Example sentences of "the day [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting the government 's abandonment of the PWRs in the context of the study , the conclusion must be that it decided that , under market force rules , carbon dioxide had to be allowed to win the day over nuclear power . |
| 2 | The agent then walked away with a constable , ostensibly in arrest , but whether they spent the day over the brow of the hill twiddling their thumbs I can not say . |
| 3 | They both made a dive for it , but Rory 's litheness and agility won the day over bulk and sheer brute strength , and she hit the ground at a roll , grabbing the revolver and jumping to her feet again in one graceful , almost balletic movement . |
| 4 | Guisborough 's 26–0 home victory North Durham carried the day over Whitby 's 22–0 success Seaton Carew . |
| 5 | ‘ For a lot of the mums it 's a chance to do the day over again' Here comes the bride … probably in a coach and four , and cocooned in all the marital candyfloss that is now ‘ de rigueur ’ for the perfect day , writes Joan McAlpine All the frills of the fair Pictures by DAVID MITCHELL |
| 6 | Hold onto all you have experienced in the day through your writing : write about everything you have touched . |
| 7 | But the record does not bear this out : as our survey of the evidence has shown , persistence of basic economic aims and of common responses has been the order of the day through successive changes in government . |
| 8 | Yet it is probably fair to suggest that few people could have been immune from the implications of the party struggle at Westminster , since decisions taken by the central government often had a direct affect on ordinary people 's lives , and few people could have avoided being exposed to the political controversies of the day through the various media of propaganda . |
| 9 | Guinness was moving against the market trend , ending the day off 12 at 576p . |
| 10 | On 22 July , David Titcombe , Rhoda 's brother , took the day off work . |
| 11 | Mary , my eldest sister , had taken the day off work and had washed the curtains but for lack of time to dry them properly had hung them back up wet . |
| 12 | Her mother , anxious to get to work , had given her the day off school . |
| 13 | Would you be wagging the day off school then ? |
| 14 | On Monday , a number of our members took the day off work to help us set up our bar and begin to take deliveries and start tapping some of the beer . |
| 15 | The 1979 general election ‘ because we got the day off school ’ provided the nine-year-old with his first political memory . |
| 16 | Trowark joined his father Jelbert and brother Jago on the fishing boats of Newlyn and in time learnt to knit — a craft popular among fishermen of the day as a way of passing time on long voyages . |
| 17 | At least you 'll be able to choose where you go , Mum had said , giving her the day as a treat . |
| 18 | The uniform hour of sixty minutes soon tended to replace the day as the fundamental unit of labour time in the textile industry . |
| 19 | According to Smith , the illness was described in the language of the day as a putrid fever with buboes on the face and body , which caused Dr Crawford to compare it to the plague . |
| 20 | Her Majesty 's Parliamentary Opposition have of course a duty to oppose the Government of the day as part of their constitutional function . |
| 21 | It would seem that everything between them has been ruined — but no , they decide to treat the day as if it had never been ; and when he has gone Emily picks up her goose-quill pen and again writes ‘ Dear Edmund ’ . |
| 22 | a regular glass of beer or sherry to give a high spot to the day as a morale booster , and following a long held habit ( Roberts , 1988 ) ; |
| 23 | Often the change in relationship that occurs as the parents work on the initial problem areas will generalize to other times of the day as the parent gains confidence and authority . |
| 24 | The Association , who are rebuilding Modified Hall 7903 Foremarke Hall , are running the day as a fundraising event which will include sideshows , a fun-fair and , of course , steam specials . |
| 25 | for example , many city office workers regard the main stress of the day as the difficulties in getting from home to work and back again with work as a relatively relaxed period between . |
| 26 | These are ‘ low ’ standards compared to those of many other housewives in the sample , and the routine is there , but it is not anchored nearly so securely to set times of the day as Barbara Lipscombe 's . |
| 27 | It is also hoped that No 506 will be in use during the day as one of the rostered locos . |
| 28 | Ah yo sa so you use the day as a , as a , as a reason to have that event ? |
| 29 | If we are expecting a good level of practice from proprietors , whether private proprietors or statutory , then we have not to expect them to be out of pocket at the end of the day as a result . |
| 30 | You know the money that that you 're paying in A B Cs is n't classed at the end of the day as erm reckonable service . |