Example sentences of "during the [num ord] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 2 | But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours . |
| 3 | Taken together , these results suggest that proteins synthesized from pre-existing mRNA are required for the maintenance of LTP during the first few hours ( corresponding to LTP2 in the classification shown in Box 1 ) . |
| 4 | Fear had been at its pitch during the first few hours and days . |
| 5 | During the first few winter holidays I went out on our pony with the Teme Valley , the local pack of hounds that hunted the rough hill country on the Welsh border . |
| 6 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 7 | During the first few weeks in a Home everyone concerned with the resident , and of course the resident too , will be thinking about the best care for the person . |
| 8 | During the first few weeks , it 's important that you spend as much time as possible with a new resident , getting to know them and their family and working on their care plan . |
| 9 | The following quotations illustrate the widely differing views of this common problem : ‘ During the first few weeks of life the average baby sleeps a great deal but , when awake , cries lustily and often … . |
| 10 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £195 for the day classes and £171 for evening classes payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
| 11 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £98 — payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
| 12 | Courtney , in his own evidence , claimed to have heard that Miss C gained a reputation for being ‘ easy ’ during the first few weeks of her stay at University College . |
| 13 | There were insufficient vehicles in the first delivery to work the whole service between Sutton and Croydon and several of the earlier 1–60 batch ex-L.U.T. trolleybuses , known as ‘ Diddlers ’ because of the clicking noise their contactors made , had to be used during the first few weeks . |
| 14 | During the first few weeks , check that they have n't been lifted by frost or pecked out by birds . |
| 15 | The bombing was concentrated both in terms of space and time ; a small number of East End London boroughs bore the brunt of the damage , typically Stepney and Bermondsey , during the first few weeks of the Blitz in late 1940 . |
| 16 | Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted . |
| 17 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 18 | Some of our final year students who were soon to be ordained , feeling the need for some kind of support system , especially during the first few years of ministry , decided to create their own cells . |
| 19 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 20 | Walnut was used for the bodies and necks during the first few years of production but later Gibson switched to mahogany as this proved to be a more stable material , with less material wastage during the timber selection procedure . |
| 21 | During the first few years after the British first gained control over the Low Country there was much administrative confusion . |
| 22 | This is not to denigrate what the Six did achieve economically and politically during the first few years of the organisation . |
| 23 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 24 | The notion that parents can exert a particularly profound influence during the first few years — an influence that will remain throughout life and can not be eradicated by subsequent experience-is certainly widespread . |
| 25 | ADOLESCENT SUB-FERTILITY ( OR SUB-FECUNDITY ) — A physiological condition of teenage girls during the first few years following menarche , when their fecundity has not yet reached that of the level of adult women . |
| 26 | The influential work of John Bowlby has led many people to believe that any kind of mother-child separation during the first few years of a child 's life should be avoided . |
| 27 | During the first few nights he had found sleep almost impossible . |
| 28 | During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 . |
| 29 | Proteins from foods can also pass through the stomach during the first few months , and so lead to problems . |
| 30 | It was a fact that quite easily became disheartening during the first few months of captivity . |