Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] during the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the geographical scope of European and European-style diplomacy expanded strikingly during the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | Homicide , on the other hand , is interpreted as a consequence of distinctive aspects of Sinhalese culture which changed little during the colonial period . |
| 3 | It was developed and used primarily during the First World War as a means of preventing dogs , used in the trenches as messengers and for other activities , from betraying their positions by a casual bark . |
| 4 | The social geography of the British industrial city changed considerably during the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | The social geography of the British industrial city changed considerably during the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | Swanage suffered badly during the last war , chiefly from ‘ tip-and-run ’ raids by bombers swooping in from the sea . |
| 7 | One married woman who moves in high society circles came forward during the nine-day trial and said Courtney had raped her . |
| 8 | Chalford suffered again during the first half of the 19th century . |
| 9 | Villages as well as towns expanded rapidly during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | The second " have " ( = " has " ) seems odd because the realisation happened only during the Second World War and is now clearly finished . |
| 11 | On Feb. 16 , 1990 , it was reported that the Council of Ministers had earlier in the month made moves to abolish martial law regulations enacted originally during the 1958-61 period of Syrian-Egyptian unity [ see pp. 16005 ; 18437-40 ] . |
| 12 | I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller . |
| 13 | India 's economy faltered during 1990 , and with the impact of the Gulf war the situation worsened considerably during the first half of 1991 . |
| 14 | Herbert ( 1978 ) suggests that conference interpreting began only during the First World War , while before that international conferences were held in French . |
| 15 | Thereafter , despite the high unemployment years between 1929 and 1932 , trade union membership remained remarkably resilient and recovered sharply during the improving trade situation of the late 1930s and trade unions were drawn more centrally into negotiation with national employers negotiations and with the National government . |
| 16 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |
| 17 | Dan Dénéréaz , aged 70 , died suddenly during the open canoe cruise on Llyn Tegid in August . |
| 18 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 19 | While the number of people drawing such assistance grew steadily during the post-war period , the size of this group has exploded since 1979 . |
| 20 | Terling 's population grew steadily during the sixteenth century and the first quarter of the seventeenth . |
| 21 | Demands for licences grew steadily during the fourteenth century , but endowment of the religious orders never regained its earlier level , and alienations were increasingly directed to the establishment of chantries and secular institutions ; by mid-century almost as many licences were for the secular as for the religious churches , but this has more to do with declining enthusiasm for the vastly endowed monastic orders and the growing popular appeal of the mendicants who lived from alms , and not from farming extensive estates . |
| 22 | The affinity between the fellow craftsmen at work on great buildings grew closer during the Gothic period . |
| 23 | Domestic exports performed badly during the first half of 1990 , but growth in the re-export trade partly compensated . |
| 24 | Later they were supplied by specialist brickmakers whose numbers increased greatly during the last quarter of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | He spoke once during the second reading debate , spoke or intervened thirteen times in committee , once on report , and once on third reading . |
| 26 | The proportion of infants exposed to smoking by their mothers , from other family members , from non-household sources and from more than one of these sources , increased significantly during the first year of life . |
| 27 | It is likely then that marriages , at least amongst the propertied , in fact lasted longer during the Victorian period than ever before or since . |
| 28 | Remarkably , Pliny slept calmly during the early part of the night , although ashes had begun to pile up outside the house , but he eventually awoke as the situation deteriorated . |
| 29 | His fortunes , internationally and domestically , as player and captain , seesawed alarmingly during the 1991–92 season . |