequency of cattle stealing during the early years of British rule . |
| 2 | Meetings were also held during the first half of 1989 between senior PLO officials and officials from France , Spain and the United Kingdom , culminating in Arafat 's talks with President Mitterrand of France in May 1989 , after which the PLO leader said that the PLO 's National Charter was " obsolete " and " null and void " [ see p. 36669 ] . |
| 3 | Chris Armstrong and Paul Williams have yet to strike up a true understanding in the Palace attack and despite some promising service from wingers John Salako and McGoldrick , Gunners ' keeper David Seaman was rarely troubled during the first half . |
| 4 | His son , Charles Power , wrote a famous guide-book to Madeira which was regularly up-dated during the first half of this century . |
| 5 | But the results of Fig. 5.2 show that the degree of suppression evoked by a test stimulus does not depend upon whether or not it was appetitively reinforced during the first stage . |