Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [det] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge Allen told Clarke : ‘ Nothing this court can do can remedy the harm caused by your decision to drive on that day . ’ |
| 2 | This sad cycle of drought , deforestation and desertification continues to this day as the Sahara grows year by year . |
| 3 | The council meeting on that day tackled the question of how to pay for the coronation and the longer-term problem of household expenses . |
| 4 | The council meeting on that day tackled the question of how to pay for the coronation and the longer-term problem of household expenses . |
| 5 | Diana is later to tell friends their marriage died on that day . |
| 6 | Somehow , perhaps because of the retention of the ancient stones and bell tone , the air of monastic mystery and peace pervades to this day and is easily absorbed in this small environment of stillness and solitude . |
| 7 | On 6th December 1967 , the Forth Harbour Re-organisation Scheme became law by virtue of a Confirming Act passed on that day . |
| 8 | They were charged that they did contrive , design and plot to murder MOIR NcILCHENICH widow of Ellister for mere avarice and covetousness to attain to her money which they supposed she had lying by her in her house and in pursuance of this plot did upon some day of April 1698 in dead time of night murder her by strangling her with her own belt and thereafter threw her body over a rock into the sea so that the deed was not discovered for some time . |
| 9 | This type of alteration in the appearance of the eye goes on all day , as the animal moves from light to shade and back again , and it is so common a shift that it tends to obscure the other pupil changes that are taking place . |
| 10 | Somewhere , deep down , his body lies to this day . |
| 11 | Some modern footgear and small sized chocks would have been better than acid drops on that day ! |
| 12 | Deland 's business survives to this day but , then , as now , it concentrates on lower-level search rather than on chief executives and Board directors . |
| 13 | ‘ You must be getting awful cabin-fever stuck in all day , ’ said Emma , as they pushed through the lancing wind . |
| 14 | Nowadays a modern road crosses the Glenshane Pass , and a forest has been planted across from the pub , but the tradition of hospitality begun in the little farmhouse continues to this day . |
| 15 | In order to bring about reconciliation , in 1301 , Edward had his eldest son , Edward of Caernarvon , proclaimed the ‘ Prince of Wales ’ , and that custom continues to this day . |
| 16 | Three large buttons grace the front : a power stitch , a reset button and a turbo switch , though goodness knows why we still need turbo switches in this day and age . |
| 17 | But where the queen 's tears flowed down the wall , a little stream runs to this day . |
| 18 | But it was not the only rainforest tree to fall on that day . |
| 19 | The epidural starts taking effect and I suddenly understand the meaning of the word ‘ relief ’ in the name given to this day ! |
| 20 | The general astonishment lingers to this day . |
| 21 | ‘ Picnic ’ : a word that she had had no occasion to use from that day to this . |
| 22 | This would of course mean that the costing documentation processed for each day , week or month ( depending on the size of the company ) would not be split between individual contracts , development or overhead items , but filed in order of processing . |
| 23 | The distinction between Sunni and Shiite persists to this day . |
| 24 | Games were organised as curtain-raisers before major soccer matches , and experts provided the crowd with a running commentary of the action on the Tannoy system , a habit preserved to this day . |
| 25 | It is thanks to these men of ability and vision that the deaf communities in Britain became so well established and respected , and that the deaf communities were drawn together into a national movement which after a false start exists to this day in the British Deaf Association . |
| 26 | When drift mines were first sunk in this valley during the 1850s the workforce walked in each day from the surrounding villages and hamlets , but from the 1860s onwards the coalmasters had to provide new accommodation ; Pease and Partners , for example , had built 151 houses at Waterhouses by 1874 . |
| 27 | When he heard a breakfast-time radio report that the Government thought the Olympics should return to Britain , he recruited an eminent bid committee within two hours and had the news splashed in that day 's first edition of the Manchester Evening News . |
| 28 | Although Francis Berry 's involvement with the cellar came purely from his friendship with Lutyens , this must not be taken as favouritism Berry 's was one of the oldest wine merchants in the business ( the company started trading in 1699 ) , and their first royal warrant was given to them by Edward VII , an honour the firm holds to this day . |
| 29 | Overall , the sound lacks the substance and depth demanded in this day and age . |
| 30 | This did not prevent Minton 's relationship with Susan Einzig becoming , for her , one of the most important in her life and his positive influence on her as an artist endures to this day . |