Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the salutary scepticism of David Hume this scholastic convention has survived right down to the present day and is perhaps best explained by saying that when intellectuals who have the mental habits of university professors are invited to specify the distinguishing criteria of human beings they end up by producing a self-image of themselves . |
| 2 | The collapse of the Empire in 1814 and the fall of Napoleon I brought about a dispersal of the Imperial House and although the return of Napoleon from Elba in 1815 led to a restoration of the family fortunes , it was all over in the Hundred Days . |
| 3 | In a special feature , Graham also flicks through the seed catalogue from Victorian times right through to the present day and comes up with some very interesting results . |
| 4 | But the idea — current indeed in Anglican circles until the last century — that Jesus ‘ ordained ’ twelve men ( who became the first ‘ bishops ’ ) , who subsequently laid their hands on the heads of others , and so forth down to the present day , can certainly not be allowed to stand . |
| 5 | way back in the old days but Now then , |
| 6 | Theatres were closed during the Cromwellian period , but with the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 came Court comedy and the beginning of the ‘ comedy of manners ’ which has , in one way or another , been popular right up to the present day . |
| 7 | From this turning-point , enclosure and drainage were to shape both lives and landscape in the English countryside , right up to the present day . |
| 8 | Here you will meet favourite characters from stage and screen , also learn about the activities and suppression of piracy right up to the present day . |
| 9 | From the primitive algae of the Archaeozoic era , which ultimately would continue as mosses and fungi right up to the present day , there was a branching off of the lycopodiates , early ferns , cycladals and filicales . |
| 10 | Illert , through his research , is now in a position to rigorously describe the shapes of past , present and future shell forms , and as sea shells are amongst the best preserved of all fossils , we have a progression throughout the entire fossil record from the Pre-Cambrian era right up to the present day . |
| 11 | From the Golden Age of the Renaissance , through the days of the Grand Tour and right up to the present day , Italy has been the Golden Land . |
| 12 | Of course , all such early introductions have many times been added to if not replaced by others right up to the present day . |
| 13 | References to the delírio , the madness of hunger , can be found as early as the sixteenth century in the writings of Portuguese navigators , and it is a recurring theme in Brazilian literature right up to the present day . |
| 14 | The Scottish Teacher Training Course , 1977–1983 was run by Rata Quick , whose notable memories include Scottish hospitality , her first taste of malt whisky , the view from Inverclyde across to the snow covered by skyline of Arran , worn Georgian stone stairs ( 80 to the top flat ) , friends founds and kept right up to the present day , and years of wonderful companionship in shared enjoyment of music and movement the Medau way . |
| 15 | The ongoing development is continued in the story right up to the present day and it is very interesting to see the numerous designs which have been tried , tested and put into operation . |
| 16 | So really man 's costume changed very little , and in fact , apart of the cut of the jacket , and the type of hat you wore , it carried on right up to the present day . |
| 17 | Look good right up to the big day with Young Additions . |
| 18 | It also meant constant fighting right up to the last day , and for Bomber Command no let-up in the night by night sorties into enemy skies . |
| 19 | ‘ They built things differently back in the old days . |
| 20 | In 1963 came the signing of the Anglo-French agreement to build Concorde ( or ‘ Concord ’ as it was at first spelled in Britain ) , and the video faithfully traces it right back to the earliest days of its conception . |
| 21 | Limited numbers at the Dr Karrass Effective Negotiating Workshop ensure that you get the most out of the two day sessions . |
| 22 | Even up to the final days the movement of the young fish can be seen by using a strong eye-glass . |
| 23 | Even up to the present day some composers still use this conflict of tonalities as one of their technical resources . |
| 24 | The Canadian model has a curious corollary , which was to have an unhappy future , extending almost down to the present day . |