Example sentences of "during the first [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first century AD a number of homesteads on islands and in coastal regions were fortified , possibly against Roman slave traders . |
| 2 | While a broad toleration of different opinions characterized Jewish religious thought as such during the first century B.C. the conflicts between political and religious leaders , especially of the Pharisaic persuasion , were murderous . |
| 3 | Many were , indeed , buried during the Hannibalic War or the civil wars after 49BC , when much of the fighting took place in Italy , but many other hoards were buried at times during the first century BC when there was no fighting there . |
| 4 | As anticipated , London W1-based software systems and consultancy Logica Plc avoided heavy losses but failed to ‘ bounce back ’ in a big way during the first half mainly because of its patchy performance . |
| 5 | Iron Towards the end of the second millennium BC , but particularly during the first millennium BC , developments in smelting technology meant that iron became available . |
| 6 | The Pazyryk ( or Altai ) carpet , as it is known , is of crucial importance ; not only does it confirm the existence of highly sophisticated hand-knotted rugs during the first millennium BC , it also strengthens the belief that rug-making was widespread through the Middle East and Central Asia , because the design is an almost exact replica of one found on a paving slab in the Assyrian royal palace at Nineveh , nearly three thousand miles away . |
| 7 | In summary , we can say that rugs were used by a number of civilizations , ranging from Greece through to Central Asia , during the first millennium BC , and were probably in existence for some considerable time before . |
| 8 | If there is any doubt about the chosen criterion for distance moved during the first step then the second step can also be analysed to ensure that the motor maintains synchronism during that excitation interval . |