Example sentences of "during the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 During the first day without her pills , Clare grew increasingly depressed and agitated .
2 It is always advisable to have the mare and foal checked over by your veterinary surgeon during the first day of life .
3 The accusations came during the first day of a tribunal in which Ron Thomson claims he was forced to quit his post as general manager at the trust .
4 During the first day of the hearing and following amendments of the counterclaim , which I allowed , the landlord conceded that the compromise agreement between it and C.T .
5 There would also appear to be a need for concern about the sustained elevations of heart rate and body temperature caused by aerobic training during the first trimester of pregnancy in view of the fact that elevated maternal core body temperature rises significantly with aerobic exercise .
6 ‘ Well , no odder than any other murder that takes place on stage during the first night of a new play , when the leading actor is shot dead by his understudy . ’
7 A link between these mechanisms and sudden infant death could be validated by finding prospectively a similar pathophysiology during the first event in a previously well infant .
8 The parish church ( Pfarrkirche S. Veit ) is one of the oldest examples of Austrian baroque , built during the first decade of the Thirty Years War , although the interior fittings and paintings are largely work of the eighteenth-century high baroque .
9 During the first decade of the twentieth century it became apparent that Britain could no longer sustain its role as an independent makeweight in the European balance of power .
10 During the first decade of Alexander 's reign university enrolments rose appreciably , while professional and technical colleges were expanded in line with the Great Reforms .
11 If , during the first decade of the seventeenth century , he was not yet an outspoken Copernican , he was nevertheless a virulent critic of Aristotle , soon arousing the hostility of Ludovico delle Colombe who , in seeking to protect the immutability of the heavens , had to endure Galileo 's exposure .
12 During the first decade of the eighteenth century she made further journeys through some of the southern counties and about 1712 she visited Epsom , Hampton Court , and Windsor .
13 Such ‘ consort songs ’ began to proliferate during the second half of the century and still flourished during the first decade of the next ; the viol parts soon became more animated as in the masterly hands of William Byrd whose Psalmes , Sonets , and songs of sadnes and pietie ( 1588 ) were ‘ originally made for Instruments to expresse the harmonie , and one voyce to pronounce the dittie [ text ] ’ , though he now published them ‘ framed in all parts for voyces to sing the same ’ .
14 Labourers ' wives who married at age 20 to 24 during the first decade of this century had on average 4.8 live births , or over 80 per cent more than the wives of professionals .
15 The new booklets complement those already available on assessments ( regulation 6 ) , health surveillance ( regulation 11 ) , setting in-house occupational exposure limits ( regulation 7 ) , and information , instruction and training ( regulation 12 ) and will be joined by booklets on COSHH and product distribution , contractors and occupational exposure limits for mixtures , during the first quarter of this year .
16 During the first quarter of the 19th century , the mill underwent a fair amount of rebuilding .
17 Its last rebuilding is believed to have been during the first quarter of the 19th century .
18 At No. 8/186 , with the Sternberg star over the door , was the palace of the Pötting family during the first quarter of the 18C .
19 The alcove to the left of the fireplace had a rounded arch at the top with three shelves , chock-a-block with crest china souvenirs , so much in fashion during the first quarter of this century .
20 The problem of how it comes about that individuals develop as either males or females was solved , at least in principle , during the first quarter of this century .
21 During the first quarter of this year , the company will switch to CD-Rom-based systems at 1,000 of its sites .
22 During the first quarter of this year the unit share taken by direct selling manufacturers hit an all time high of 36% , up from 34% in the fourth quarter of 1991 ( source : Romtec ) .
23 This account , written by a foreigner in London during his travels through England , is a description of ‘ corpse dressing ’ current during the first quarter of the eighteenth century .
24 During the first quarter of 1994 it says that , it will add support for Asynchronous Transfer Mode across the wide area , which will presumably require a wide area Asynchronous Transfer Mode board for the Access/One .
25 L M Ericsson Telefon AB says it signed a number of contracts during the first quarter of 1993 totalling $30m for AXE digital switching kit to extend the public telecommunications network in Liaoning Province , Peoples Republic of China .
26 This will ship during the first quarter of this year .
27 Commenting on its much improved figures ( see page seven ) , Cray Research Inc said order backlogs during the first quarter of rose to $381m from $354m in the same period a year ago , adding to positive overall quarterly earnings : John Carlson , the new chairman and chief executive , said that the contract value of orders signed was some $124m compared with just $86m in the first quarter of last year .
28 South Korean electronics companies have revised upwards their export targets for this year , encouraged by a surge in their shipments during the first quarter of this year : Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it had raised its export target to $6,200m from its original target of $5,800m , and from $4,700m last year ; Goldstar Co Ltd said it would be able to export $3,400m this year , up from its previous target of $3,200m and the $2,570m last year ; Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd says it sees a smaller increase .
29 Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 .
30 During the first quarter of 1993 , Lotus 's revenue remained flat at $127m .
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