Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] during the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , he suggested that the principle of the exemption of the civilian population from being an intentional object of warfare had been so whittled down during the Second World War and in post-1945 treaties as to cease to offer reliable guidance except in the most unambiguous circumstances . |
| 2 | Despite this apparent lack of interest at high level , detail work must have been carried on during the next two years , for Gordon Thomas , together with the signatories of the memorandum , took out two patents relating to the lift . |
| 3 | His jacket was torn off during the first verse and his shirt during the second , then the Little Sweep realized he had made a monumental error and tried to tell the two schoolmasters not to remove his trousers . |
| 4 | The Government 's being urged to stop developers bulldozing a site where vital intelligence work was carried out during the Second World War . |
| 5 | Employers constantly gnawed at the high level of wages which had been built up during the First World War . |
| 6 | He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work . |
| 7 | Will he take a personal interest in stopping this scandalous dumping and make sure that the overshoot is clawed back during the next two years , the time remaining to the EC-Chinese trade agreement ? |
| 8 | In Nottinghamshire no less than 164,508 ‘ presumed pickets ’ were turned back during the first 27 weeks of the strike ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 154 ) . |
| 9 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
| 10 | Until the South African mines were opened up during the last decade of the nineteenth century , diamonds were obtained exclusively from alluvial deposits , often those which also produced gold . |
| 11 | The ‘ standing army ’ of over a million unemployed was mopped up during the first year of hostilities , and between 1939 and 1943 almost 3 million jobs were added to the labour market , including many jobs for women . |
| 12 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act means that three new independent radio services and a fifth television channel will be set up during the next Parliament . |
| 13 | B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years . |
| 14 | A few co-operatives have been set up during the last 25 years . |
| 15 | I am also in no doubt about the amount of devoted hard work that has gone on during the last four years . |
| 16 | To make the needle fit the groove , the disc contained abrasive material , so the tip would be ground down during the first two or three revolutions . |
| 17 | In that log book , which he showed me later , was the name , port and country of origin , of every ship that had passed through during the last eight and a half years , together with her age and condition , her destination , and of course the name of the captain and details of the cargo . |
| 18 | But if the negotiators do allow them to fail after all , or if the United States Congress rejects any compromise that may be worked out during the next two months , the effects will be disastrous . |
| 19 | But although Biarritz still has a statue of Queen Victoria , that of Edward VII was blown up during the Second World War , on political rather than aesthetic or moral grounds it is said . |