Example sentences of "[noun sg] during the first [noun sg] " 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 ‘ 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 .
15 You will be given the name of your studies adviser during the first week of term .
16 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 " .
17 She was rebuilt into her present form at Cowlairs works in 1915 and served on the continent during the First World War .
18 It was restarted and , with the break during the First World War , flourished until 1920 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 It was one of revolution and civil war , following on from Russia 's collapse during the First World War .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 It follows earlier work by the investigator into industry during the first half of the nineteenth century .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 For convenience you may use a valid licence from your country of origin during the first year .
29 In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ .
30 Many mothers do not even try to toilet train their children until the age of 2 years or later while others deliberately train their child during the first year of life ( Douglas and Richman 1984 ) .
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