Example sentences of "[noun sg] during the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We at the Bastille have been particularly blessed by his presence during the first concert of our season , in which his active participation and guidance were of invaluable help , especially for the recording of the Turangalîla-symphonie . |
| 2 | Of the opposition sides , Bay of Plenty replaced one player while Richard Loe , who left the field during the First Test , was the only other casualty . |
| 3 | In other words these Guatemalan children show , as do Dennis 's institutionalized infants , that retardation during the first year or two of life is reversible , and that early experiences , however drastic at the time , do not necessarily set up patterns of behaviour that can not subsequently be modified . |
| 4 | There are currently two systems installed at the Lower Shakespeare Drift with a further six due for installation during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 5 | In spite of these absences and the decline of country house building during the First World War , the Twenties saw a steady stream of commissioned work from the Lutyens drawing board . |
| 6 | The progress during the first year of recovery will vary from one person to another but for most people this first year in any Fellowship is spent mainly in compliance : doing what is suggested by people more experienced in the Anonymous Fellowships , attending meetings , contributing to them and giving practical service in them , progressively working the 12 Steps with the guidance of a sponsor and generally learning to use the various suggested techniques of staying away from one 's primary addictive substance or behaviour and learning to deal with stressful situations in a more appropriate manner than previously . |
| 7 | The economy made good progress during the first half of 1990 , with GNP growth of 1.5 per cent , a reduction in the budget deficit , a noticeable improvement in the trade balance and a fall in inflation to 8 per cent from around 25 per cent in 1989 . |
| 8 | You should make excellent progress during the first week of the New Year . |
| 9 | The mean height increment during the first year after diagnosis was 4.4 ( 2.3 ) cm . |
| 10 | He must submit a budget during the first week in February , which should further clarify his revenue needs and sources . |
| 11 | The very positive self image , the change during the first week , that single parents experience those courses is absolutely striking . |
| 12 | I have a very clear recollection of Nigel de Grey , sometime Lieutenant-Commander in the Naval Intelligence Division during the First World War , giving us a lecture on security which was psychologically scarifying , as indeed it was meant to be . |
| 13 | One senior official with a ringside seat at the traumas of winter 1973–4 contemplated resignation during the first week of March so that he could tell the country that Heath was a serious man and had been a worthy prime minister . |
| 14 | The exceptions were in four main areas : in the west during the first onslaughts when the khanate of Kuchum was being eliminated ; in the far north-east against the Chukchis and Karnchatkan Itelmens ( here Russian losses may not have been very severe , but the effects on the aboriginal population were catastrophic ) ; in the south-east in the struggle with the Manchus for domination of the Amur , where the Russians were beaten ; and finally in the south-west against the nomadic horsemen of the steppes who were a thorn in the Russians ' flesh for over a century . |
| 15 | ‘ You can not possibly imagine just how beautiful you look ! ’ said the pilot of the Meteor chaseplane during the first flight in March 1969 of Concorde 001 from Toulouse . |
| 16 | You will be given the name of your studies adviser during the first week of term . |
| 17 | Pham told delegates that there had been a rapid increase in export turnover during the first half of 1990 , but that the production of export goods was threatened by the major socio-economic changes in Eastern Europe , which had forced some countries to cancel contracts , and that " the dilatory payment and overdue debts to the export goods manufacturers fail to encourage the production of export goods " . |
| 18 | She was rebuilt into her present form at Cowlairs works in 1915 and served on the continent during the First World War . |
| 19 | It was restarted and , with the break during the First World War , flourished until 1920 . |
| 20 | On the negative side press reports indicated that the cost of the programme during the first half of 1990 had been a massive rise in unemployment ( from an official 6,000 at the end of 1989 to 568,000 ) ; a 30 per cent fall in output ; a 25 per cent drop in industrial sales in the first quarter ( in comparison with the same period in 1989 ) ; and an estimated 30 per cent drop in living standards , as real incomes slumped by around 35 per cent and 90 per cent of prices were freed ( following the abolition of subsidies ) to find their market level . |
| 21 | From these statements it is possible to deduce that Hizir Bey must have been appointed to the Sultan medrese during the first sultanate of Mehmed II ( 848–50/1444–6 ) and that Molla Arab can not therefore have begun his study with him , much less become anyone 's before the summer of 848/1444 . |
| 22 | Forces loyal to Aoun engaged in another major confrontation during the first half of 1990 when they fought for control of Christian East Beirut against Samir Geaga 's Lebanese Forces ( LF ) militia . |
| 23 | It was one of revolution and civil war , following on from Russia 's collapse during the First World War . |
| 24 | Salengro , having angered France 's far right by issuing a decree outlawing ‘ seditious ’ groups , had been accused of desertion and collaboration with the enemy during the first world war . |
| 25 | Growth hormone is released into the blood during the first part of sleep , but this is affected by the 24-hour body clock to a small extent only , so that changes in the timing of sleep are followed almost immediately by changes in growth hormone release . |
| 26 | It follows earlier work by the investigator into industry during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | Reduction of dose is similarly used for so-called sensitive cases who are immediately over stimulated or prove the remedy during the first days , or hours , of treatment . |
| 28 | John Chalcraft , Managing Director at the Brewery ( 1928–69 ) and H.J. Young ( who ran the Club during the First War ) , were then appointed as the first Financial Advisers , in consultation with the Captain . |
| 29 | Wilfred Owen was a poet during the first world war and all his poems contain a strong message about war which is usually expressed through a personal experience . |
| 30 | With special affection I remember the metro railway enthusiasts who , confronted by rigorous structuralist films or scenes of sexual and scatalogical excess , walked out of the cinema in baffled confusion during the first NFT International Underground Film Festival and indignantly demanded their money back after having booked for a whole season of what seemed like fascinating specialist delights : German Underground , American Underground , Italian Underground . |