Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] day " in BNC.

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1 The so-called ’ swan-upping ’ ceremony dates back to the fourteenth century … but nowadays its as much a fun day out as a way of keeping the swans healthy .
2 A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later .
3 She is away for hours ; perhaps a whole day .
4 Anyway , that day was obviously a lucky day .
5 It 's the Moslem Sabbath , of course , so a good day for Copts to do business on .
6 As is well known , the boycott was less than a resounding success in terms of popular reactions , and , as an organized nation-wide affair , was called off after only a single day .
7 It was found that a glass surface … is able to absorb a detectable amount of helium … from the atmosphere ( my italics ) during only a single day 's contact with the air . ’
8 Above we looked at the affairs of only a single day ; and supposed the stocks offered for sale to be already in existence .
9 Just a normal day of married life , nothing that thousands of other people did n't take for granted — but what heaven if ever that was normality for herself and Len !
10 No , just a pleasant day
11 For others it was just a great day out … a chance to sample a famous brew and spot some familiar faces like Colin Dexter , creator of TV 's Inspector Morse .
12 It was just a bad day . ’
13 It was just a wasted day .
14 His later published account describes bad food , hard work over a fourteen-hour day , beatings and injury from unguarded machinery .
15 No it 's not a nasty day .
16 It was not a great day for public transport in the Val d'Aosta .
17 Not a black day when she would n't see her father at all , but not a yellow day like Sunday , when , unless on call , he might be there most of the time .
18 This really was not a normal day .
19 Now that all the usual street noises are back in place it 's hard to think this is not a normal day .
20 Saturday was not a suitable day as it is the only day that teachers can go shopping and can see to other family matters .
21 It was not a good day for the more established pairings .
22 It was not a good day for the more established pairings .
23 TOMORROW is not a good day for Thai aquaphobes .
24 ‘ Monday 's not a good day , ’ I said , as we piled into the Citröen .
25 Not a good day , one of the worst .
26 ‘ I said , that 's not a good day .
27 It 's not a good day for us .
28 It 's not a good day
29 But that was not a good day .
30 So not a good day for City , but they should n't lose heart , as the score line the home side , and on another day might well be reversed as they were not that much difference in the goals .
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