Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the course of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linnaeus admitted that there was something artificial about this procedure , and hoped that in the course of ages a really natural system would be worked out . |
| 2 | However , the report further states , that in the course of communications between the pilot and Acapulco Approach and the Mexico City Control Centre , at not time did the pilot mention that his instruments , engines or flight systems were defective or functioning improperly . |
| 3 | Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed . |
| 4 | I could n't see anything , and I thought I 'd been stung by ants , but the knee became swollen and blistered and then I noticed tracks like blisters crawling up my leg from my knee , and over the course of months they went crawling up and up and round my leg — terrifying ! |
| 5 | It was a wonderful vision but over the course of centuries , the gardens became building plots , access to the new houses being obtained by demolishing part of the ground floor of a house to provide a passageway through to the new dwellings . |