Example sentences of "in [det] [adj] days " in BNC.

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1 It 's certainly made a difference to him in that four days .
2 But if she took the stallion at the end of that three weeks , he came back in another eleven days in case er she was n't settled you see .
3 Again , very often in this modern days and age , we have to leave certain electrical appliances switched on all the time do n't we ?
4 Of course in such unenlightened days no one attempted to reason with her .
5 In these heady days , Gould 's greed surpassed even his own bounds and made him capable of an ungentlemanly lack of sportsmanship .
6 It is difficult at any time to represent a large body of one 's fellows ; in these critical days of reconstruction it is harder than ever .
7 RETAIL goods are notoriously hard to shift in these dark days of recession but most high street chains manage to offload last season 's stock with a bit of discounting and persuasive salesmanship .
8 Indubitably , Buzzcocks will hardly figure strongly — or even weakly — in the NME poll , and in these dark days when Patti Smith , Loudon Wainwright or even the New York Dolls fail to make any impact on Radio One DJs , common sense is therefore not so common .
9 Escapism in these dark days of recession is an attractive option .
10 How very nice to find one in these dark days .
11 It was another American gesture , though far fewer Americans do it in these cancer-conscious days .
12 Unfortunately , the conservation side has hardly been publicised in the case of the London Zoo — and in these pro-environment days where so many people are ‘ going green ’ , this is a great shame .
13 The identity of ‘ Ted Winters ’ has not been established , but despite the definite identification of only two of the Hurricanes claimed by 7/JG 26 in the period 28 April — 1 May , A.H.Q. Malta reported that actual R.A.F. losses in these four days amounted to six Hurricanes — closely in line with the claims — four by Müncheberg , one of which was not confirmed , one by Mietusch , two by Kühdorf — apparently neither of which were confirmed — and possibly one by Johannsen .
14 Books on railways are generally expensive in these inflated days but considering the amount of work that has gone into this volume and the specialist nature of the work then £7.95 represents excellent value .
15 In these free-and-easy days people are making their own rules already .
16 Even the most cursory of examinations of the minutes of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party indicates the feverish activity which was occurring in the immediate post-war years and , in these early days , it was to be expected that mistakes would be made and that new directions would be sought .
17 However , even when the genetic indices are expressed in money terms , farmers and their advisers will need help to interpret them for their own individual situation in these early days .
18 In these early days Highlander worked with people in what we would now term industrial relations and workers ' education .
19 In these early days the Germans very much followed the Dutch leads ; indeed the regulations introduced in 1980 for restraining traffic in residential roads were a straight translation of those adopted in the Netherlands ' Woonerven .
20 In these early days there were various mottos : the first was to keep their eye off numbers , the second was to have fun , the third was not to recruit anyone and the fourth was not to defend themselves .
21 In these early days of computer-based teaching units when there is very little effective material available , it is likely that any school with a computer will try to collect such material but then it will not necessarily reach all the relevant subject teachers ; the chance of getting to H2 and browsing through the program will then depend on communications within the school .
22 Jean-Claude got accustomed in these early days to stealing .
23 In these early days I got overwhelmed very easily .
24 To return to the earlier days of the state , however , one must remark upon several other provisions of the Kanunname of Mehmed II if only to avoid giving the impression that , at least in these early days , the establishment of a hierarchy for the ulema meant that a scholar , once enmeshed in its toils , had no option but the long grind to the top of that particular profession .
25 Please remember in these early days — and I am talking before we really started the bomber offensive — we were just trying to halt the mass of Germans who were rolling through Holland and Belgium .
26 In these early days Temperance was greeted with cynicism .
27 In these early days the role of the team is largely education — liaising and working with schools , local communities , industry and , of course , ICI itself .
28 We 've never had a big dog before , but we thought in these violent days it might protect us . ’
29 ‘ We have heard in these two days several thorough and intelligent analyses of the present very complex situation in Europe .
30 okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ?
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