Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] during the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below Marginal glaciofluvial terraces and out-wash fans were formed during the decay of late-Devensian ice within the valley of the River Findhorn , Nairnshire . |
| 2 | The earliest reversions to Exchequer offices were granted during the fifteenth century ; they became frequent during the sixteenth . |
| 3 | The pictures were assembled during the 1900s by Sir John Leicester , a close friend of George IV who went on the Grand Tour but who , unlike many of his contemporaries , remained faithful to living British artists . |
| 4 | But certain doubts were dispelled during the 32–9 victory over Midlands at Leicester on Wednesday as captain Naas Botha warned : ‘ We are improving with every game and I believe we will peak when it matters , against Will Carling 's team . ’ |
| 5 | More than 12 vans and cars were stopped during the 35 minutes the road block was in position . |
| 6 | Explored initially for sand-dominated assemblages , the methods were refined during the 1950s and applied to thin section analysis of lithified sediments during the early 1960s . |
| 7 | The applied maps were computer generated and then colour printed , using information from a number of databases processed through a Geographic Information System New computer methods were developed during the project to enable these various databases , which included digitised geological linework and mine plans , raster-scanned topography and computer-coded borehole and geotechnical data , to be used in this way . |
| 8 | However , plaice to over 2 lbs were taken during the event . |
| 9 | Reportedly only 14 aircraft were sold during the two-day event . |
| 10 | A very considerable number of sub-licences which were normally for a period of six to 12 months were granted during the relevant years of assessment and the aggregate profit therefrom during these years amounted to some HK$57m . |
| 11 | Large real depreciations were needed during the 1980s to bring exchange rates back to equilibrium . |
| 12 | Although the allies stressed that every effort was being made to minimize " collateral damage " , it was generally accepted that significant civilian casualties were inflicted during the air campaign . |
| 13 | No casualties were reported during the operation , whereas in similar operations in March in the neighbouring state of Guerrero three policemen and four civilians were reported killed and hundreds more wounded . |
| 14 | These reports suppressed the fact that more whites than blacks were arrested during the disturbance , and hardly mentioned that police-community relations had recently deteriorated . |
| 15 | This phase will only be entered if no errors were detected during the prepass phase and the user has selected to continue at the end of the prepass phase . |
| 16 | Various global tectonic models were proposed during the nineteenth and the first part of the twentieth century , with most attention being focused on the origin of the major mountain systems of the Earth 's surface . |
| 17 | A number of Jewish cemeteries were vandalized during the summer in Baden-Württemberg , and in December in Berlin . |
| 18 | Although two of its directors were killed during the fighting between 1975 and 1979 and the building suffered badly from neglect , most of the National Museum 's collection survived . |
| 19 | In the UK , 2462 new HIV infections were reported during the twelve months to 30 June 1992 , bringing the cumulative total to 17,868 . |
| 20 | Widespread wage reductions were imposed during the recession of 1906–9 and price inflation thereafter impeded the recovery of real wage levels . |
| 21 | The most unpleasant discoveries were made during the process of clearance : cupboards full of urine-encrusted chamber pots , of ancient patent medicine , of dead mice , of moth-infested garments , of fossilized scraps of nineteenth-century food : Hogarthian , Dickensian relics of an oppressed and squalid past . |
| 22 | The percentage of time that meters were occupied during the penalty period fell from 19 to 5 per cent in Pimlico with an increase in ‘ meter-feeding ’ . |
| 23 | As Tower Hamlets had not consented to the proposed user Chetnik were prohibited during the material period from allowing the warehouses to be occupied . |
| 24 | The new Therapy Wing together with improvements and refurbishment of the Lord Tedder Wing were completed during the year . |
| 25 | Two of the crystal awards were stolen during the ensuing festivities . |
| 26 | Two of the crystal awards were stolen during the ensuing festivities . |
| 27 | The highest values for oesophageal exposure to acid were found during the postprandial periods ( Table II ) . |
| 28 | No oral food or fluids were allowed during the trial . |
| 29 | Apart from changes in the quantity applied , no changes in topical steroids were allowed during the trial or the preceding 4 weeks . |
| 30 | Most of the original immigrants were recruited during the period of labour shortages in the 1950s and 1960s for particular types of jobs including the textile industry and more menial tasks in the service sector . |