Example sentences of "[vb pp] during [art] [num ord] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impersonal and durable character of these rights was highlighted during the last years of Louis VII 's reign , in the use in charters of the phrase corona regni ( the crown of the kingdom ) , a phrase which marked out royal rights from princely by asserting their value to the kingdom as a whole . |
| 2 | It 's an important question , because unless we remember the past , we 'll forget how much we have achieved during the last years . |
| 3 | Only one major new church , St Giles , Cripplegate , London , was constructed during the last years of Henry VIII 's reign . |
| 4 | The local press , which had flourished during the last years of colonial rule , had been allowed to die . |
| 5 | Relations with the USA , which had improved during the first years of Rajiv Gandhi 's government , came under strain in 1987 due to the US decision to grant large military aid packages to Pakistan , including early warning surveillance aircraft , and to Indian fears of a Pakistani nuclear bomb . |