Example sentences of "[adj] day [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of high precipitation , water surpluses , large number of wet days and low insolation experienced in highly oceanic areas is thought to increase the rate of growth and the competitive abilities of bryophytes , notably Sphagnum species , hypnoid mosses and Racomitrium ( Poore & McVean 1957 ) , all of which are very conspicuous in plant communities in the Western Isles . |
| 2 | November had been a damp and drizzly month , bringing shorter days and causing aggravation to those people who found it increasingly difficult to travel in the blackout . |
| 3 | Plan for shorter days and lower temperatures , with the west wetter than the rest — but there 's always hope for an Indian Summer . |
| 4 | way back in the old days but Now then , |
| 5 | Long conversations tired her but she loved to talk of the old days and her life as a nanny to a wealthy family . |
| 6 | Mrs Browning likes to have me with her now , no other person will do , and we talk of the old days and Miss Henrietta slipping off to Regent 's Park to walk with Mr Surtees Cook and the squeezes she loved to hold in Wimpole Street when her father was away . |
| 7 | We talked of old days and new ways — and living alone . |
| 8 | ‘ Ow long are you weeth us , Reeky ? ’ asked Claudia , who 'd had a secret crush on him in the old days and was appalled to see how grey and tense he looked . |
| 9 | Sitting at the table one evening next to Astrid 's mum , Peg , from Massachusetts , he opened up , as one sometimes can , to an interested stranger and spoke for hours about the old days and about his condition and his feelings . |
| 10 | You try telling Granny Morkie about the Good Old Days and see what she says . ’ |
| 11 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 12 | Roseanne Barr would make a great Liz during her older , fatter days but could have trouble slimming down for scenes of a 60-year-old Liz in her more glamorous days . |
| 13 | Women who have shorter length cycles , 22 days and under , should count forward seven days to begin testing while those with longer length cycles of 33 days or more , should count forward 17 days and begin testing . |
| 14 | At a time when his life was unsettled and the future uncertain , he returns to the world of his childhood and , in the course of the poem , meditates upon the need for release from the wheel of time itself , " the trailing/Consequence of further days and hours " . |
| 15 | The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt . |
| 16 | Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced . |
| 17 | Completion is seen in 30 days but terms of the deal were not disclosed . |
| 18 | To avoid having three months each of 31 days occurring in succession , September and November were each reduced to 30 days and October and December were each raised to 31 . |
| 19 | The race will take Mark and Philip 30 days and 8,000 miles deep into the Arctic Circle with temperatures down to minus 10 ; the focus of their ambitions ; to get into the winning frame . |
| 20 | If your credit terms are 30 days or one month make sure your customer knows exactly what this means . |
| 21 | The forecasts period can cover 7 days , 11 days , 30 days or 90 days , depending entirely on management policy . |
| 22 | If you are not satisfied with your new car for any reason within 30 days or 1,000 miles , you may exchange it or have your money refunded . |
| 23 | Where a child 's mental condition renders her competent on some days but irrational on others she will lack the ability to make an informed decision ( Re R ( a Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 31 July ) . |
| 24 | Once a lady aid a daughter , remote cousins or friends of friends , came , and the girl left me with a yearning heart for some days and a curiosity for years like my curiosity about the lost childish books . |
| 25 | You can go into any reasonable size hotel some days and find two or three events on simultaneously . |
| 26 | If you eat more on some days and less on others , you will shed weight just as successfully as if you stuck to the same number of calories each day . |
| 27 | Then followed the 4500 , the first ribbing attachment — which worked on some days and not on others ( on the latter I would give up and stop knitting for the day ! ) . |
| 28 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 29 | The weather had been fine for some days and the mood was right . |
| 30 | So Adam slipped out of Castell Coch at dusk , and himself carried the word to Owen in his camp in the woods overlooking Cegidfa ; and a beggar who had hung about the gates for some days and been fed from the kitchens went after him every step of the way . |