Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] up during the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The gangs were called up during the war . |
| 3 | And er really when you sort of l look at the children who were born during the war and were brought up during the war , they 're all pretty strong and healthy . |
| 4 | B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years . |
| 5 | While it lasted , the Auxiliary did good work , but after the President 's death it declined and eventually was wound up during the Glasgow Congress in 1920 . |
| 6 | Such attitudes were reinforced by the increased contact with more remote societies as tropical Africa was opened up during the later decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees . |
| 9 | When a joint committee of CST and CASS was set up during the debates , it was chaired by Sir Alan Richmond , who described it as ‘ the most difficult committee I have ever chaired in my life ’ . |
| 10 | It was laid up during the war and last ran in 1962 . |
| 11 | Stewart , who managed England 's Test side for six years and steered them to successive World Cup finals , said : ‘ When I was brought up during the war , serving Queen and country meant a lot to my generation . |
| 12 | 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 . |