Example sentences of "during the autumn " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the autumn of 1955 Bishop Wand of London retired and the health of Archbishop Garbett of York failed . |
| 2 | Gardeners are often inadvertently responsible for hedgehog losses during the autumn by being over-zealous in tidying up their gardens . |
| 3 | Setting up of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell had been agreed in October 1945 ; approval to build the first British atomic pile for the production of plutonium had been given in December ; the Chiefs of Staff had stated their requirement for a British manufactured atomic bomb in January 1946 ; William Penney ( later Sir William ) had begun to plan the Atomic Weapons Section of the Armaments Research Establishment , of which he was Director , in mid-1946 ; the Air Ministry placed its first requisition for an atomic bomb on the Ministry of Supply in August ; and Lord Portal , the wartime Chief of Air Staff , who had become Controller of Atomic Energy in the Ministry of Supply , sought a mandate from the Prime Minister to set atomic bomb development in train during the autumn of 1946 . |
| 4 | The administration was , however , disturbed by the angst-ridden quality of German policy during the autumn . |
| 5 | As the chlorophyll disappears during the autumn , the leaves turn fiery red , garnet or umber . |
| 6 | Thus during the autumn of 1938 , support for the District by the two new resident tutors in Essex and Norfolk was assured and known to both the Cambridge Board and to the WEA . |
| 7 | But during the autumn of 1938 , the distaste that Hampden Jackson felt over the Board 's machinations was expressed in a personal note to Jacques : |
| 8 | There are already signs ( I am actually writing this during the autumn of 1982 ) of a return to Community Arts . |
| 9 | The office was linked to , but separate from , that of Chief Huntsman ( Grand Veneur ) , whose staff consisted of Captains and Lieutenants resplendent in green and gold , whose duty it was to organize the Imperial hunts , particularly — during the autumn season — those which were held at Compiègne . |
| 10 | The novel probably began to take shape during the autumn of 1888 , although it was not published until 1891 . |
| 11 | On top of all this , the police received , during the autumn of 1988 , an average pay rise of 8.5 per cent , well above the rate of inflation at the time . |
| 12 | During the autumn of that year , more than five million people took to the streets of Europe in support of the cause of European disarmament . |
| 13 | In 1933 a scheme was launched for classes to be held for schoolboys during the autumn term under the management of the Corinthians , the amateur club , with Arsenal as sponsors and Chapman taking classes in basic skills , positional play and training . |
| 14 | At their first meetings in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 each had at once recognized in the other a man of extraordinary abilities . |
| 15 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 16 | During the autumn of 1939 it was decided to release one of the vehicles from each train and insert a Staff , Mess and Recreation Car , completely equipped with cooking apparatus , ample water supplies and seating facilities . |
| 17 | Counts in Chichester and Pagham Harbours , illustrated in Fig. 6 , have shown that most Oystercatchers are present in Sussex during the autumn migration from July to November . |
| 18 | In half the years covered by counts a distinct double peak has been evident during the autumn movements , in August/September , and again between late October and early December . |
| 19 | The quantitative results were analysed by the Survey Research Unit of the Polytechnic of North London , during the autumn of 1984 . |
| 20 | In his study of a herd of red deer F F Darling noted that during the autumn rutting season stags used their antlers to masturbate . |
| 21 | Here , the planting is mixed — perennials will transform the garden in summer but at this time of year they 're invisible , having been cut back and mulched during the autumn . |
| 22 | Accountancy Courses and Conferences is holding a series of half day Pay and File Roadshows around the country during the autumn and spring . |
| 23 | At the time , Gallacher was a leading figure in the engineering shop stewards ' movement , whose narrowly craft-based militancy was expanding to embrace other issues and other grades of workers during the autumn of 1917 . |
| 24 | During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management . |
| 25 | The eyes even seemed to watch me when , during the autumn , I often picked wild blackberries at the end of the platform . |
| 26 | Mozart began work on the music during the autumn of 1780 , and in November the archbishop somewhat grudgingly released him to complete the work in Munich . |
| 27 | During the autumn Mozart was commissioned by the emperor to write another opera buffa , again to a libretto by Da Ponte . |
| 28 | During the autumn and winter keep the compost from drying out completely , which means providing some kind of protection over the plant . |
| 29 | The most immediate consequence was the swingeing repression carried out during the autumn and winter of 1934–5 . |
| 30 | If leaves are a problem during the autumn months , the machine can be converted into a garden vacuum . |