Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] that during " in BNC.

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1 Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora reported that during his May meeting in Washington with US President George Bush the latter had shown a serious attitude to the drug problem ( the US government having agreed almost to double Bolivia 's anti-drug aid , to $33,000,000 ) .
2 W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel .
3 Dr Clay writes that during the middle years of the seventeenth century customary tenures were still widespread and important , especially for the smaller properties , but that much less land was held in this way than was the case 100 years earlier .
4 Mr Chicken said that during interview Taylor claimed that mart officials had told him it would be all right to bring the pigs in .
5 Mr Chicken said that during interview Taylor claimed that mart officials had told him it would be all right to bring the pigs in .
6 Mr Gummer claimed that during the negotiations the powerful American farming lobby had been ‘ all over the hotel ’ .
7 In an article published in the early 1970s , Nicholas Tyacke argued that during the period from 1560 to 1625 there was a common predestinarian Calvinist heritage within the English church , shared by both prelates and Presbyterians alike , against which Laud and his supporters firmly set their faces in the 1630s .
8 When he was told of a young man who wished to become a poet , Eliot replied , " He 's getting ready for a sad life " , and Ronald Duncan said that during this period he looked " miserable and unwell " and " began to affect many signs of premature old age " .
9 In an interview , Mr Baig alleged that during last year 's general election campaign , three cabinet members had received financial assistance from him .
10 Rafael Rodriguez claimed that during the course of the first visit Castro gave a verbal acceptance of the idea of an alliance between Fidelistas and Communists ( Thomas : 1977 , p. 224 ) .
11 B.F. Skinner emphasised that during instrumental conditioning an organism learns a response by operating on its environment .
12 Despite moves progressively to restructure the economy following the ruling LPRP 's fourth congress in 1986 [ see pp. 35006 ; 36291-92 ] , a January 1990 edition of the government journal Pasason noted that during 1989 Laos had encountered " numerous difficulties " in the economic field , including problems of inflation , trade imbalances , and the insufficient regulation of industrial production .
13 An analysis by economist Alex Henney showed that during the 1970s — the last period of intense activity — construction time and costs of US nuclear plants had repeatedly exceeded expectations .
14 Mr Campbell said that during the first incident , when Mr Friel and the two younger accused had been shouting at each other in the shopping centre , the lawyer had struck the 15-year-old on the face with the dog leash .
15 Mr Waite said that during his captivity he endured torture , a mock execution and four years solitary confinement , including a period in which he lay blindfolded in a foetal position day and night with his hands and feet chained together .
16 Selahattin Simsek said that during his interrogation , police officers tortured him for 23 consecutive days , but he confessed to nothing more than ‘ a certain sympathy ’ for the PKK .
17 Bambi knows that during her trial all those years ago , and at a recent Press conference , she came over as cool , unemotional .
18 Correll found that during the summer about half the river 's estuarine loadings of nitrogen come from the sky .
19 Rowel suggested that during the tour opposition players had breached the fine line between rucking and stamping .
20 The NSF claimed that during his planned 10-day visit over the Easter period the former King could be the unintentional subject of " obscure manipulations " which might threaten his dignity and safety , and that the publicity surrounding his presence could be seen " as a political gesture of a nature to bring unwanted elements into the election campaign " .
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