Example sentences of "this day and age " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What does it mean ? ’ one of these exquisitely saried ladies asked with a slight transatlantic drawl , ‘ surely in this day and age we all work . |
| 2 | PILLARS OF GOLD by Alice Thomas Ellis Viking , £14.99 CANDLES AND DARK NIGHT by Grace Ingoldby Heinemann , £13.99 AN HONOURABLE DEATH by Iain Crichton-Smith Macmillan , £13.99 THIS DAY AND AGE by Mike Nicol Bloomsbury , £15.99 THERE is little repose in the Kentish Town described so vividly in Pillars of Gold . |
| 3 | This Day and Age also runs away with many of the currents of that loosely-defined genre — a dark , religious undertow , political brutality , and a struggle for survival rooted in peasant experience . |
| 4 | In this day and age , Donnington is a remarkable anachronism , one that manages to combine a wealth of tradition with economic survival in the 1980s , no mean achievement ! |
| 5 | Well , its a busy time for her dad as well , what with those extra services — and a lamentable feature of this day and age is the amount of toerags that roll in bold as brass to the Watchnight Service reeking of drink . |
| 6 | Most people will gain a greater sense of inner peace — something that is very much lacking in this day and age . |
| 7 | To sleep around is not the safest way to play it in this day and age . ’ |
| 8 | A knitting needle , in this day and age ! |
| 9 | Why not come out arid say it in this day and age , she muttered to herself as she dialled the number . |
| 10 | Being part of the Garrowby estate , owned by the Earl of Halifax , it is rather unusual in this day and age as having no privately owned houses or farms , other than the old rectory which was sold several years ago when the parish became part of a joint ministry . |
| 11 | In this day and age , a few walkers find pleasing footpaths leading through this quiet old village , which was once very much a self-supporting community when access to the world outside the dale was difficult , especially in a hard winter when few travellers braved the snow-blocked lanes between the hills . |
| 12 | Overall , the sound lacks the substance and depth demanded in this day and age . |
| 13 | Expressions like , ‘ at this moment in time ’ , ‘ in this day and age ’ , ‘ part and parcel ’ may be practised so that they are recognized and ignored . |
| 14 | Perhaps one is safer being a turf accountant than a chartered accountant in this day and age . |
| 15 | In this day and age when we are bombarded with books on climbing , it is strange to relate that there is no modern comprehensive history of mountaineering . |
| 16 | Not particularly shocking in this day and age , perhaps , but one of the girls was only sixteen , two years below the legal age limit for having sex in Georgia — and he video-taped all the hot action , including some lesbian love-making between underage Jan Parsons and twenty-three-year-old Tara Seburt . |
| 17 | While that is not unusual in this day and age , I find the attitude of the High Street banks a little mystifying . |
| 18 | Chairman Peter Robins , who took over the Sky Blues last November , singled out Curtis 's earnings yesterday claiming : ‘ It is a staggering figure — a staggering sum of money in this day and age . ’ |
| 19 | He has the advantage of low purchase price , low-ish operating costs and even in this day and age — good spares back-up . |
| 20 | The transformation from hard to soft back in no way dilutes the presentation of the writings in order to attract a different type of reader , rather it makes available to a wider audience , a collection of historical character studies at a more attractive price , something that , in this day and age , we should all be grateful for . |
| 21 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ Pink said , ‘ I 'd prefer to be on a building site than be a government scientist in this day and age . ’ |
| 22 | Taxi drivers came down her street in this day and age as if in fear of their lives . |
| 23 | An example of th , of the stress might be the administration of steroids or the occurrence of another disease , most notably , in this day and age of course , aids , would lead to T B coming out in this way . |
| 24 | Good lord how appalling in this day and age ! |
| 25 | In this day and age people are rightly cynical about propositions concerning the power of ideas . |
| 26 | Three large buttons grace the front : a power stitch , a reset button and a turbo switch , though goodness knows why we still need turbo switches in this day and age . |
| 27 | And yet you know you think families 'd stick together in this day and age . |
| 28 | This system seems more sensible in this day and age . ’ |
| 29 | Now we never know , especially in this day and age , what situation we 're going to be in , and would your physical ability save you ? |
| 30 | Which I would n't have thought is extortionate in this day and age . |