Example sentences of "than a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always bear in mind that when they flower outdoors at their natural time the temperature is unlikely to reach 60°F ( 15°C ) for more than a day or two . |
| 2 | Result — a rock-steady garden seat , built in less than a day , for less than £40 . |
| 3 | 6 October , 1835 FELIX MENDELSSOHN writes to his family from Leipzig : ‘ The day after I accompanied the Hensels to Delitzsch , Chopin arrived here ; he would not stay more than a day , and so we spent it together entirely , and played music . |
| 4 | Winners of the Treble Chance swooned at the sight of the cheque and were generally paraded to the Press and public as examples of how , at any minute , any humble citizen who had never had more than a day out at Blackpool could strike gold . |
| 5 | She had always been too conscientious , never spared herself , been afraid to leave him for longer than a day , she deserved a rest , a holiday . |
| 6 | I would take bus trips from the island to towns in southern Tunisia but they never lasted longer than a day . |
| 7 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
| 8 | Coleridge 's first meeting with Tom Poole lasted less than a day , but in that short time Coleridge was expansive both on the subject of himself and his plans for the future . |
| 9 | As a rough guide , if a fever persists more than a day or two in a child under 2 years then consider seeking advice . |
| 10 | Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement . |
| 11 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
| 12 | All records were of single birds which rarely stayed for more than a day . |
| 13 | But then , under the new rules , Messrs Smith , Marsh , Nearn et al will be no threat to the major players : only 500 low-volume type-approved cars to any one design can be made each year — a number of Marcoses , Westfields and Caterhams combined that 's less than a day 's output from Longbridge . |
| 14 | But sportsmen must retire ; their bones insist upon it , and most try to do so if not at the height of their powers — that is too much to ask , no matter how determined the vows of youth — at any rate a day before they are asked to go rather than a day after . |
| 15 | For her part Piaf once told her sister , ‘ You ca n't have a house without a man , Momone , it is worse than a day without sunshine . ’ |
| 16 | Before we 'd sailed out from Calabar more than a day , three more were born . |
| 17 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |
| 18 | ‘ We shall be in New York less than a day , ’ Ruth said . |
| 19 | Nigel had been very healthy all his life and , apart from a slipped disc and the odd bout of ‘ flu , had never been incapacitated for more than a day or so . |
| 20 | Your attack has lasted longer than a day or two , despite your self-help , or if you are having repeated attacks |
| 21 | This handmade table , which took less than a day to put together , made a great drink stand for the garden and conservatory |
| 22 | On his instructions , the bombardment was intense but lasted less than a day , its object being to take out selected points in the enemy 's defence , rather than to destroy the Austrian trenches . |
| 23 | Less than a day after the Solingen fire , they had detained two teenagers . |
| 24 | Bellsdyke unit requires nursing staff to inform medical staff and the ICN if three or more patients have symptoms of enteric illness , or if an individual has diarrhoea for longer than a day . |
| 25 | It can last for less than a day or up to three days , varying with individuals , breed , age , degree of contact with a male and geographical location . |
| 26 | Nearly three months have passed … by now a relieving force may be no more than a day 's march away , and yet you 're prepared to mortgage away your future lives as if they did not exist ! |
| 27 | But his wife was always his chief protector — he did not like her to leave his side for more than a day . |
| 28 | To begin with it is best to keep the adults for no more than a day , then let them free . |
| 29 | Trainee dealers put on debt collecting for more than a day or two at a stretch would often walk out of Harvard from sheer boredom and frustration . |
| 30 | Any worker away from the nest for more than a day will find that its smell identification badge has expired , and it will be killed . |