Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] first day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price factors are calculated for the first day of the delivery month , and adjustments have to be made for accrued interest where the first day of the delivery month does not coincide with a coupon payment date . |
| 2 | There was the commander of the Cigognes , Captain Brocard , wounded during the first days of the fighting at Verdun , and relieved of his command the following year — because he simply could not adapt to the new conditions of air warfare the old form of single combat that had brought the Cigognes such renown in the early days . |
| 3 | He was what we have learned to call a WASP , and his lifetime coincided with the process , not yet quite completed , by which that caste — white Anglo-Saxon protestants of the northeast — was supplanted from the position of privilege that they had enjoyed from the first days of the Republic . |
| 4 | The image of hope which had thus arisen in Williamson 's mind was soured by the reality of his second obsession : the sheer horror of his experience on 1 July 1916 , when 60,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme . |
| 5 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
| 6 | Police urged racegoers to be on their guard after six separate incidents of forged £20 notes were reported on the first day . |
| 7 | The lesson was learned , and in subsequent years a photocall has been organized for the first day , when the Prince and Princess pose sweetly for the cameras on the understanding that thereafter the media will go home so the two can holiday in peace . |
| 8 | Walking into the ISDN User Show at Wembley , North London the other day , the first four stands belonged to communications magazines : cynics might see this as evidence that the technology is still at the hype and talk stage , but most exhibitors seemed pleased by the degree to which visitors ' questions had progressed past the ‘ what is ISDN anyway ’ stage to the ‘ how much does this box cost ’ phase ; some 900 visitors attended on the first day , the second seemed rather busier and at some of the conference sessions , notably British Telecommunications Plc 's ‘ where are we now ’ presentation , it was standing room only … |
| 9 | And the two things that I had noticed on the first day were still left hanging there … |
| 10 | ‘ Your employer ? ’ he said gently , not probing , remembering what she had said on the first day . |
| 11 | It was a most impressive performance by the 25-year-old Lahore left-hander in only his third Test appearance , all his 205 runs made on the first day before an understandable concentration lapse . |
| 12 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 13 | The total number of pieces of gum used in the first day should be gradually reduced over a subsequent period of ten days . |
| 14 | He also took a stick out of the packet of Edinburgh rock he had bought on the first day . |
| 15 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of March 22 , evidence produced at the first day of the trial " implicated Tanay and other top brass " . |
| 16 | Every school was visited , head teachers were consulted , suppliers were arranged , and an accounting system set up , all geared towards the first day of the new contract on February 17 . |
| 17 | The little boy was wearing the same neat grey flannels that he had worn on the first day Robert had seen him , and , when the sun struck his face , he smiled up at it as if in gratitude . |
| 18 | BORN on the first day of this century — so we always know how old he is — George Singleton is a veteran of the golden age of cinema . |
| 19 | Furthermore , all of the sulphate was reduced within the first day of the experiment whereas most of the Fe(III) reduction was after the first day . |
| 20 | In military terms the problem should have been settled on the first day . |
| 21 | Units are valued on the last working day of each month and are allocated on the first day of the following month , after the receipt of your premium . |
| 22 | The tone was set on the first day out of London when Kinnock confided to a class of six-year-olds at Staple Hill primary school in Kingswood , Bristol : ‘ Glenys is a teacher in real life : this is just pretending . ’ |
| 23 | Expectations were examined on the first day of the course and reviewed at the end . |
| 24 | It was almost 2215 , and 300 cases had been treated on the first day . |
| 25 | Americans regard the contingent fee system as a better substitute for legal aid , and in many cases it is , but it does encourage meritless suits , since — and this is the third problem — even if a frivolous case is dismissed on the first day in court , the defendant is still liable for his costs . |
| 26 | Judge John Pringle accepted the case be adjourned until the first day of term after Easter . |
| 27 | Kendall can not rely on the likes of Barry Horne , who has not scored since the first day of the season , and youngster Billy Kenny to ease the burden on his goal-shy strikers . |
| 28 | Even if a job spreads over several days , the first half hour rate should be charged on the first day and not on the others . |
| 29 | The rule for pre-trading expenditure which deems such capital expenditure as incurred on the first day of trading will not apply in determining whether the expenditure was incurred in the year ending 31 October 1993 . |
| 30 | The housing problems detailed in the TSA report and potential solutions were discussed on the first day . |