Example sentences of "[art] day [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 2 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 3 | De Gaulle 's foul temper in the days immediately before and after the Normandy landings reflected more than just annoyance at the exclusion of his movement : he was still confident that events were moving in his favour , but the huge imponderable of American intentions remained a source of concern . |
| 4 | At the same time we can relish the days more and more , and search in their interstices for the hidden treasures and thus our lives may become the supreme adventure and treasure hunt of the transcendent . |
| 5 | Share prices showed little change throughout the day however and the FT-SE 100-Share Index closed just 1.0 down on the day at 2,817.0 , with just under 593 million shares changing hands . |
| 6 | For example , he has a waking and sleeping pattern that follows closely the one regarded as normal — sleeps most at night , feeds at four regular intervals during the day even though he is so young . |
| 7 | BR staff and preservationists pulled out all the stops to have everything right on the day even though they were hampered by high winds and heavy rain . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just a small celebration in honour of the fact that it 's six years to the day tomorrow since Filippo and I met — ’ She broke off and giggled . |
| 9 | Just as he had been wont to do as a boy , so this morning after waking , he had lain and thought of the day ahead and what he had to do in it , and he was aware that life had taken on a tinge of colour . |
| 10 | The day starts with a bang — the steep climb to Y Garn ( 2,080ft ) — after this you 'll probably be glad to pause a while , enjoy the view of the day ahead and have the chance to get your breath back . |
| 11 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 12 | Oh day before Carrie 's I mean , sorry , I knew it was the day after or day before . |
| 13 | The following day Charlie managed a little food , took a few painful steps the day after and could run a week later . |
| 14 | Nobody 's criticising you nobody 's making I 'm not making a criticism of her cos at the end of the day right if we now talking the scenario that we 're painting now let's take this girl on , not girl girl on right , you can have cos she 's far more impressive . |
| 15 | ‘ This is clearly demonstrated by farmers who simply use the bull of the day rather than reading up the figures and selecting the best sire for their needs . ’ |
| 16 | The only real difference would have been that since Beccaria required his punishments to be public , his offenders would have laboured in the open air during the day rather than within the confines of their prison ( presumably led out in chain-gangs ) . |
| 17 | Well we had to discuss on the way home in the car that it would be better to have parish council meetings during the day rather than the evening . |
| 18 | A statute of 1388 attempted to reinforce the Statute of Labourers , the measure enacted to control wages after the Black Death of 1348–49 , but attempts in 1389 to put it into practice showed that men were trying to shake off the stigma of villein tenure , even at the cost of taking a cash wage worth less in real terms than the combination of cash and food which they had been paid previously , insisting on working by the day rather than contracting for a yearly wage , and exploiting the possibility of alternative employment ( 65 , pp.92–5 ) . |
| 19 | Another hazard is the wind swinging and increasing during the day so that the glider ends up parked facing directly into the wind . |
| 20 | Complex carbohydrates are best taken regularly throughout the day so that the glycogen is steadily replaced and built up in the muscles . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to go during the day so that we can all see the countryside . ’ |
| 22 | Allen had never earned more than ten pounds a week , taking part-time jobs during the day so that he could write in the evenings . |
| 23 | If the latter option is taken , it is better to spread the intake throughout the day so as to continually top up the body 's supply . |
| 24 | It was pointed out that he was a regular watchman who slept during the day so as to be able to perform his nightly duties . |
| 25 | The poorest buy goods on a daily credit basis at high interest rates and , if they are unsuccessful with their sales , are forced to lower their prices towards the end of the day so as to have enough to pay back the loan . |
| 26 | The light had almost gone from the day now and the forest was becoming bathed in soft , subtle hues of the Purple Hour , Dark blue and turquoise light slanted in through the trees , turning the Wolfwood to a place of dark secret shadows and heavy ancient magic . |
| 27 | The first is that broadcasting was placed in the care of public corporations independent of the government of the day only when the prospect of African government loomed large . |
| 28 | ‘ Tickets will be on sale on the day only if the ground is half empty , in which case it would be wrong of us to shut the gates , ’ said chief executive Mike Gear . |
| 29 | ( Nithard , quite exceptionally , repeats the day twice and the hour three times . ) |
| 30 | Do not give yourself a nervous breakdown trying to prepare and cook three courses on the day perfectly and on time . |