Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the winter [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This completed the process begun in the early 1930s of concentrating generation on the most efficient stations , and using the least efficient only during the winter peaks . |
| 2 | Dr John Eagles , of the Ross Clinic in Aberdeen , recommends that anyone suffering from excessive sleepiness only during the winter months should consider the possibility of Seasonal Affective Disorder ( SAD ) . |
| 3 | Light : Good illumination from above , especially during the winter months . |
| 4 | Unemployment was less easily ignored ; it reached a peak in the winter of 1902–03 and remained high , especially in the winter months , throughout the Conservatives ' period in office . |
| 5 | It was a difficult journey , especially in the winter months when the vagaries of intemperate and often violent weather meant that remote airports could be closed down within minutes . |
| 6 | ‘ Only in the winter months , ’ conceded Bunny . |
| 7 | Those clays in fact go right across the hillside there , and they cause a lot of problems because they slope inland , and over Ritchie Hill , coming out of Newhaven , the road there is nearly always during the winter months broken by cracks which open up , and has in fact been subject to considerable reconstruction this last summer . |
| 8 | It was also during the winter months that vines were taken down from their wires and their ends tied ( often to the water pipes ) so that they formed a large bow shape . |
| 9 | He has all the same worked tirelessly through the winter months with coach Tim Tremlett , slightly changing his grip and attempting to add to his repertoire of strokes . |
| 10 | The turbine will run mainly during the winter months when the heavy rainfalls in the area ensure an abundance of fast flowing water , and it is hoped that electricity generation will start in 1991 . |
| 11 | When we arrived the weather was icy ( although there was no snow , the atmosphere was cold and dusty , since they have very little rain here during the winter months ) and everything looked a sort of browny grey colour , with no green grass and bare trees . |
| 12 | He slept soundly , even through the winter gales . |
| 13 | In Victorian times baked potato sellers were a familiar sight in most towns and cities throughout Britain , particularly during the winter months , when not only were potatoes bought for eating , they were also bought as hand warmers . |
| 14 | More efficient weed control and the autumn sowing of crops were depriving birds of resources , particularly during the winter months , making the fields highly unattractive habitats . |
| 15 | The weather in the mountains can change very rapidly , and mists can descend suddenly , particularly in the winter months . |
| 16 | has been considerable , Chairman my one concern which has in fact shared by Mrs as Mr referred in , in his letter is erm how long is this experiment should run for erm how long five point seven the first of three months , although the wording is n't , it is in fact half the recommendation , I would want to er agree with Mrs suggest that this be six months , erm because three months particularly in the winter months ca n't , ca n't really be considered a very thorough experimental period . |
| 17 | The six people at a corner table were well known to the proprietor , who saw them regularly in the winter months . |
| 18 | E.g. it is reasonable to expect all pipes and tanks in an attic to be lagged ; when a property is to be unoccupied for a period particularly over the winter months , all water tanks , pipes , etc should be drained and adequate heating provided . |
| 19 | BLACKPOOL — Since her first as leader of the Conservative Party , delivered here at the Winter Gardens in 1975 , Margaret Thatcher and her team of speechwriters have made of the conference speech a minor art form . |
| 20 | The nutritional value of grass decreases markedly during the winter months . |
| 21 | Its nutritional quality decreases markedly in the winter months and also when we have drought conditions such as we had last summer . |