Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [noun sg] during the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
| 2 | This was more than offset by $22 billion of additions , half from ‘ fallen angels ’ , formerly investment-grade debt downgraded to junk during the year . |
| 3 | Three men were sentenced to death during the French revolution . |
| 4 | A report in The Nation ( Bangkok , Thailand ) of Oct. 28 quoted a Myanma government official as saying that 1,087 people had been detained for political offences since the military takeover on Sept. 18 , 1988 , and that 100 people had been sentenced to death during the previous three months by both military tribunals and civilian courts . |
| 5 | Yeah because I had said to father during the day on Sunday , I wonder if any of our children are alive ? |
| 6 | He took part in the attack on Porto Farina , and was advanced to rear-admiral during the latter stages of the expedition . |
| 7 | These would be better able to market its strengths ( which are being shown to advantage during the Gulf war , for which Lloyd 's is putting together imaginative war insurance where other markets fear to tread ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew I had to be tolerant of any mechanical faults which were bound to surface during the year , ’ he says . |
| 9 | Their release came 10 days after over 100 civilians had died in a crowded stadium in the capital , Mogadishu , when hecklers interrupted an address by Barre and called for his resignation ; his presidential guard reportedly fired shots into the air , then fired into the crowd , and a number of people were trampled to death during the subsequent melee . |
| 10 | Although a number of companies were privatised ( some were fully transferred to the private sector , whereas in other cases only a partial stake was sold ) , the scale of the programme and the sums of money raised were relatively small when compared to privatisation during the second and third terms . |
| 11 | Areas of contention were brought to light during the summit , however , notably Austria 's objections to the other countries ' reliance on nuclear power , and opposition by Italy to admitting other states ( specifically Poland ) to the group . |
| 12 | The course is under constant review and is planned flexibly to enable tutors to respond to the needs of particular groups of students , but the following three paragraphs itemise some of the particular emphases given to language during the three years . |
| 13 | The MoD , however , wants to restrict the survey to a comparison of mortality rates among servicemen exposed to radiation during the tests with the national average . |
| 14 | ( In fact , as will be seen later , a number of them were admitted to hospital during the last twelve months of their lives and some died in hospital . ) |
| 15 | Some patients with chronic liver disease may have been followed up as outpatients and may not have been admitted to hospital during the study period and , thus , these too would not have been identified . |
| 16 | The government on March 26 rejected as " totally one-sided " a report released on March 24 by the human rights organization Amnesty International , alleging that " many hundreds , if not thousands , of people [ in India ] have been tortured to death during the last decade " . |
| 17 | An unreported incident in which 20 army officer cadets were taken to hospital during the summer after canoeing in a lake at Leek , Staffordshire , has convinced the National Rivers Authority that Britain faces a serious algae problem . |
| 18 | He felt sorry for his opponent , whose close friend and helper had been taken to hospital during the race , so he decided to give his spirits a lift by allowing him to win , but did so without letting anyone else realise exactly what was happening . |
| 19 | No. 1622 itself was released to traffic during the week ending 6th December 1884 . |