Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] during the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Chalford suffered again during the first half of the 19th century .
3 Villages as well as towns expanded rapidly during the first half of the nineteenth century .
4 India 's economy faltered during 1990 , and with the impact of the Gulf war the situation worsened considerably during the first half of 1991 .
5 Herbert ( 1978 ) suggests that conference interpreting began only during the First World War , while before that international conferences were held in French .
6 Domestic exports performed badly during the first half of 1990 , but growth in the re-export trade partly compensated .
7 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 .
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