Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv prt] during [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Used to test theories and interpretations relating to technology and subsistence , experiments can also test the very basic interpretations that are carried out during the course of an excavation : whether or not a hole in the ground functioned as a pit or a posthole , what a particular pit was used for , and so on .
2 Fire crackers are let off during the day .
3 The hill farms generally have small fields near the valley bottoms , larger rough grazing ‘ in-bye ’ areas which adjoin the open hill , and common hill land where sheep , ponies , and occasionally cattle are turned out during the summer .
4 Rights to occupational and private pensions are built up during the individual 's employment .
5 Dramatic as imprinting is as a form of learning , it suffered from my point of view from the problem that for a bird to become imprinted requires exposing it to the stimulus , the flashing light or whatever , for a couple of hours ; memory builds up slowly over that time , and so the cellular changes that are going on during the period inevitably intermingle the effects of learning and of visual stimulation with those of memory formation .
6 ‘ The caterers are coming in during the afternoon .
7 She is amazed how many teenagers are allowed out during the week in the run-up to examinations .
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