Example sentences of "[adj] during [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You should make sure that you are adequately covered from the start , because the likelihood of a dog running away from home is probably greatest during the first few months of ownership . |
2 | Many course combinations are possible during the first three years , facilitating transfer between these three streams . |
3 | New residents are at their most receptive during the first six months . |
4 | That figure is remarkable when compared to just 87,000 during the first six months of last year . |
5 | Mortality was particularly high during the first six years . |
6 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £195 for the day classes and £171 for evening classes payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
7 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £98 — payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
8 | It was a fact that quite easily became disheartening during the first few months of captivity . |
9 | After shrinking slightly over the past few years , the gap grew to nearly $10 billion during the first four months of this year , up from a little over $6 billion for the same period in 1990 . |
10 | Company borrowing soared by an annualised £64 billion during the first three quarters of 1989 — the fastest rise ever . |
11 | Although it appears that sentencing became more severe during the first three years the guide-lines were in use , Minnesota remains one of the very few states that has avoided huge increases in prison population size ( Parent 1988 ) . |
12 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
13 | Cambridge ink-jet printer maker Domino Printing Sciences Plc told the annual meeting yesterday that despite the strong finish to 1992 , first quarter trading has been below expectations and this was bound to affect interim results : in particular , sales in the US were unexpectedly slow during the first three months coinciding with the change of administration , it said . |
14 | The mean resting pressure in the lower oesophageal sphincter during the first 30 minutes of the recording was 17.6 ( 6.3 ) mm Hg . |
15 | Of every cwt. of copper she was to receive 2s. or one-twentieth during the first five years thereafter to have 2s. 6d. , or one-fifteenth . |
16 | As a result , I drank more than was sensible in my condition : like a lot of women , I always felt more unwell during the first three months of pregnancy than afterwards , and alcohol went to my head very quickly . |
17 | The Fabians were particularly influential during the first forty or so years of their history , a period in which the leading lights were the Webbs , G. B. Shaw , Graham Wallas , and H. G. Wells and , less consistently , Bertrand Russell , G. D. H. Cole , Harold Laski , and R. H. Tawney . |
18 | The Middle East Economic Digest of Sept. 7 reported that in its memorandum submitted to the UN Security Council , Jordan had claimed that the Iraqi embargo would cost Jordan some US$4,000 million during the first 12 months and that the country 's foreign debt would become virtually unmanageable . |
19 | This was intended to run for a term of 15 years , yielding a Royalty of one-twelfth during the first two years , and a tenth part thereafter , " … sufficiently washed cleansed and made merchanteable … |
20 | The mortgage is not portable during the first two years of the loan . |
21 | Because the accident went unmonitored during the first few vital hours and days , certain statistics will never be available . |
22 | In the early part of 1990 during the first great Ecstasy draught , Ketamine came to light in police analysis of seizures of tablets sold as Ecstasy in nightclubs in various parts of England and Scotland . |
23 | For some , homesickness is so bad during the first few months that they have no alternative but to go back home again . |