Example sentences of "[noun prp] during the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Doctors and other health workers , who went to work in the zones controlled by the FMLN during the civil war , learnt very effective forms of treatment from the peasants they worked with . |
| 32 | AS the ideological gulf between Moscow and Bucharest yawns ever wider , the Romanian leader , President Nicolae Ceausescu , has raised the potentially explosive issue of former Romanian territories annexed by the Kremlin during the second world war . |
| 33 | Qualified and experienced staff provide full day care from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm ( 4.30 pm on Fridays ) on Monday to Friday during the academic year ( September to June ) . |
| 34 | Qualified and experienced staff provide full day care from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm ( 4.30 pm on Fridays ) on Monday to Friday during the academic year ( September to June ) . |
| 35 | Like other supporters of Iraq , Yemen formally condemned the invasion and annexation of Kuwait during the early part of August , but then went on to direct its criticism at the US forces in Saudi Arabia and to press for an Arab solution to the problem . |
| 36 | The trigonometrical ratios sine , cosine and tangent were used by Hipparchus during the second century BC to calculate the diameter of the Earth and the distance of the Moon with amazing accuracy : 7900 and 238 000 miles respectively . |
| 37 | The most picturesque explanation is that US soldiers were frequently heard in Mexico during the US-Mexican war of 1848 to sing the song ‘ Green Grow the Lilacs ’ . |
| 38 | The twelve enamel plaques were made in Byzantium during the tenth century , but the roundels were made locally at Regensburg . |
| 39 | Middlesbrough Council 's mobile playground is in Grove Hill during the first week of the Easter holidays , which start on Monday . |
| 40 | Among the contents of Matthew 's safe there were two manuscript volumes , the journal of a certain Martin Beale who lived and worked in Natal and Cape Province during the second half of the last century . ’ |
| 41 | The two foremen in charge of this shell machine shop were , Sid Freeman and Percy Dyball , both toolmakers , the former for a time employed at Woolwich Arsenal during the first war ; he was later made a foreman in the Fitting Shop . |
| 42 | A well-loved picture dominates the bar , held in almost religious awe : a photograph of the SS Politician , the vessel which ran aground off Eriskay during the Second World War , cargoed with 20,000 cases of whisky ; not all of which went to the bottom when the boat eventually sank . |
| 43 | Rhodes Music Radio ( RMR ) became the first campus radio station to broadcast live , when it transmitted to Grahamstown during the Standard Bank National Festival in July . |
| 44 | They took their name from the bush guerillas who fought with Robert Mugabe during the bloody war of independence and blend high energy guitar with subtle Zimbabwean rhythms . |
| 45 | Hans Waldman , another great Zurich burgomaster , led the Swiss forces to victory at Morat during the Burgundian war in 1476 , defeating the formerly all-conquering Charles the Bold . |
| 46 | Alexander I rebuffed repeated advice that he come to terms with Napoleon during the French invasion . |
| 47 | Apparently responding to the suggestion of a conservative shift in his policies , however , Gorbachev during the last engagement of his Byelorussian tour on Feb. 28 told a meeting in Mogilev that a centrist political coalition , avoiding the extreme positions of both radicals and hardliners , was needed to resolve the country 's problems . |
| 48 | McWilliams was still having problems with the suspension on his Yamaha during the final practice session and said afterwards : ‘ I needed a higher starting position to have a chance tomorrow but I have learned a lot and I 'm going to prepare for my first World championship by having a good nights sleep . ’ |
| 49 | Poppy-growing started early in Anatolia and certainly spread to Crete during the Minoan period . |
| 50 | The antenna also transmits to IRAS during the short interval the satellite is overhead . |
| 51 | British Commander-in-Chief in France and Flanders during the First World War . |
| 52 | Her brother who had been a soldier was killed in Flanders during the Second World War and was buried there . |
| 53 | Daughter of King Jerome , former ruler of Westphalia during the First Empire , Mathilde had eventually married Count Anatole Demidov , a Russian multi-millionaire whose morals and behaviour were such ( he frequently beat her ) that she had been separated from him . |
| 54 | Industrialisation was prompted by the failures of Europe and the United States during the Great Depression and the Second world war , leading to import substitution , rather than a conscious development policy . |
| 55 | During an , a very intensive training and organization period in the United States during the first half of nineteen forty three , and that does sound a long time ago , er we er the Three-Ninetieth Bomb Group , under the able direction of Colonel , er arrived at Parham , right here , in July nineteen forty three . |
| 56 | Nevertheless , inflation rose for some months , and production continued to grow in all major economies except the United States during the first half of 1974 . |
| 57 | In context the psychoanalysis in order to explain erm Wilson 's actions and er , attitudes in the pres presidency of the United States during the First World War , basically con concentrates on erm . |
| 58 | This dilemma has been exacerbated as a result of the development of thermonuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and is associated with the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War from the 1940s to the 1980s . |
| 59 | I can illustrate this by referring to a poem which was part of a racist leaflet circulated in Haringey during the 1987 election . |
| 60 | The family of Lad spread itself all over Kent , leaving Snodland during the 16th century . |