Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 2 | The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland . |
| 3 | Orkney Islands Council , too , tried to prevent the story appearing in the following day 's edition . |
| 4 | Sadly , the momentum gathered in the early days of my crusade had fizzled out by April , when it became obvious we were heading for Division One . |
| 5 | 10 If a boat travels 120½km the first day and 68⅘km the second day how far has the boat travelled in the two days ? |
| 6 | The allegation came on the third day of an insurance fraud trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 7 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 8 | He said in a Radio France Internationale interview broadcast on the same day that he had won 62.7 per cent of votes in the March 1989 presidential elections and that his opponents were a minority . |
| 9 | Distress is an anachronistic remedy surviving from the earliest days in the history of the lease . |
| 10 | Blood loss started about the eighth day of infection when the immature adult has developed the toothed buccal capsule which enables it to grasp plugs of mucosa containing arterioles . |
| 11 | Fighting resumed on the following day [ see pp. 36972 ; 37038 ] . |
| 12 | As sporadic fighting continued through the next day , many Nez Perce warriors became keen to withdraw . |
| 13 | The sun rose on the sixth day . |
| 14 | A UK Foreign Ministry spokesperson responded on the same day by saying that it was for Iran to make the first gesture and that the UK would " not accept Iranian intervention in [ its ] internal affairs " . |
| 15 | The Security Council voted on the same day to adopt Resolution 700 issuing guidelines to facilitate implementation of the international arms embargo against Iraq [ see p. 38165 ] . |
| 16 | The Russian Federation Security Council meeting on the same day expressed concern over arms deliveries from Romania to Moldova ( although on May 31 the Moldovan Foreign Ministry had denied Gen. Grachev 's claims that Romania was supplying Moldova with tanks , claiming that only pontoon bridges and trucks were donated ) . |
| 17 | Another law adopted on the same day recognized the principle of press freedom and decreed that the news media should abstain from encouraging intolerance between tribes or races . |
| 18 | 2 Provide any dressing equipment needed for the early days after discharge . |
| 19 | Flint-based construction company David McLean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the on-shore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 20 | Flint-based construction company David McL5ean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the onshore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 21 | However , apart from these demonstrations and an outbreak of panic buying in the last days of March , the public response to the second stage of price liberalization was muted , in marked contrast to the street protests which had greeted the first state in November 1990 [ see p. 37866 ] . |
| 22 | without any tangible benefit starting at the same day that is your , that is your problem . |
| 23 | A WOMAN whose unborn child died in the last days of her pregnancy is seeking compensation from South Tees Health Authority . |
| 24 | It is a mystery why only one genus of this formerly diverse group should have had the capacity to survive to the present day . |
| 25 | No there was a lady came round the other day , you know asking for erm volunteers to erm tape , you know , recording conversations between people and yourselves and the family , you know ? |
| 26 | Hong Kong 's partially elected Legislative Council passed on the same day a motion calling for amendments , particularly to increase provisions for democratic representation and to limit the circumstances in which emergency powers could be assumed by the Chinese authorities . |
| 27 | When the delegates from Western literature meet on the first day to pray for their existence , there is an attempted disruption of the ceremony by Muslim fundamentalists who claim to object to the Christian format of the proceedings , but , as we later discover , their real target is the elusive Gibreel Farishta whom they are trying to punish for his heretical views . |
| 28 | ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said . |
| 29 | The total number of pieces of gum used in the first day should be gradually reduced over a subsequent period of ten days . |
| 30 | If no date is specified the court would probably conclude that it was to be exercised within a reasonable period ending on the last day for exercise ( Multon v Cordell [ 1986 ] 1 EGLR 44 ) . |