Example sentences of "on a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 31 | Only 1,860cc , it produces — on a good day — all of 38 hp , swings a prop only marginally bigger than a self-important toothpick , and makes the most incredible racket whilst it 's running . |
| 32 | If it is a view you are after , then better to go to the top of the Pic du Midi than remain down on the col , for from there the prospect has for long been famous , especially to the north over the plains and , on a good day , westward to the Atlantic . |
| 33 | ‘ It is across this sea and in summer on a good day it is easy enough to see the island where the sacred site is . |
| 34 | On the field a fortnight ago we unfortunately caught Frampton Rovers on a good day as they ran out 5–1 victors . |
| 35 | I 'm not above all this , still boasting about my San Diego built glass-shafted driver which on a good day hits with a snap . |
| 36 | On a good day , it only takes a glimpse of blue sky or a tree in blossom to make me feel full of the joys of spring and in love with life . |
| 37 | Sir Emmanuel was a fair shot and , on a good day , there would be three or four hundred brace to bring back . |
| 38 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 39 | They forget that it is ‘ we ’ — or ourselves on a good day , ‘ society ’ as we call it — who understand that punishment is appropriate . |
| 40 | On a good day Fred loves it . |
| 41 | On a good day a driver could make over $2.75 ; if he has a month of good days he earns more than a civil servant . |
| 42 | Why , I 've been told you can count up to fifty or sixty , on a good day . ’ |
| 43 | I mean , Essex only has 3,000 students on a good day , and modern university campuses may be foreign turf to you , but they 're happy hunting grounds to people like me . |
| 44 | I have to admit that on a good day I find little at all wrong with the prospect of a ride in a new BMW , and Patterson was obviously well-pleased with his material rewards of Yuppiedom . |
| 45 | Yeah , what , no , tell us , what 's the maximum amount of timber you could theoretically give us on a good day . |
| 46 | Well , on a good day , erm , we could give you ten . |
| 47 | But that 's it , on a good day we could give you ten only , and we could n't give you any more . |
| 48 | Only eighteen stone on a good day . |
| 49 | On a glorious day like this , who could wish for anything more delightful than a walk in the park and a chance to share the secrets of Rainbow 's heart ? |
| 50 | A more structured approach to one-to-one teaching occurs when someone , for example the clinical teacher , arranges to work with a learner on a specific day . |
| 51 | Dealers at one licensed dealer were instructed to sell specific OTC warrants on a specific day , just like shares . |
| 52 | The court may order payment in one sum forthwith or on a fixed day ( s 71(1) ( a ) of the 1984 Act ) . |
| 53 | Pendine Sands , stretching east from the village of Pendine , is six miles long and wonderful to walk along on a misty day — part of the sands are controlled by the Ministry of Defence though and access is restricted . |
| 54 | Also good for adding interest to a walk on a misty day are the ruins of Rievaulx and Bolton Abbeys , both in Yorkshire . |
| 55 | On a misty day when on a hill walk all you 'd see is your feet , in the valley acres of countryside can stretch before you . |
| 56 | Then , on a misty day towards the end of November , a messenger arrived with despatches from London , and the news spread quickly through the village of Polruan that Bloody Mary was dead and her half-sister Elizabeth the daughter of Anne Boleyn , had been declared Queen of England . |
| 57 | A Landsat TM image of Leicestershire recorded on a cloud-free day in July 1984 constitutes the basic data source . |
| 58 | Commitment offering oneself to the lord in the service of the church and the world is the third and quite prominent element in the service of confirmation as we have it , and as we say in a day when emphasis is being laid on the ministry of the whole people of God there is surely value in a definite act of commitment on a definite day . |
| 59 | As the sun set on a great day , they all made their way home , awaiting the next challenge , so if anybody out there fancies their chances , just ring the Sheffield Pest Control branch . |
| 60 | With something as desirable as the Bölkow 207 , I did n't need a second offer , and on a thunderstorm-laden day ‘ TE turned finals onto Bourn 's Runway 19 to rendezvous with an eager air-tester and an equally impatient photographer . |