Example sentences of "in winter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither the airing cupboard nor the garden shed in winter are satisfactory . |
| 2 | TEN BOB IN WINTER : A comedy of manners set against the lives of West Indian immigrant workers in London in the sixties . |
| 3 | The riot of summer vegetation is wonderfully dramatic on heavy soils , but there is a down side : things can go very flat in winter unless you plan carefully . |
| 4 | The silver birch is so elegantly beautiful , from spring 's pale green bud-burst until the final golden accolade of autumn , that it plays a part in all the seasons , not least because it is especially favoured by long-tailed tits as a food source in winter . |
| 5 | In winter it 's a wildlife haven ; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source . |
| 6 | The most essential thing is to prune once a year , and if you miss the summer , prune in winter . |
| 7 | This prevents nitrates being washed out of the soil in winter . |
| 8 | Warm worms up in winter |
| 9 | The bin is completely portable , so it can be brought into the warmth in winter so that the worms will continue to work . |
| 10 | A deciduous or sombre evergreen hedge in a prominent position may look bleak in winter , although in summer they often enhance the brilliance of adjacent flowers . |
| 11 | Many fruit pests can be trapped in winter and spring on grease bands . |
| 12 | Hamamelis ( witch hazel ) flowers in winter |
| 13 | She worked from eight till late , even in winter . |
| 14 | And the swarm of people flowed down the path , stumbling on stones where a burn ran in winter or after thunderstorms , between the silvery wands of rowans with their clusters of blood-drops and the quivering tapestry of the alders , down into the Tay which ran from the west like molten iron , too flashing bright to look at , and over the Tay , wet to the waist ; the girls and boys who had not gone home were prancing and shrieking when they fell full length . |
| 15 | The death rate in winter for those aged 60–69 is on average 12% higher than in summer ; this increases to 17% for those in their seventies and 26% for those aged 80 and over . |
| 16 | As BR discovered however , it is essential to give maintenance crews skiing lessons to cope with mountaintop transmitters in winter , and placate Irish TV viewers whose screens suddenly go fuzzy . |
| 17 | In winter , the pavements become miniature glaciers with hidden crevasses ! |
| 18 | Smooth-trowelled finishes can be slippery in winter , so it 's best to finish with a wooden float as this will give a slightly textured surface . |
| 19 | And so , as in Winter Notes , Dostoevsky is really talking about pochvennost , his own brand of romantic conservatism , half history , half dream . |
| 20 | The second job of the day is to light the stove , a monument in itself , taking up a quarter of the thatched hut with its various extensions — a sill ( pod ) with an area for keeping dishes warm ( chestok ) , niches ( pechurki ) for small objects and matches , holes on the side for drying out leg and foot wrappings ( for lack of shoes ) , holes near the summit for reviving chilled hens in winter , and on the triumphal summit worn clothing on which to stretch out and sleep in the delicious warmth — ‘ U hholodnoi pechi ne sogreesh'sia ’ ( ‘ You ca n't heat yourself at a cold stove ’ ) . |
| 21 | Skiing is possible in winter . |
| 22 | In winter we look for work on the more difficult lowland sites such as coastal paths . |
| 23 | He kept fit at the university by playing a little hockey , in summer tennis , in winter walking and bicycling and going for runs . |
| 24 | Or leaving the dark glimmering interior in winter when the ice wind bit through your leggings , mittens and embroidered button holes . |
| 25 | Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor . |
| 26 | Gullfoss in winter |
| 27 | He decided to put up with Tony and I in order to support our attempt to cross the interior plateau in winter , using ski parachutes to help our progress . |
| 28 | We decided to walk to the waterfall to see what Gullfoss , well known to us in the summer , had to offer in winter . |
| 29 | The Gullfoss gorge is — certainly in winter — a stopper . |
| 30 | North of the Arctic Circle Norway has some fine mountainous country and Finnmark , an expanse of flatter tundra that offers a very different and , in winter , a very cold trip . |