Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] the first day " in BNC.
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| 1 | instead the Church preferred to use the Annunciation for the first day of the year , and this led to the adoption of 25 March , nine months before Christmas , although this choice was by no means universal . |
| 2 | Workers were brought in from all of the Eglinton properties to repair the damage of the first day and to improve the condition of the lists . |
| 3 | Despite these I always took a last look at the course on the first day of the tournament . |
| 4 | How long do you sit in the sun on the first day of your holiday ? |
| 5 | These elections concluded the business of the first day of the Leeds Congress , on which , in the words of the preamble to the constitution of the BDDA : The Deaf and Dumb of Great Britain and Ireland agree[d] to form themselves into an Association for the advancement and protection of their interests in every possible way ( in such a manner as will not interfere with the work of the existing societies ) . |
| 6 | I only discovered the truth on the first day I was able to get up . |
| 7 | That was the evening of the first day . |
| 8 | The whole of the first day 's proceedings was taken up with debate on the new presidency , again featuring accusations principally by radical deputies of the potential for authoritarianism and dictatorship . |
| 9 | There are far worse things an aspiring Test opener can do , moreover , than score a century in full view of the captain on the first day of the season . |
| 10 | The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses . |
| 11 | After the novelty of the first day , the omissions and the limitations of the rules governing the coverage are beginning to look more glaring . |
| 12 | Fighting erupted in the chamber on the first day when the eight delegates from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) raised a banner protesting against " constitutional blackmail " by the Assembly 's elderly members . |
| 13 | At the height of the first day 's debate on the Second Reading of the Local Government Finance Bill , there were six Labour Back-Bench Members present . |
| 14 | By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . |
| 15 | With West Indies 125 for 6 off fifty overs at the close of the first day , things looked good for England , but next morning Marshall and Dujon threw the bat and took the total to 178 , which in the conditions was not that bad . |
| 16 | Once again , the backbone of the innings came from Lamb and Botham , and just before the close on the first day Lamb became the first England batsman since Barrington in 1960 to score centuries in consecutive Test innings against West Indies . |
| 17 | At the end of the first day 5 Airborne Brigade has achieved its objectives . |
| 18 | The letter quoted above was begun at Didcot Station , then continued at his Cowley Road digs , and rounded off at the end of the first day of the Scholarship exam after six hours of hard writing . |
| 19 | By the end of the first day , Richards was on 200 and the score was 373 for 3 . |
| 20 | This procedure takes us through to the end of the first day . |
| 21 | At the end of the first day Ruth presented herself to Mrs Carson . |
| 22 | At the end of the first day ( a long day , which had our reporters still scribbling at 10.20 pm ) , the chart had acquired two heartfelt anonymous complaints : ‘ Working with — not against ’ and ‘ Valuing everybody 's contribution ’ . |
| 23 | At the end of the first day 's hearing before us we were told that W. 's condition had deteriorated rapidly since the hearing at first instance . |
| 24 | The clash of cultures was illustrated towards the end of the first day : ‘ Just tell us what the standards are that we should be aiming for ’ , a publisher demanded , fed up with what he called ‘ axe grinding ’ by manufacturers . |
| 25 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |
| 26 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |
| 27 | BT was five-times oversubscribed and the premium on the part-paid issue price at the end of the first day 's trading was 43p . |
| 28 | For example , the tender issue by the Virgin Group in 1986 resulted in a striking price of 140p ( with a minimum price of 100p ) and at the end of the first day 's trading the market price was still 140p . |
| 29 | On the other hand , the tender offer by Hillsdown Holdings resulted in a stagging profit as the price at the end of the first day of trading was 33p higher than the striking price of 145p ( minimum 120p ) . |
| 30 | They had ceased to bring him food at the end of the first day , taken away his carefully hoarded drop of water at the end of the second , and the third refusal had cost him his coarse blankets and the thin straw palliasse on his plank bed . |