Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the first day " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The total number of pieces of gum used in the first day should be gradually reduced over a subsequent period of ten days . |
| 3 | The announcement came on the first day of a planned four-day general strike called by the Confederation of Trade Unions ( CTU ) to protest at the country 's perilous economic situation [ see p. 38836 ] . |
| 4 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of March 22 , evidence produced at the first day of the trial " implicated Tanay and other top brass " . |
| 5 | Table 18–2 shows the price at which some of the early privatizations were offered for sale and compares this with the free market price established on the first day of trading on the stock market . |
| 6 | As a panicked organiser confided on the first day : ‘ There is complete chaos here , everyone is allowed to speak . ’ |
| 7 | The deluge began on the first day of September 1963 . |
| 8 | Walking exercises your legs and buttock muscles and builds up stamina , but a few add-on exercises will really pay dividends — though you might still have trouble standing after the first day on your skis . |
| 9 | In a three-hour government work report delivered on the first day of the two-week session , Premier Li Peng presented the draft outline of the five-and 10-year plans . |
| 10 | A joint statement released after the first day of the summit stressed that both Germanys had to act responsibly , and take into account the concerns and interests of their neighbours and allies in East and West . |
| 11 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 12 | In his ‘ Thought for the day ’ , on Radio Scotland , on 29th April , our Minister told of his family 's ‘ drawer ’ , where cherished things were kept , such as ‘ old football programmes , an envelope postmarked on the first day of the Queen 's reign , the autograph of Sir William Smith , founder of the B.B. ’ He explained that such things , if given to us , could be sold to feed the world 's hungry people . |