Example sentences of "[verb] during the last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 2 | And the salary reference is the highest salary rate you 've actually received during the last three years . |
| 3 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 4 | But this turnover is so extraordinarily slow that each grain could only have been exposed during the last 4600 Ma for a total time much less than a million years thus requiring considerably higher cosmic-ray intensities in the past , which though possible is thought by several scientists to be unlikely . |
| 5 | The European market for acetate filament yarn is expected to shrink slightly during 1993 — disappointing but not such a blow as that experienced during the last two years which saw the market in Europe tumble from 40,000 tons to 30,000 . |
| 6 | Up to one million purchases are estimated to have been delayed during the last three years because of the sluggish market . |
| 7 | Pete Youngman from Pest Control Chester has during the last three years generated over £100,000 worth of business purely through submitting D5 leads . |
| 8 | If you are one of the people who left the course at 4pm , I have enclosed a copy of the Action Plan that was considered during the last half hour . |
| 9 | One of the highest-ranking Mafia figures ever to testify for the authorities , Gravano claimed to having participated in 19 murders , and insisted that those committed during the last 10 years had been on the orders of Gotti . |
| 10 | Half of Britain 's estate agents saw prices fall during the last three months . |
| 11 | These included a multiparty system , the resignation of the provincial LC leadership , equal rights for Kosovar Albanians , the release of political prisoners and an end to political trials , and the lifting of the state of emergency in the province ( imposed during the last serious disturbances in Kosovo in February-March 1989 — see pp. 36470 ; 36514-15 ) . |
| 12 | Staff there have seen over 1,000 jobs dissapear during the last 3 years , but with millions of pounds worth of orders coming their way , tonight they 're in a celebratory mood . |
| 13 | Composing himself , Sir Michael pressed on : ‘ Would my Right Honourable Friend reflect on the great progress that has been made during the last 10 years in the well-being of our country and the competitiveness of our industries and … |
| 14 | At the moment the price for North Sea oil is just over $18 , $4 less than average industry forecasts made during the last few years when we were building our portfolio . |
| 15 | The ancient veneration for the rule of law has in England suffered during the last thirty years a marked decline . |
| 16 | In our Galaxy , only four have been seen during the last thousand years : in 1006 , 1054 , 1572 and 1604 , but there is no knowing when we will see another . |
| 17 | How much money has been spent and how many animals have suffered during the last eight years ? |
| 18 | A new wave in British sculpture set the art world here bussing during the last two decades of the 19th century when the status quo of classically austere , cold , funerary white marble was disturbed by the throbbing emotional statements of talented young men like Alfred Gilbert ( who gave us Eros in Piccadilly Circus ) George Frampton , Alfred Drury , Hamo Thorneycroft and others . |
| 19 | All mandatory cockpit voice recording systems operate on a continuous loop with a duration of thirty minutes , so the investigator can only hear what was said during the last thirty minutes of flight . |
| 20 | In houses built during the last 50 years , the joists will be at about 16in centres . |
| 21 | The number of different visitors they were reported to have had during the last twelve months averaged 5.0 . |
| 22 | The majority of the early tickets , those produced during the last four decades of the seventeenth century , incorporated imagery similar to that found on the printed affidavits . |
| 23 | Contemporary workshop rugs stem from a parallel tradition stretching back into antiquity , and many of the items produced during the last 30 years ( particularly those from the major weaving centres of Persia and Anatolia ) rank among the finest ever made ( p.95 ) . |
| 24 | More serious still , during his reign the lack of contact and sympathy between ruler and people , already growing during the last two decades of the life of Louis XV , became more marked . |
| 25 | The Free Churches have made much use of the explosion of hymn writing which has occurred during the last thirty years and which crosses the boundaries of all denominations . |
| 26 | Mr Dryfe said : ‘ The violence which has occurred during the last several weeks outside the factory gates and the damage done to the property of several of our employees is deplorable . |
| 27 | Maybe it was the hypnotic , rhythmic drone of the aircraft engines , or the sheer emotional exhaustion of the past few hours , but there seemed little she could do to suppress the memories she had so resolutely buried during the last five years . |
| 28 | The crowd and television fans will be thirsting for Eubank to be more positive than against Tony Thornton two months ago , when he simply shouldered arms and retreated during the last two rounds before nicking the points decision . |
| 29 | Quite high proportions of their incomes are spent on fuelwood , and prices have rocketed during the last ten years — from Rs 20/- per load to Rs 50/-in Kathmandu , from Rs 7/- in Pokhara in 1973 to Rs 20/- in 1983 . |
| 30 | The question of the truth of the Christian picture of the world has increasingly come to be raised during the last two hundred years . |