Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the LNG business is very complex and can confuse even the most experienced analysts , many of whom welcomed the opportunity to spend a day learning about this important asset in LASMO 's portfolio . |
| 2 | It takes us from Brussels to Valkenbourg , which the Tour visits for the first time , a town at the centre of the ‘ Dutch Alps ’ ; then to Koblenz in Germany , where the Moselle meets the Rhine ; to Luxembourg , then to Strasbourg , the most German of French cities ; and finally to Mulhouse , where the riders have a day off the bike as they transfer to Dole , the beginning of the Alpine stages . |
| 3 | In addition , opposition has its say , in the normal way , on any government motion and a government will normally accommodate a censure motion by the opposition allocating a day to its debate . |
| 4 | The decision to quit the ERM followed a day of fiasco in which Lamont raised interest rates twice — by five per cent — then cancelled the last rise . |
| 5 | The conference started a day earlier this time with the AGM commencing on the Friday and finishing on Saturday morning . |
| 6 | THE WHO will be 25 years old next month , and not one of the band looks a day over 50 . |
| 7 | Because the show is performed in London I would incur the cost of train or bus travel , plus overnight accommodation and the need to take a day 's holiday entitlement from work . |
| 8 | Our TWO winners , and their partners , will have a VIP trip to the Knavesmire to enjoy a day of top class racing in champagne style ! |
| 9 | In a county court , unless a hearing date has already been fixed , the plaintiff should request the court to fix a day for the hearing within six months of the close of pleadings ( CCR Ord 17 , r11(3) ( d ) ) . |
| 10 | For this reason , he invited the previous speaker who had first referred to the lack of education of the people of the area to spend a day or two in the area sometime to experience it first hand . |
| 11 | The operation comes a day before an all-night pay party which , police say , will be allowed to go ahead . |
| 12 | The gospel touched their lives at the point of loneliness , so the church opened a day care centre providing a lounge with comfortable chairs and a hot meal as an alternative to depending on the local authority ‘ meals on wheels ’ . |
| 13 | The appeal , supported by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , Norman Irons , aims to complete by 1994 the construction of the first two of four floors within the church to provide a day centre and restaurant for local pensioners and dementia sufferers . |
| 14 | Then it was arranged that Hoare should on the way spend a day or so in Paris talking to Laval , who was temporarily Prime Minister as well as Foreign Minister of France . |
| 15 | After a while you just want the Jungle to take a day off . |