Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] during the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work .
3 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 ?
4 In Nottinghamshire no less than 164,508 ‘ presumed pickets ’ were turned back during the first 27 weeks of the strike ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 154 ) .
5 A few co-operatives have been set up during the last 25 years .
6 B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years .
7 I am also in no doubt about the amount of devoted hard work that has gone on during the last four years .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
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