Example sentences of "during and just [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the physical point of view , the human child is at its most vulnerable during and just after birth , and it remains ‘ at risk ’ , in the actuarial sense , throughout early childhood , particularly during what our society thinks of as the pre-school years . |
| 2 | In order to describe the sequence , we need only turn to the lectures which Eliot gave during and just after its composition : here he talked almost coyly of a poem which might develop themes instrumentally and arrange transitions " comparable to the different movements of a symphony or a quartet " , of a poem elaborate enough to exercise the dramatic , descriptive and narrative talents of its maker . |
| 3 | As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free . |
| 4 | At that time , during and just after the war , Highgate was an area in which a number of scientific and academic people lived . |
| 5 | Though punctuated by frequent flash-backs to the period before , during and just after the war , temporal progression in the present is clearly marked by the development of two narrative lines which weave their ways in and out of the novel . |
| 6 | East London during and just after the war is lovingly portrayed , with an eye and ear for detail which strike a nostalgic chord . |
| 7 | Having mastered all aspects of the department 's work , Oldman rose rapidly through its senior ranks during and just after the war . |
| 8 | This can be seen in the demands for some form of parliamentary control of the making and carrying-out of foreign policy which became more frequent in one or two European states from the end of the nineteenth century and which reached a peak during and just after the First World War . |