Example sentences of "[to-vb] on a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proclamation will have summoned the Parliament to meet on a specified day and it is up to the victors to turn up on that day at the time prescribed . |
| 2 | But I have also come to realise that standing as still as you must while waiting for your chance to come on a frosty day is not exactly the height of pleasure . |
| 3 | Once the messenger reached his destination he delivered the mandate to the judges who then proceeded to summon the parties to appear on a stated day at a stated place . |
| 4 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 5 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 6 | He might have had to explain why he 'd put a Fax machine out here for the sheep to use on a quiet day . |
| 7 | If they do attempt to fly on a windy day , then a check flight should be made to ensure that they remember the hazards and how to avoid them . |
| 8 | Still more horrors — if rugby under the new law is difficult to play and to control on a dry day in South Africa , imagine the effect in marshy old England in the mud and rain of January ; imagine the shambles the game will become at the lower levels in those conditions with the sanctuary of the next scrum no longer available to the team carrying the ball . |
| 9 | Paul stared at the reeds in the narrow river ; the Clyde wound here like a country stream , and up the grass incline women hung out washing or spread it to dry on a fine day . |
| 10 | The idea is to get Western hi-tech companies to sponsor the events , and X/Open is about to begin on a 90 day roadshow to drum up industry support . |
| 11 | Suppose that it is known that a certain event is to occur on a certain day , but may take place at only one of two possible times , namely , 12.00 noon or 12.00 midnight . |