Example sentences of "this day and " 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 | Labour continues to neglect the cause of socialism to this day and it can justifiably be accused of undermining its natural supporters in the province . |
| 3 | Capel was the captain on this day and he ordered up his brother to take the important penalty kick . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Of interest is the fact that a CEGB narrow gauge railway uses the eastbound portal of the old tunnel to this day and it is possible to walk through the other portal ( with permission ) . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Most people will gain a greater sense of inner peace — something that is very much lacking in this day and age . |
| 10 | In this day and age it would be very easy . ’ |
| 11 | To sleep around is not the safest way to play it in this day and age . ’ |
| 12 | A knitting needle , in this day and age ! |
| 13 | Why not come out arid say it in this day and age , she muttered to herself as she dialled the number . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Overall , the sound lacks the substance and depth demanded in this day and age . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Perhaps one is safer being a turf accountant than a chartered accountant in this day and age . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | John later came back to the box and searched around the land round the cabin to look for explanations but no solution presented itself and the mystery remains to this day and defies rational belief . |
| 22 | What is more , in this day and age it is madness to allow children to roam around after dark knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 23 | While that is not unusual in this day and age , I find the attitude of the High Street banks a little mystifying . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | He has the advantage of low purchase price , low-ish operating costs and even in this day and age — good spares back-up . |
| 26 | In this day and age a remarkable enough event , but Rendcomb is a World War One flying field and it has been returned to life with an eye on its heritage . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And thank you for this day and make me grateful for what I 've got . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Taxi drivers came down her street in this day and age as if in fear of their lives . |