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in the course of



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, during the course of . In the process or progress of, as in the famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence (1776), “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...” These phrases have been criticized as needlessly wordy ( in or during alone are adequate), but they have an emphatic rhythm that keeps them alive. [Mid-1600s]
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"Her employer, Lady Chisholm, said 'she could not afford to keep a servant in her house who wasn't in a position to carry out the whole of her duties', even though Jessie had wrenched her ankle running upstairs in the course of those duties", says Anabel.

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Ben, who has paused to check his phone several times in the course of their discussion, re-engages with the conversation.

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Pagels argues that the very concept of all humans being equal originated with Christ, and eventually led Christianity, in the course of 2000 years, to become the most prevalent of all religious traditions, with one-third of the world’s population identifying as Christian.

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In the course of the series, his father loses both his wife and daughter, who end their relationship with him rather than put up with the nonsense.

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"The UN has confirmed that today's incident did not occur in the course of normal EOD operations and resulted from ordnance being fired at or dropped on the building in which the team was working," he added.

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