Example sentences of "in [adj] days [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A randomised trial of children in South Australia who were prone to recurrent respiratory infections showed a reduction in respiratory events for those taking vitamin A , but not a reduction in total days of illness . |
| 2 | Boro fans seem to sense as much , with only 12,000 on hand to see the first of their team 's four games in eight days on Monday . |
| 3 | No telegraph or telephone , just as in early days of railways , when nobody knew where a train might be until it arrived ; a track laid with rails and chairs which in some cases were dated 1865 and ballasted with earth ; semaphores of antique pattern , dropping into the post for ‘ all clear ’ and appearing to be operated on no principle at all … ’ |
| 4 | In six days of deliberations , the jury found four of the accused guilty of riot on April 1 , 1990 , and acquitted four others . |
| 5 | The paper claimed Johnson had been tested three times in six days in mid-January , and that at least one of the tests was positive for abnormally high testosterone levels . |
| 6 | THE South African bowlers suffered their second caning in six days from Phil Simmons at the Queen 's Park Oval yesterday as the West Indies achieved a 3–0 clean sweep in the one-day series . |
| 7 | One tentative voice asked if I meant ‘ deprived women like those of the East End ’ , but this too was slapped down by others — ‘ in these days of inflation , are n't we all deprived ? ’ |
| 8 | It is on the face of it a very simple amendment to a quite a small and in some sense insignificant piece of legislation that is n't , erm I hope members would agree that by changing that piece of legislation to say that if you 're a trader you must display who you are and how people can get hold of you if the have a problem about products they buy from you , will not be too burdensome erm in these days of deregulation and so forth but on the other hand would help enforcements considerably and would also enable people to pursue their own remedies where they are dissatisfied with what they bought . |
| 9 | In these days of response-testing and truth drugs it was the perfect way of setting a man up . |
| 10 | On the other hand , it is extremely useful to have universities , polys and colleges compared on an equal basis , particularly as in these days of cutbacks many , who in earlier years could have relied on a university place , may have to hedge their bets by applying to polys too . |
| 11 | ‘ which was not fitted ’ This point is proved by an examination of the motor vehicle which in these days of mass produced cars will generally reveal that a horn is fitted . |
| 12 | Even in these days of gas and electric fires it is quite unusual for a living room to be bereft of a fireplace . |
| 13 | It 's extremely doubtful whether , in these days of computer technology , information is still best conveyed by means of lectures . |
| 14 | Even in these days of recession Warden Sparrow 's books are bound to fetch a 6-figure sum at tomorrow 's auction . |
| 15 | Mansell Mania … wo n't harm you in fact in these days of depression and recession … a record breaking world champion is a bit of a tonic … its good to have a Brit on top … |
| 16 | In these days of concern for the environment I am unwilling to use peat ( though I did try it some years ago and found my plants made little headway anyway ) . |
| 17 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 18 | IN THESE days of gloom and doom , how refreshing to read about the lifeguard who risked his life to save his dog . |
| 19 | IN THESE DAYS of gloom and doom , how refreshing to read about the lifeguard who risked his life to save his dog . |
| 20 | Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards and generally easy credit facilities is not merely the privilege of the rich but can be a devastating condition in which inappropriate grandiosity repeatedly causes havoc with all efforts towards financial prudence . |
| 21 | Even in these days of lobbying , Members of Parliament will not be bullied in this way . |
| 22 | It reckons its nearest competitor is AST , a successful pioneer whose big iron software is less appealing in these days of client/server machines . |
| 23 | Even in these days of permissiveness , it may be that the one party has not had , or has been denied , the opportunity of discovering the anatomical characteristics of the other . |
| 24 | In these days of food fads , concern about obesity , campaigns for fresh food and organic farming , and indeed more understanding of nutrition , I sometimes wonder how we all survived in the Twenties and Thirties ! |
| 25 | I wo n't necessarily answer them , but you know , I want to feel , you know , in these days of product communication that you , you have the er , the liberty to ask them . |
| 26 | In these days of decline in public provision , these little posters are perhaps the best we can hope for . |
| 27 | But in these days of fuel economy and concerns about speeding why should such a super car be developed . |
| 28 | In these days of double-glazing and central heating it quite quickly exceeds safety levels , especially on the ground floor where it can be trapped beneath the floor boards . |
| 29 | Especially in these days of violence . |
| 30 | Obviously , a special recording offers the opportunity of achieving precisely the right effect , but is considerably more expensive , even in these days of synthesizers , than library material . |