Example sentences of "[be] during [det] time " in BNC.

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1 It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs .
2 Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle .
3 It was during that time we all learned to play properly .
4 It was during that time the lady Primaflora was summoned to the palace at Nicosia to be scrutinised by the King 's mother .
5 I did my best , but I suppose it was during that time that I began to drink too much and that finished off my promotion chances .
6 It was during this time that he was invited to the discussions of the CIV/n group , a gathering of poets of the more serious sort — and to some extent inspired by Ezra Pound 's revitalising energies , even as its name was culled from his writings — who had just launched a new poetry magazine of that name .
7 Leonard was keen to assert his own lead in that movement , for it was during this time that he was compiling his second book ( five years after the first ) The Spice-Box Of Earth , which was published in 1961 to great critical acclaim .
8 It was during this time that as a senior staff officer of V Corps he had been involved with some of the orders to repatriate the Russian and Yugoslav prisoners .
9 It was during this time , moving from one company to another , that Haslam learned the true meaning of what it is to be an adaptable manager .
10 And it was during this time that he had lost his wife , lost his job , lost his sense of himself as a separate human soul , and in struggle worked out the theory that he was nothing but a sick character in the hands or under the pen of a malevolent Author .
11 It was during this time , when he was again near to death , than he began writing his best known book The Saint 's Everlasting Rest .
12 It was during this time that Diana found the Queen to be an ally .
13 It was during this time that Foch showed his unshakeable courage .
14 It was during this time that the Sword Masters of Hoeth gathered to study the art of swordsmanship and protect the tower .
15 It was during this time that two kinds of tenure began to dominate in Britain , owner-occupation and local authority tenancy .
16 It was during this time that two passengers attempted suicide , one with a syringe and tranquillizers , another by slashing his wrists and jumping into the sea ; both survived .
17 It was during this time that James was able to reacquaint himself with another old school chum , Malcolm Nurse .
18 It was during this time that he studied the Saxon language and the Anglo Saxon laws .
19 After National Service in the RAF , he worked for for eight years and it was during this time that he came in contact with , whilst the Belfast mill was being refurbished .
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