Example sentences of "[art] day [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day previously a town centre poll had revealed that only 50pc of Darlingtonians could name the town 's distinctly high profile MP . |
| 2 | The former timetable will resume the day after a decision on whether to refer the offer is announced . |
| 3 | It comes the day after a village post office was held-up at gunpoint and a police officer shot at . |
| 4 | IT IS pretty rare to come across a football manager brave enough to hold up his hands the day after a beating and invite criticism . |
| 5 | Within hours of this US response , which Iraq 's ruling Revolution Command Council denounced as " disgraceful " , the Soviet Union tried to rescue its peace initiative by announcing that Aziz ( who was still in Moscow ) had agreed to a revised six-point peace plan whereby ( i ) Iraq would agree to comply with Resolution 660 ; ( ii ) withdrawal from Kuwait would begin the day after a ceasefire ; ( iii ) the withdrawal would be completed within 21 days , including withdrawal from Kuwait City within four days ; ( iv ) once the withdrawal had been completed all relevant UN Security Council resolutions would lapse ; ( v ) all prisoners of war would be released three days after a ceasefire ; and ( vi ) monitoring of the ceasefire would be carried out by observers or peacekeeping forces as determined by the UN Security Council . |
| 6 | In general , do n't do a hard run on either of the two preceding days or the day after a race . |
| 7 | The air embargo had been agreed in principle by the five permanent Council members on Sept. 19 , the day after a meeting of the nine-member Western European Union in Paris at which Foreign and Defence Ministers had decided to " take all further measures necessary for the full and effective enforcement of the embargo , with particular attention to air traffic " . |
| 8 | Speaking the day after a meeting of the Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) , Babangida said that caretaker committees would take over the adminstration of the two parties and would , in conjunction with the National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) , draw up new guidelines for the selection of party executives at local , state and national level . |
| 9 | If the rent is payable in arrear , the date chosen should be the day after a rent day . |
| 10 | Progress seemed to have halted ; two more furtive searches of Charlie 's office had turned up nothing other than his hidden Scotch bottle but then , every evening of the day after a job , she 'd see him go in there empty-handed and the book would be on his desk when he summoned her . |
| 11 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |
| 12 | Three weeks ' extra salary which is given on the day before a holiday was taken . |
| 13 | From Tuesday , racing 's rulers will make trainers nominate jockeys by 3.30 on the day before a race instead of 45 minutes before as is the case now . |
| 14 | For novices , anxiety tended to mount steadily from the day before a jump to the moment of jumping . |
| 15 | The prosecution have said Tanya was killed by Probyn the day before a court hearing for custody of their two children , and he caused her car to drop beneath the waters of the River Severn . |
| 16 | Lawrence usually rules out players who do not train on the day before a game . |
| 17 | In January , the day before a conference on chemical weapons opened in Paris , the Romanian leader announced publicly that he would not accept a ban on chemical weapons unless a universal ban on nuclear weapons was agreed at the same time . |
| 18 | During a flight the day before a discrepancy between the Captain 's and First Officer 's localiser indications had been observed : an approach flow from the left side of the cockpit resulted in the aircraft tracking to the left of the localiser . |