Example sentences of "[to-vb] during the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norris , still clad in his white lab coat , was one of those medical students whom fate has seemingly marked out to spend the bulk of their studies and initial training suffering from quite stupendous hangovers incurred through the intake of near-fatal levels of alcohol the night before , and their subsequent professional careers sternly finger-wagging at any member of the general public who dares to consume over the course of a week what they themselves had been perfectly happy to sink during the average evening . |
| 2 | And what changes can we expect to see during the coming year ? |
| 3 | The reader 's sympathy towards Pip continues to fall during the second part of his expectations due to his rejection and embarrassment of his past life . |
| 4 | From the Second World War the percentage of local government income derived from grants increased steadily and although the proportion began to fall during the 1980s ( as a result of public expenditure restraint policies ) it is still sufficient to provide central government with a powerful instrument for influencing local authorities . |
| 5 | But about a quarter of that , comprising the older Magnox stations , was due to retire during the 1990s . |
| 6 | To live in these courts must have been like living in perpetual gloom , thank goodness they were some of the first to go during the rehousing purge between the wars . |
| 7 | The syn-PLA2 and cat-PLA2 values of patients with the necrotising form of acute pancreatitis had a slight tendency to increase during the first six days whereas the values in patients with oedematous acute pancreatitis decreased . |
| 8 | The statement is truer of lines than individual stations since average journey lengths are much longer , and continued to increase during the eighties . |
| 9 | Philip the Fair 's government was often ( sometimes surprisingly ) prepared to compromise during the later stages of his reign , an attitude clearly reflected in the ‘ process ’ of Montreuil in Ponthieu . |
| 10 | Who tried to hide during the 1984–85 miners ' strike by wearing a bag over his head ? |
| 11 | If you have not been able to come to Q.T. Days for a while , please try to come during the new session . |
| 12 | In the upheaval that was to come during the next 12 months , only the ECSC seemed to have avoided the scrapheap . |
| 13 | The first truly indigenous press was almost certainly that of Egypt , which began to appear during the nineteenth century ; but it predated black Africa 's press by only a few years . |
| 14 | There is also talk of an eight-way desktop and deskside system called the SunBox , which is again tipped to appear during the current quarter . |
| 15 | It is this bracing action which allows the legs to work during the forward swing . |
| 16 | When you plan your programme , start with the social and personal free time for shopping or relaxation that the participants ought to have to encourage their brains to work during the meaty sessions . |
| 17 | Elena has now returned for more plastic surgery and although her family does not have to pay for the treatment , there will be hefty travelling expenses to meet during the next few years . |
| 18 | Her trick was to establish during the early part of the evening roughly where the man lived ; then to announce a destination for herself to which he could not suggest accompanying her without seeming over keen . |
| 19 | If you 've never sailed before , go to Nidri where one option teaches you how to skipper during the first week . |
| 20 | As the government of Norway was to state during the free trade discussions of 1958 , ‘ whatever the United Kingdom does we must do as well ’ . |
| 21 | Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian delegation failed to progress during the seventh round . |
| 22 | He thanked the officers and committee for their support and looked forward to the B.C.R.S. continuing to progress during the coming year . |
| 23 | This , however , makes it impossible for them to feed during the larval stage , as free-swimming tadpoles can do , so they have to nourish themselves with specially large quantities of yolk . |
| 24 | But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours . |
| 25 | They will sometimes also provide a member of their management team as a co-opted member for the governing body , allowing the manager time to visit during the normal school day so as to develop the strongest possible links . |
| 26 | The trams have had events of their own to celebrate during the hundred years , generally firsts , rather than lasts . |
| 27 | Though towns such as Thirsk which had been by-passed by the railways had lost some of their former vitality , others continued to expand , to rebuild and to prosper during the Victorian era . |
| 28 | The Chairman then brought the Meeting to a close with thanks to all who had attended and an expression of hope that with the support of an enthusiastic and growing membership the Society would continue to prosper during the coming year . |
| 29 | Previously the policy had been to raid during the moonless period of each month , transported by the LRDG and returning to base in between to reorganize . |
| 30 | The sort of things that we 're going to cover during the two days are these areas . |