Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] first day of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps the most punishing — and undeserved — losses had been suffered by von Zwehl 's VII Reserve Corps , which had done so brilliantly in the first days of the battle . |
| 2 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 3 | The agreement was a verbal agreement only on the first day of the new year and the two of them agreed to share profits equally . |
| 4 | But all the first-year students had arrived together on the first day of term and sought out the one fixed event in the university calendar , the Freshmen 's Fayre . |
| 5 | These can be thought of as two separate systems with the non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts forming the core authorities ( see fig. 3.1 ) The first local councils under the 1972 Act were elected in 1973 and after a year of preparation , took office formally on the first day of April 1974 . |
| 6 | It was Dad ( as I now knew Malc 's father ) who opened the door at 6.45 p.m. on the first day of 1967 . |
| 7 | In France a new press bureau for war purposes was set up in the first days of fighting . |
| 8 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 9 | Right from the first day of term the two of them started wandering round together during the morning-break and in the lunch-hour . |
| 10 | Under hypnosis she was taken back to the first day of her stay in hospital — the day before the operation itself . |
| 11 | First the next coupon payment is added to ( 8.8 ) and then the whole sum is discounted back to the first day of the delivery month . |
| 12 | Master Mansell INDYCAR points leader Nigel Mansell turned in the second fastest time today in the first day of qualifying for tomorrow 's Detroit Grand Prix . |
| 13 | Some signs of their emergence can be seen even in the first days of the " new diplomacy " . |
| 14 | Interestingly enough , broadside probably derives from the naval tactic of firing all the guns from one side of a ship of war at once , without giving the recipient the necessity of awaiting installments Such sheets are of historic importance , since they date back to the sixteenth century , when popular poems and ballads were issued in this form ; and royal and official proclamations took to the streets in this guise almost from the first days of printing . |
| 15 | Pam was there from the beginning , or at least from the first day of school . |
| 16 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 17 | Then she brought him her account book , which she had kept faithfully from the first day of opening her house , and showed him the state of things . |