Example sentences of "and during the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , there is the aristocratic theory which defines conservatism as ‘ the ideology of a specific and unique historical movement : the reaction of the feudal-aristocratic-agrarian classes to the French Revolution , liberalism , and to the rise of the bourgeoisie at the end of the eighteenth century and during the first half of the nineteenth century ’ . |
| 2 | A sudden dedication to a foreign influence like Hegel or Derrida , brief but intense , is about the only thing there is that can cause the British to lose a sense of humour or a sense of proportion , and during the first London production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 I was reproached by strangers seated around me for laughing , though I still think it a funny play . |
| 3 | It was now ten years since he had died , and during the first year she had herself pushed the handcart out almost every day for , except for young Ben , she was on her own . |
| 4 | Continental strategy was uppermost during Marlborough 's campaigns in the war of the Spanish Succession in the eighteenth century and during the First World War , though Britain 's maritime effort was far from insignificant . |
| 5 | After a tough debate within the Miners ' Federation in 1911 — the miners were not united on the baths ' efficacy — some of the miners ' leaders collaborated with women activists in the labour movement and during the First World War brought out a pamphlet , published by the Women 's Labour League , promoting pithead baths , including testimony from Robert Smillie and the well-known feminist Kathryn Bruce-Glazier . |
| 6 | In 1981 there were thirty-seven meetings of his Cabinet and during the first term the flow of routine domestic-policy business was routed through seven cabinet committees . |
| 7 | In the summer vacation after the second year and during the first term of the third year , they will , if possible , study Persian in a Persian-speaking country . |
| 8 | It saw a slight recovery of demand for its products by the end of 1992 and during the first months of 1993 . |