Example sentences of "[adj] of day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , one wonders , is Mr. Edwards so dismissive of day centres ? |
| 2 | The creamy-textured shower mousse , which contains , syndets , aloe , ispaghul and ginseng , has a dermatological cleanser to combat dryness as it cleanses , while the deodorant anti-perspirant , in an ozone-friendly spray , blends farnesol , aluminium salts and extracts of sage and liquorice to ensure that you will carry the great feeling from those first precious moments in the bathroom with you throughout the longest of days . |
| 3 | You could use both an ink and a paper that tones in with the pressed flowers , such as some lovely parchment and a sepia-coloured ink , with some pressed flowers in shades that are rich but evocative of days gone by . |
| 4 | He refused to look to either side ; crossing the bridge on the pleasantest of days could be a frightening experience and more so now as the ice below split and cracked . |
| 5 | He dared venture out on only the balmiest of days , lest he catch cold . |
| 6 | Condensation was also not a problem — even on the wettest of days there were only a few tell tale signs on the flysheet . |
| 7 | Potassium secretion was unchanged by treatment ( C , U , or L ) , although day 7 concentrations were lower than those of day 3 for both basal and stimulated rates ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 8 | The ever present ubiquitous swell , even on the calmest of days , heaved the boat sickeningly up and down . |
| 9 | BULLYING bosses are costing Britain millions of days in lost production . |
| 10 | These are clearly more formal models than those which the modern letter-writer is used to , yet Shakespeare 's range stretches from the intimate and occasional to just such formal rhetorical structures as Day 's category of the ‘ Epistle Deliberative ’ , which uses a mixture of praise and criticism in its ‘ Hortatory ’ or ‘ Dehortatory ’ intent , and may legitimately subject the recipient to moral pressure : Yet , while acknowledging the relevance of Day 's treatise on letter-writing and its tactics of persuasion , we may note that in Shakespeare one of Day 's categories is absent , namely the ‘ Responsory Epistle ’ , which ‘ dependeth of the partes of a former letter ’ and must refer back to it . |
| 11 | Not many heads would go as far as one who insists that male members of staff must wear their jackets in classrooms even on the warmest of days . |
| 12 | Comfort foods are those which soothe us and make us glad to be alive even on the most miserable of days . |
| 13 | Similarly , many hawks can hover with their heads almost motionless on the most windy and blustery of days . |
| 14 | It 's not been the most satisfying of days . |
| 15 | Racing : Big Leap is Best of Day |
| 16 | Racing : Glasgow is Best of Day |
| 17 | This was how he had felt , yesterday , the days before yesterday , and intermittently in all the thousands of days since childhood . |
| 18 | For most of Day Two , the sun seemed to shine on Worcestershire , but the game has turned the other way since tea . |