Example sentences of "and [adj] during the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businesses like Chartered Papermill where one of our honourable friends will be opening a new plant er shortly where they have have won awards for quality , for training and for exports , national and regional during the last three years . |
| 2 | Tom was clean and dry during the day shortly after his second birthday , but at over 3½ years old he still needs a nappy at night . |
| 3 | In Sweden arrangements for the control of foreign affairs were complex and unstable during the period 1720–72 ; but strenuous efforts were made to improve them and Gustavus III 's coup d'état in the latter year increased their efficiency . |
| 4 | For several days previously this was how it had been : hot and breezy during the day , warm and still through the night . |
| 5 | President Bush 's recent pronouncements on what is just and moral during the Gulf war left me feeling empty and bitter . |
| 6 | It 's too hot and humid during the summer , and all the labs close down after May , although it would be nice to have two apartments , one here and one there in the winter . |
| 7 | He had been uncharacteristically relaxed and jovial during the meal , which had both surprised and pleased Cleo , who 'd anticipated having to apologise for him all the time . |
| 8 | The bivalves have long geological history , with a few doubtful species known even in Cambrian strata , but like many other molluscan groups they really become established and diverse during the Ordovician . |
| 9 | The Welsh winds blew hot and cold during the National championships at the weekend taking competitors from 17 countries through hell and high water . |
| 10 | Another is Mary Seacole , the Jamaican-born nurse whose extraordinary abilities and dedication in caring for the wounded and sick during the Crimean war won her a reputation , at the time , equal to that of Florence Nightingale but who was soon forgotten , until the more recent attempts at reconstructing the history of the black presence in Britain . |
| 11 | Problems can also arise for people in urban areas , some of whom suffer from " winter depression " , making them dull and lethargic during the day and unable to sleep at night . |
| 12 | They had both been so kind , caring and helpful during the whole of Nigel 's illness — staying with him so that I could get out to shop and have a break , taking him to his hospital appointments because their car was bigger and therefore more comfortable for him , and in dozens of other , smaller but no less important ways . |
| 13 | Although the plants are dowdy looking and scentless during the day , at dusk they suddenly release a powerful ravishing scent . |
| 14 | And , indeed , the need to look after the twins , keeping them busily entertained and happy during the day , had obviously helped to keep both their minds off their troubled personal relationship . |
| 15 | The British presence was much more persistent and important during the long negotiations which led up to the Partial Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 . |
| 16 | cos is southern Italy and it was nice and sunny during the daytime , so much so that we were walking about in just T-shirts er and all the Italians that came to us said , ye well language , what on earth are you doing without your er sweater |
| 17 | Mr Reynolds often looked tired and anxious during the days preceding his operation and it was important that the ward nurses gave him opportunities to ask questions and express his fears and also ensured that he had time to rest . |
| 18 | But the explosion of post-1960s Marxism inside the London Labour Party , of which it was a symptom , became steadily more unpopular and venomous during the 1980s . |
| 19 | I had really been rather lumpish and dull during the drive from Fez : perhaps Flora had thought I had n't wanted her with us ? |
| 20 | How could she have failed to be knocked sideways by the man who , despite standing motionless and silent during the ceremony , appeared so effortlessly to dominate the proceedings ? |