Example sentences of "on a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , on a day with a 3000 foot cloud base , climb to 2500 feet on the first climb , then fly off leaving that thermal , using the airbrakes if necessary to come down to try to find another one at 2000 feet . |
| 2 | Tennis Interlink is run on a day to day basis by Barbara Wancke , former ITS Director of Women 's Tennis , and Isolda Montero , who serve as Managing Director and Company Secretary respectively . |
| 3 | Joss covered the route in 11 hours 30 minutes on a day of heavy rain and strong SW winds . |
| 4 | Very kind , but international players are supposed to be habitually influential , and it was Hazard who in the second half , with a few incisive passes , gifts from the heavens on a day like this , left a greater mark . |
| 5 | Italy were , however , the only casualties on a day otherwise marked by a five-hour rain delay and cold , blustery conditions . |
| 6 | One of the former Scotland manager 's old teams , Airdrie , visit Somerset Park today — on a day when the Premier Division clubs have no matches as Scotland play on Wednesday — lying third in the First Division and keen to maintain form which has helped them overcome an uncertain beginning . |
| 7 | This notable agreement between men who might be supposed to represent the opposite poles of economic ideology came on a day when Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov disclosed grim new evidence of wage inflation here , and Dr Alan Greenspan , the visiting chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board , wound up three days of discussions with Soviet ministers , bankers and economists . |
| 8 | On a day of low scoring , they finished a stroke clear of Xonia Wunsch from Spain , winner of the Italian Open two weeks ago . |
| 9 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 10 | The three of them entered a place outside time , on a day of such stillness and heat . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd think he 'd allow for that on a day the like of this . ’ |
| 12 | • Bradford specimen hunter Eddie Harrison banked this 2 lb 2 oz roach during a session on the Rive Aire in the Keighley area on a day when everyone else was blanking . |
| 13 | We leave base camp on a day that is grey and oppressive , the air full of snow . |
| 14 | ON A DAY when many people are wondering how to make a few bob out of water , somebody else showed how to make millions , in the worst possible City fashion . |
| 15 | The rumours also came on a day when B&C reshuffled top management , with chief executive Peter Goldie moved sideways to concentrate on the disposal programme . |
| 16 | ( Old hands recall how Punch , on a day off from the Paris bureau in 1955 , saw a sports car plough into the crowd at Le Mans and kill 87 people ; no other reporter from the newspaper was there , yet it never occurred to Punch to call his office . ) |
| 17 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 18 | On a day like this you could almost make yourself imagine that the old times were back , when the resort was crammed with holiday-makers for the whole of the summer season and every seaside guest house had a ‘ No Vacancies ’ sign hanging in the window . |
| 19 | There was the time we were getting off a crowded coach on a day trip to Brighton and he pushed me back into my seat . |
| 20 | On a day of heavy traffic it could take an hour . |
| 21 | What can be done on a day that is to have no subsequent day ? |
| 22 | On a day when Mr Kinnock was storming Southampton with helicopter and balloons , Prof Plant was quietly having lunch at home after a visit to his department . |
| 23 | In Yule 's book , a reporter comments that if you interview Puttnam on a day when he is depressed , you will hear all about it . |
| 24 | Not only was he shaken and upset by the accident , but , worse for him , his favourite race car suffered severe damage on a day when the Marlboro McLaren Honda team endured a series of setbacks to their own hopes . |
| 25 | The German once again posed the most serious threat to the Williams pair on a day of hot sunshine and humidity . |
| 26 | It was ironic that the union should be taking place on a day when Christian Democrats had tabled a Strasbourg motion condemning Mr Major 's refusal to sign the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 27 | On a day when Mr Kinnock was storming Southampton with helicopter and balloons , Prof Plant was quietly having lunch at home after a visit to his department . |
| 28 | ON a day when conditions were typical of what is expected at Barcelona in July , British Flying Dutchman crews proved they are no longer the lame ducks of the Olympic team by finishing first , second , fourth and fifth off Hyeres yesterday . |
| 29 | ON a day which saw a host of prophets confounded — and a month of near despair for many Conservative loyalists — the reputation of one sage is intact . |
| 30 | SIR — On a day the Daily Telegraph 's front page carried John Major 's warning that the UK faces break-up , it was somewhat ironic to read that Jamie Salmon believes it is ‘ time to send Scots , Irish into exile ’ . |