Example sentences of "[noun] on a [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've never seen the Tan Hill on a bleary winter 's day when winds are driving wet sleet over the hellhole of Sleightholme Moor and the sky and the land are welded together in one sullen , sodden grey , then you 've missed a treat . |
| 2 | The tiny Edwardian theatre has been completely refurbished and presenting the cast of its festive programme on a warm summer 's day at Churches Mansion , Nantwich , the management said it was convinced it would have packed houses every night . |
| 3 | To visit the area on a summer 's day , surrounded by picnickers , is pleasant enough , but to gaze across the four visible countries on a grey winter 's afternoon is bleak beyond belief . |
| 4 | Jagger 's record is produced by Rick Rubin , who did the honours on a Red Devils ' live album , released on Rubin 's own Def American label . |
| 5 | The event , optimistically , is ‘ due to take place on a warm summer 's evening in June ’ ( the 10th ) . |
| 6 | 1981 — AFTER a short engagement in which Charles demands that Diana call him Sir , the marriage takes place on a beautiful summer 's day on July 29 with a fairytale ceremony at St Paul 's cathederal . |
| 7 | Some then went off to the latrines behind the back of the hall , which Charlie thought smelled worse than the middle of Whitechapel Road on a steaming summer 's day . |
| 8 | Autumn has the benefit of flaming natural colours , but an outing on a sharp winter 's day , with perhaps a smattering of snow is perfect . |
| 9 | Amongst the many things Sue and Colin have worked on , the walled garden is much improved with very pretty herbaceous borders and a lawn laid out with parasoled tables and chairs , where guests can relax with a drink on a warm summer 's evening . |
| 10 | However we have seen that quantum theory places considerable restraint on a plain man 's objectivist view of the natural world . |
| 11 | With perfect bad timing Inge , the au pair , had left that very morning on a few days ' holiday , and tomorrow was Nettie the housekeeper 's day off . |
| 12 | It is interesting that there are three advisers in the Box to advise the Minister during a debate on a Back-Bench Member 's motion . |
| 13 | She seemed fascinated by Benjamin as if he was telling some mysterious tale on a cold winter 's night and she was a spectator , not a party to it . |
| 14 | The nuptial pads on a male frog 's feet enable him to grip on to the females tightly when mating . |
| 15 | There was naked bathing on a hot summer 's night after a stirring performance , there were wondering Welsh friends and neighbours up to see this phenomenon and afraid that his Welshness might be too loud : ‘ The English are afraid of us , ’ said Burton and brawled , now and then , to prove it . |
| 16 | I know nothing about radio — but I do n't need to , I realize , because , even while I watch , the waves are softly withdrawing from the wavebands , as from a beach at low tide on a calm summer 's afternoon , leaving me gazing through the darkness of my son 's bedroom at three shirts , two of them size 35 long , one of them size 32 medium . |
| 17 | A decision on a particular business 's standard terms will be a very powerful precedent in a subsequent dispute on those same terms ; however , a decision on a particular clause in one set of terms will not necessarily be a binding precedent in a case on a different set of terms . |
| 18 | The directive will not require a unified tax system , but will insist that governments recognise certain national forms of fund as equivalent for tax purposes — so that , for instance , the British government would give relief on a British resident 's contribution to a fund abroad . |
| 19 | But there clung about her something that seemed much older , ten years older , a sort of coolness — not coldness or indifference , but a limpid aloofness ; coolness in the way that one thinks of coolness on a hot summer 's day . |
| 20 | Other specialist methods of capture including the shrimp , or push , net , the drop-net , and rod and line fishing with barbless hooks , will be dealt with in a later article , as will the special methods of transporting the captives home on long journeys on a hot summer 's day , which present special problems , which need to be overcome . |
| 21 | AN animal rights fanatic who carried out a bomb attack on a crowded McDonald 's was jailed for 15 months yesterday . |
| 22 | As the board of Airtours , the tour operator , prepared to announce its interim results on a warm summer 's day in the City , caution hung in the air . |
| 23 | For further information on a particular company 's products , please circle the appropriate enquiry number on the reader service card . |
| 24 | As a result her handsome husband shrank into a shrivelled old man until he was so deformed the gods took pity on him and turned him into a cicada — one of the first creatures to excitedly greet the dawn on a warm summer 's day . |
| 25 | ‘ With all seven steam locomotives in steam outside the engine shed at Llanberis on a sultry summer 's morning , passengers have been known to have difficulty in finding the ticket office ! |
| 26 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |
| 27 | THE air around us always contains a certain amount of moisture — a lot on a humid summer 's day , less on a clear winter one . |
| 28 | To be old and unmarried still represents a cloud on a teenage girl 's horizon … |
| 29 | Premiums for private medical insurance contracts that cover physiotherapy on a general practitioner 's referral will be eligible for tax relief for the over-60s under The Private Medical Insurance ( Disentitlement to Tax Relief and Approved Benefits ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1992 , SI 1992/1619 ( 65p ) . |
| 30 | In the UK , Wyse Technology Ltd says that it will be offering Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system on a three-CPU Series 7000i/NT Intel Corp 80486-based machine , with 420Mb disk , priced at £15,100 . |