Example sentences of "from the [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , although St Petersburg is full of some of the greatest treasures of the world , full of riches that have been handed down from the imperial days , there is very little about the tsar and his family at the time of the revolution . |
| 2 | Argan believed that art belonged to all men , which is why he battled in defence of the cultural heritage from the dark days of Fascism — to the last days of his life , proof of his commitment to criticism as an instrument of conscience . |
| 3 | He had successfully led the School from the dark days of war , through a time of austerity thereafter , and on to the easier but still challenging years of the 1950s . |
| 4 | But there is a clear swing away from the spray-happy days . |
| 5 | But what it shows is how , right from the earliest days , we were always much more than assembly line workers in Malcolm McLaren 's dream factory . |
| 6 | FROM the earliest days of European conquest in the Pacific , the people on the island of Bougainville were regarded as stubborn and easily provoked . |
| 7 | The tone had been set from the earliest days of the BBC . |
| 8 | Endowments dated from the earliest days of England 's Christian history and compulsory Church Rates were no longer being levied throughout the Kingdom . |
| 9 | The most interesting of the latest batch comes in Decca 's ‘ Historic ’ series and includes performances from the earliest days of LP . |
| 10 | This ‘ impact ’ has from the earliest days of film theory opened up questions of ideology , of desire and fantasy , and of representation . |
| 11 | This shows that from the earliest days of government interest in organizing the labour-market , Beveridge at least saw juvenile labour as a separate category which would require the formulation of a joint approach by the exchanges and local education authorities . |
| 12 | In terms of the practical implications for employers , this was a controversial proposal from the earliest days and it is clear that its implementation met with strenuous and effective opposition from different interests . |
| 13 | There was an engine shed at Wolverton from the earliest days . |
| 14 | In everyday practice — and CSM does work every day and not just on those when a practolol or a benoxaprofen blows up in its face — this leads to an informality of conduct of business which was carefully cultivated by the late Sir Derrick Dunlop from the earliest days of the Committee on Safety of Drugs , CSM 's forebear . |
| 15 | THE Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( usually abbreviated to JPL ) has been a world leader in space research from the earliest days of the subject . |
| 16 | There it seems that from the earliest days of the pioneer settlers the black cat was linked with the devil so strongly that it was , in any context , an evil force . |
| 17 | From the earliest days in England , Bunce Court was open to children whose families were victims of Nazi persecution . |
| 18 | From the earliest days of the Community it was recognised that eliminating discrimination on grounds of nationality was as essential for securing the provision of services as it was for establishment . |
| 19 | The association of water conservation measures with improved administrative control was apparent from the earliest days of Masai administration , and though it became fashionable in later years to talk about ‘ anchoring ’ the Masai for development purposes , administrative convenience was always a powerful interest : ‘ the Masai have , in my view , two outstanding needs ’ , wrote the Provincial Commissioner of the Northern Province of Tanganyika in 1950 — ‘ water and discipline ’ . |
| 20 | From the earliest days of electrical recording , a constant velocity system was used to suit the velocity sensitive moving-iron cartridge normally used . |
| 21 | It was to cut his ties that he had begun , from the earliest days , to sign his work ‘ Vincent ’ , following the practice of his adored Rembrandt , and making the excuse then that foreigners would have difficulty pronouncing his surname . |
| 22 | From the earliest days , TANU promoted the maximum use of the language in political activity . |
| 23 | From the earliest days , no one in Emor was a mere individual : he was also the current representative of a gens , one of the great Emorian dynasties that dominated the political life of the empire . |
| 24 | From the earliest days showmen boosted the movies in order to maximize their audience and the whole razzmatazz of salesmanship |
| 25 | He 's got no confidence — and Oliver , even from the earliest days , was always someone who had confidence . |
| 26 | Mr Broady recounted the growth and development of policing in the area and showed many interesting slides , some dating from the earliest days of photography . |
| 27 | Although his constitution was essentially a durable one ( he was " tough " , his sister , Ada , had said ) , from the earliest days of his marriage he had in fact been prey to various kinds of viral infection . |
| 28 | History is the study of the past using documents and inscriptions as evidence , and historians have recorded and interpreted events from the earliest days of writing up to the present day . |
| 29 | From the earliest days of Student magazine , Coutts had indulged the idiosyncrasies of Branson 's banking practices with bemused aplomb . |
| 30 | The place seems to enshrine for the Swiss their national ideals from the earliest days of the Confederation onward , and there is an element of pilgrimage attendant on the crowds of citizens from all parts of the country , wearing many varieties of national costume , who come here , ferried across from Brunnen by relays of lake steamers , to join in the observations of the day , commemorating the solemn oath of 1307 which confirmed the earlier League Covenant of 1291 to defend inherited liberties . |