Example sentences of "during the opening [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A number of his contemporaries , however , willingly gave up their wealth during the opening decades of the fifth century .
2 He was said to have had a family in Belgium at one point , known Janke Adler , met Gauguin in a park , scribbled all over the statues at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts when a student in Paris , and lost all his money when the Japanese had the bad taste to conquer his rubber plantations sometime during the confused struggle for Manchuria during the opening stages of the last big one .
3 Seated in the midst of an elegant and well-informed audience , my stomach would have erupted during the opening bars of Dvorak 's Humoresque …
4 l to r : Yuichi Katoh , Chairman of JM Japan , David Davies , Mr K Noguchi , General Manager International Purchasing Department , Toyota Motor and Ken Arnold enjoy a celebratory Sake during the opening festivities
5 The event was primarily a homage to the long-awaited SAS Executive Information System , which hogged centre stage during the opening proceedings of the conference .
6 The Minister of State , Scottish Office was present during the opening speeches of this debate but he has since disappeared and has not returned since .
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