Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] during the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Until vernacular opera made progress during the second half of the eighteenth century , ‘ opera ’ was almost synonymous with Italian opera from one end of Europe to the other .
2 We know from the pottery of the Chimu period that the Incas were cultivating potatoes during the 13th Century but we believe that for many hundreds of years before that the Quecho Indians had enjoyed a staple diet of wild potatoes and had even developed an ingenious method of freeze-drying them to provide food throughout the winter months .
3 Nguyen Van Linh , the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( CPV ) , visited China during the first half of May .
4 It is kin , often , who provide shelter during the first days in the town and who help the migrant build his/her own home .
5 Rhee had persistently sought recognition during the Second World War and badgered the American State Department frequently .
6 Similarly , stocks of seals and whales in high southern latitudes suffered over-exploitation during the 19th and 20th centuries .
7 Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques .
8 The Supreme Court 's July ruling admitted for the first time in 16 years the right of individual states to restrict abortions during the first six months of pregnancy .
9 ( He had previously given assurances that he would return to face charges of slandering Mazowiecki during the first round . )
10 It was flouted — as indeed would be many other laws and decrees , rules and regulations governing communications during the next 40-odd years .
11 It moved from Greenwich in 1933 to new premises built on an estate provided by ship owner Gifford Sherman Reade in gratitude for the work of the Royal Navy in safeguarding shipping during the First World War .
12 The Chamber of Deputies , by 126 votes to 69 , with 12 abstentions , on March 29 approved a law allowing abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy for women who were deemed by doctors to be " in a state of distress " .
13 Other political parties were allowed to operate from May onwards , and 17 parties fielded candidates during the first multiparty general election in November [ pp. 37841-42 ] .
14 It takes place during the second weekend of the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition , from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd March 1992 and we 've got 10 pairs of tickets to give away .
15 This course about the ‘ Language Curriculum ’ of the Junior school takes place during the first two years of the course , and lasts three terms .
16 Some of them may involve social policies ; others may involve environmental policies on which we shall have to give ground during the next 10 , 15 or 20 years .
17 In East Berlin yesterday officials turned away many would-be visitors from the West and gave warnings to opposition leaders in an attempt to avert demonstrations during the 40th anniversary celebrations today and tomorrow .
18 They 're trying to interrupt a speaker to give information during the first round of the World Student Debating Championships .
19 Which Councils — more often than not called synods during the first thousand years — were ecumenical was determined not by the pope , but by their reception in the Church at large .
20 The first was an intention to treat analysis in which the values at the last visit of three pivotal outcome measures — that is , urinary albumin and sodium excretion and mean arterial pressure — obtained from all included subjects during the last three months of their follow up were carried forward .
21 The regression session will often take place during the first or second consultation , and no homework as such will follow this .
22 It will now take place during the second week of November 1992 .
23 David Harper was giving evidence during the 7th day of the trial at Bristol Crown Court .
24 My mother used to tell me how Grandmother scrimped and saved during the summer months so that precious golden sovereigns could be put away in a padlocked wooden box to ensure survival during the next winter .
25 Jeremy started school during the first week in January , and she was glad to see him engrossed in his own school affairs and friendships again .
26 Ethics , religion , culture and education are the four key elements of a new Study and Action Programme which will guide WACC during the next five years and shape its second international congress in 1995 .
27 But also the party system itself is credited by MacPherson as being chiefly responsible for the preservation of the institution of private property and the market mechanism , notwithstanding the extension of the franchise which took place during the nineteenth century .
28 The patronal festival of the parish church of St Peter of Tankersley should be the 29th June , but Tankersley Feast always took place during the second week of July .
29 His funeral took place during the First Test at Trent Bridge , with South Africa the tourists : play was halted as a tribute to the man whose valet helped him to contrive county cricket 's most amazing victory .
30 Work to modernise and improve Ilam Hall took place during the last two winters .
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