Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] the first day " in BNC.
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| 1 | instead the Church preferred to use the Annunciation for the first day of the year , and this led to the adoption of 25 March , nine months before Christmas , although this choice was by no means universal . |
| 2 | Workers were brought in from all of the Eglinton properties to repair the damage of the first day and to improve the condition of the lists . |
| 3 | Despite these I always took a last look at the course on the first day of the tournament . |
| 4 | How long do you sit in the sun on the first day of your holiday ? |
| 5 | If the verderers ( or their heirs , if the verderers had died in the mean time ) failed to present their rolls to the judges on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or if their rolls were deficient in any material particular , they were liable to amercement . |
| 6 | These elections concluded the business of the first day of the Leeds Congress , on which , in the words of the preamble to the constitution of the BDDA : The Deaf and Dumb of Great Britain and Ireland agree[d] to form themselves into an Association for the advancement and protection of their interests in every possible way ( in such a manner as will not interfere with the work of the existing societies ) . |
| 7 | I only discovered the truth on the first day I was able to get up . |
| 8 | That was the evening of the first day . |
| 9 | With a sinking heart , Mildred moved miserably through all the chores of the first day , unpacking robes , arranging the new books in her desk , feeding the cat , and innumerable small tasks till at last it was bedtime . |
| 10 | But it 's your chance to talk about what 's going on ; here we are , day two of the Gulf conflict , and erm all the sounds on the first day were very optimistic from an allied point of view , but are we getting too optimistic ? |
| 11 | The whole of the first day 's proceedings was taken up with debate on the new presidency , again featuring accusations principally by radical deputies of the potential for authoritarianism and dictatorship . |
| 12 | There are far worse things an aspiring Test opener can do , moreover , than score a century in full view of the captain on the first day of the season . |
| 13 | The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses . |
| 14 | After the novelty of the first day , the omissions and the limitations of the rules governing the coverage are beginning to look more glaring . |
| 15 | Fighting erupted in the chamber on the first day when the eight delegates from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) raised a banner protesting against " constitutional blackmail " by the Assembly 's elderly members . |
| 16 | At the height of the first day 's debate on the Second Reading of the Local Government Finance Bill , there were six Labour Back-Bench Members present . |
| 17 | Being invited to commence the proceedings on the first day , an insight into modern journalism , techniques and railway photography in both colour slide form and black and white mediums proved most interesting . |
| 18 | By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . |
| 19 | With West Indies 125 for 6 off fifty overs at the close of the first day , things looked good for England , but next morning Marshall and Dujon threw the bat and took the total to 178 , which in the conditions was not that bad . |
| 20 | Once again , the backbone of the innings came from Lamb and Botham , and just before the close on the first day Lamb became the first England batsman since Barrington in 1960 to score centuries in consecutive Test innings against West Indies . |
| 21 | At the end of the first day 5 Airborne Brigade has achieved its objectives . |
| 22 | The letter quoted above was begun at Didcot Station , then continued at his Cowley Road digs , and rounded off at the end of the first day of the Scholarship exam after six hours of hard writing . |
| 23 | By the end of the first day , Richards was on 200 and the score was 373 for 3 . |
| 24 | This procedure takes us through to the end of the first day . |
| 25 | At the end of the first day Ruth presented herself to Mrs Carson . |
| 26 | At the end of the first day ( a long day , which had our reporters still scribbling at 10.20 pm ) , the chart had acquired two heartfelt anonymous complaints : ‘ Working with — not against ’ and ‘ Valuing everybody 's contribution ’ . |
| 27 | At the end of the first day 's hearing before us we were told that W. 's condition had deteriorated rapidly since the hearing at first instance . |
| 28 | The clash of cultures was illustrated towards the end of the first day : ‘ Just tell us what the standards are that we should be aiming for ’ , a publisher demanded , fed up with what he called ‘ axe grinding ’ by manufacturers . |
| 29 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |
| 30 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |