Example sentences of "on the [adj] day of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the fifth day of mobilisation , Lieut-Colonel Deyns was able to report that the Field Ambulance was equipped according to scale , and ready to move . |
| 2 | Beyond question , Moses Buchanan and his son bargained for their votes on the actual day of election , and indeed as Sir James acknowledges , it was their votes which carried his election . |
| 3 | On the first day of BDA Week 1985 twelve deaf children , chosen from various schools for the deaf and accompanied by their teachers and Susanne Turfus , presented the Declaration and a copy of the Report to Sir Keith Joseph in his office at the Department of Education and Science . |
| 4 | On the first day of camp , 11 of the 13 patients from the UK ( including M7 ) were found to be colonised by P cepacia. 5 of these P cepacia-positive individuals have been traced and all are now colonised by the epidemic strain . |
| 5 | The concentration and output of SCFA in faeces was low on the first day of illness , but returned towards normal by the fifth day ( Table I ) . |
| 6 | In this case a twelve-month sentence for unlawful wounding terminated the contract of employment on the first day of imprisonment . |
| 7 | But with water shares expected to soar to a 30 per cent premium on the first day of trading , Mrs Ullman 's delay on the Tube could have cost her as much as £150 . |
| 8 | If Sid put £100 ( $175 ) into each of the big privatisations and sold his shares on the first day of trading — as many such investors did — he would ( before expenses ) have got back an extra 41% . |
| 9 | The rule for pre-trading expenditure which deems such capital expenditure as incurred on the first day of trading will not apply in determining whether the expenditure was incurred in the year ending 31 October 1993 . |
| 10 | The huge interest generated in the share issue meant that on the first day of trading , the partially paid price of 50p immediately increased to 93p , which emphasised the extent of the undervaluation of the company ; the share price subsequently increased by even more . |
| 11 | Sell on a strike they say , so no doubt the time to sell 3DO Co Inc 's shares are as soon as the first marketable interactive multimedia home entertainment centres to the company 's standard are announced : the shares , floated at $15 , rose to $20.125 on the first day of trading going to $24 on the second day . |
| 12 | Faecal SCFA concentrations were low on the first day of diarrhoea ( mean ( SEM ) 9.9 ( 5.8 ) mmol/kg ) and increased to 94.8 ( 16.4 ) mmol/kg by the fifth day . |
| 13 | This is likely to be your most fertile day , as it is not unusual to detect your surge on the first day of testing . |
| 14 | On the first day of jury selection , the Washington Post 's man was disappointed . |
| 15 | On the first day of work , sixteen volunteers turned up . |
| 16 | Sinatra stormed off of the set of Carousel on the first day of shooting because it was to be shot in both the new CinemaScope 55 format and the standard ‘ flat ’ ratio , meaning everything had to be shot twice . |
| 17 | Mugger murders British holidaymaker on the first day of jazz trip to New Orleans |
| 18 | Around 200 people were killed in the six weeks of election campaigning , and nearly 200 on the first day of voting . |
| 19 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 20 | On the first day of spring , the weather-vane fell off the church . |
| 21 | But all the first-year students had arrived together on the first day of term and sought out the one fixed event in the university calendar , the Freshmen 's Fayre . |
| 22 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 23 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 24 | Benny took the bus to Dublin on the first day of term with more trepidation than she would ever have expected . |
| 25 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 26 | If so , you 'll have probably booked your place in a hall of residence , your grant will arrive on the first day of term , you 'll be ready to enjoy Freshers ' Fair and soon settle down to studies in the library . |
| 27 | At Christmas and Easter records are printed over the next three working days ready for collection by students on the first day of term along with the two to three hundred letters from the Assistant Dean . |
| 28 | It 's like if you fall out with a teacher on the first day of term , if that teacher |
| 29 | — are over State pension age ( 60 for women , 65 for men ) on the first day of sickness |
| 30 | It worked on the first day of application . |