Example sentences of "by [noun prp] during the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trigonometrical ratios sine , cosine and tangent were used by Hipparchus during the second century BC to calculate the diameter of the Earth and the distance of the Moon with amazing accuracy : 7900 and 238 000 miles respectively . |
| 2 | He genuinely believed that this was the least the belligerents could do in return for the " sacrifices " made by Spain during the Civil War . |
| 3 | ‘ Hong Kong People Rule Hong Kong ’ : the slogan propagated by China during the 1982-84 sovereignty negotiations , to encourage popular local support for its demand that Britain withdraw completely from the administration of Hong Kong on 30 June 1997 . |
| 4 | The UN had long maintained that the Convention applied to all the territories occupied by Israel during the 1967 war , including Jerusalem . |
| 5 | The Suez Canal was closed to enemy shipping by Britain during the two world wars , and by Egypt with respect to Israeli shipping in 1956 . |
| 6 | As promised by Palmerston during the previous session , a Select Committee was set up by the House of Commons on 28th April , 1856 to consider ‘ the best means of providing Accommodation for the various Public Departments in the Neighbourhood of Downing Street ’ . |
| 7 | Under the revised proposals multiparty transitional councils would be appointed by CODESA during the first phase to oversee regional and local government , finance and multiracial elections ; ultimate responsibility would remain with the NP government . |