Example sentences of "[adj] days [prep] [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | If any body governed Athens from day to day , it was the council of 500 , which met on about 300 days in the year , and which had , among other duties , the task of preparing the agenda for meetings of the assembly . |
| 2 | Times change ; the magic of those last lingering minutes of twilight on one of the longest days of the year , still remains . |
| 3 | Even so , there were 129 days during the year when ozone exceeded the federal safety standards , and on 100 of those days public health warnings were issued . |
| 4 | To coincide with the Year of the Maze , Chatsworth 's famous yew labyrinth is being opened for just a few days during the year , the next openings being on August 18 and September 15 . |
| 5 | ( Many of us take a few days off a year due to PMS , but about one in five women takes a fortnight or more ) . |
| 6 | How far " out " , were the Greeks in believing that there were 360 days in a year ? |
| 7 | In 1970 the Los Angeles County exceeded the California standard for oxidant ( 0.10 ppm ) on 241 days of the year . |
| 8 | The charter does not specify 14 minutes in urban areas and 19 minutes in rural areas during weekdays ; it sets that standard for seven days a week , 365 days of the year . |
| 9 | However , 100% supervision , even of early solo flying , is impractical for 365 days in the year as there are bound to be moments when the instructor 's attention is diverted . |
| 10 | On many days of the year the traditional religious calendar forbade business of any sort . |
| 11 | I know of numerous lady golfers who would be delighted to do this , indeed who would be happy to pay exactly the same as the full male members , provided , of course , that they had equal rights on all days of the year . |
| 12 | The faculty welcomes enquiries from prospective entrants and holds visiting days during the year ( see Schools Liaison section at the front of this prospectus ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Coast defence work is necessary because the area is flooded 50 days of the year , and we have more chance of attracting business investment by removing the threat of flooding . |
| 14 | Bicheiros might be wanted criminals for 362 days of the year , only to turn monarchs during the pre-Lenten pageant , samba-dancing arm in arm with governors , mayors and other overworld glitterati . |
| 15 | The training of the militia was costly , for men were paid a wage of 8d. a day during training , usually for ten days in the year , and the purchase of equipment and ammunition had to be added to this . |
| 16 | [ R. W. Murray , Edward Alanson and his Times , 1914 ; T. H. Bickerton , A Medical History of Liverpool from the Earliest Days to the Year 1920 , 1936 ; John A. Shepherd , A History of the Liverpool Medical Institution , 1979 . ] |
| 17 | What accountability rests on is that those particular representatives of the local authority have the opportunity to ask any question and have it answered at any time during the three hundred and sixty five days of the year in which we operate , and they are in a specially privileged position to challenge , or question , or talk about , or have answered — any particular point with regard to the work we 're involved with . |
| 18 | A man can enjoy outdoor exercise on all but five days in a year " [ and this ] has been echoed by most energetic Englishmen … |
| 19 | One foreign ministry clerk in the early years of the twentieth century " soon decided that it was not worth the trouble to go to the office to sleep when I could sleep more comfortably in my own bed or pass my time in more interesting or more amusing tasks " , while an Italian ambassador is said to have spent only fifteen days of a year in residence in a post which he disliked . |
| 20 | It turned out to be one of the windiest days of the year for the delicate process of winching the three ton cross to the west end of the cathedral nave . |
| 21 | This is one of the most providential days of the year when the onus is on you to take up an idea and run with it . |
| 22 | EASTER weekend is one of the busiest days of the year in such job-starved places as St Ives , Newquay and Falmouth and it is hardly any quieter in Blackpool , Southport and Morecambe . |
| 23 | Arch-rival Burger King in Newcastle 's bustling Northumberland Street was packed with Christmas shoppers and lost more than £1,000 in takings on one of its busiest days of the year . |
| 24 | Kempton , Newton Abbot and Wincanton keep the industry moving on what is traditionally one of the busiest days of the year . |
| 25 | If everyone can manage this we will all be able to go on quietly shaving our heads , lighting our candles , starving ourselves on particular days of the year — and no-one will mind or probably even notice . |
| 26 | There are ten public holidays and two floating days in a year . |
| 27 | There are ten public holidays and two floating days in a year . |
| 28 | It was a day lying hidden among all the other days of the year , so that she noticed nothing when it came round , and did not know what week , month , season or year it would be . |
| 29 | The mill is open to the public on certain days of the year . |
| 30 | The landowner could terminate the tenancy at his pleasure , but , given the nature of farming , at pleasure would normally mean giving notice on certain days of the year , and allowing the tenant six months , principally in order to gather such crops as he may have planted . |