Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] during [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as though unable to keep her thoughts to herself , she added with more force , ‘ I must say you 've changed during the last three years . ’ |
| 2 | The exact timing of the sensitive period differs between species ; domestic chicks , for example , only follow objects they have seen during the first three days after hatching , whereas for mallard ducklings , the phase lasts for 10–15 days after hatching . |
| 3 | How much money has been spent and how many animals have suffered during the last eight years ? |
| 4 | ‘ Of all the products we have evaluated during the last year , Knowledge Adventure 's range of products are the most innovative , enjoyable and most interesting educational/home learning titles yet . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Unlike the somewhat parochial hip hop magazines that have proliferated during the last few years , Vibe 's vibe ( assessed through a preview issue , which may be misleading ) aims for a mixed appeal . |
| 7 | The social security system was , at first , principally intended to support pensioners and , although the numbers have increased during the last forty years , the main increases in those claiming supplementary benefit ( now renamed income support , have been the unemployed and single parents ( see Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 8 | Only five naked-eye novæ have appeared during the last twenty years , and there have not been many more within binocular range . |
| 9 | This chapter is relatively succinct and goes little further than identifying the major ideas concerning classification theory that have emerged during the twentieth century and before , and indicating their applications . |
| 10 | Bryan Wilson ( 1970 ) has contributed some very useful sub-divisions of the sect category and various sociologists have tried to classify the new religions that have emerged during the second half of the present century in an attempt to find some order in the enormous variety of beliefs , practices and organisations that are manifested in these movements ( eg Beckford , 1985 ; Wallis , 1983 ) . |
| 11 | Despite much discussion these days of the ‘ entrepreneurial personality , ’ few of the entrepreneurs with whom I have worked during the last 30 years had such personalities . |
| 12 | It 's an important question , because unless we remember the past , we 'll forget how much we have achieved during the last years . |
| 13 | Figures for the 70s and 80s show that , in total , about 75,000 people have emigrated during the first 85 years of this century , and emigration is still popular in 1990 . |
| 14 | Case studies of three examples of corporate reorganisation consider the way in which corporate structures have changed during the last two decades , and the implications of this for the geography of service production . |