Example sentences of "[adv] than [art] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We shall be in New York less than a day , ’ Ruth said . |
| 2 | But sportsmen must retire ; their bones insist upon it , and most try to do so if not at the height of their powers — that is too much to ask , no matter how determined the vows of youth — at any rate a day before they are asked to go rather than a day after . |
| 3 | She eats , sleeps , and takes exercise when she pleases ; her timetable may be geared to the night rather than the day . |
| 4 | This would suggest that the dies , rather than the day or the finished vessels , had been transported up to 160 km . |
| 5 | Sometimes bad things hung on so it was possible to remember an outing as the day the car broke down rather than the day there was a barbecue on the beach and the party went on until the tide came in . |
| 6 | Conversely , if the rent is payable quarterly in arrear the term will be taken to begin at the first moment of 26 March , so that the last payment of rent will fall due on the last day of the term rather than the day after its expiry by effluxion of time . |
| 7 | I would take bus trips from the island to towns in southern Tunisia but they never lasted longer than a day . |
| 8 | Your attack has lasted longer than a day or two , despite your self-help , or if you are having repeated attacks |
| 9 | Belinda 's heart thudded at the sound of his name , and it seemed like much longer than a day since she had last seen him . |
| 10 | ‘ We usually stay longer than a day , Felipe , ’ she murmured , her eyes on the hands that soothed Maggie 's shoulders . |
| 11 | Before we 'd sailed out from Calabar more than a day , three more were born . |
| 12 | She had herself driven over and never spent more than the day . |
| 13 | ( a ) the date on which the scheme is to come into effect , being a date not later than the day immediately before the first transfer date ; and |
| 14 | 2.8 Subject to the provisions of clause 2.9 the Landlord shall [ use all reasonable endeavours to ] carry out the Works to such a stage as would entitle the Architect to issue a Certificate in respect of all the Works not later than the day of It is essential that there is a specific date by which the certificate is to be issued even though this may be weakened by the proviso at the beginning of this clause . |
| 15 | Yet I have lived many thousands of years , and am no older now than the day my lord left me . |