Example sentences of "[noun] a day " in BNC.

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1 We had fifteen minutes association a day — or sometimes just three times a week .
2 Thereafter , you adopt a wholefood diet with a little or no dairy products and no more than one cup of coffee or two cups of tea a day .
3 Some of his patients were found to be drinking as many as 40 cups of tea a day !
4 However , on 30 June we were told in response to inquiries by the court that she had not taken solid food since 21 June and that , although she had maintained a fluid intake of 12 cups of tea a day , her weight had dropped from 39 kg. on 16 June to 35.1 kg. on 30 June .
5 The only reason er top earners are top earners in our company is they do n't sit back and take one deal a day
6 I may have mentioned one and that is that not satisfied with one deal a day
7 First of all they 're not satisfied with getting one deal a day , they 'll they 'll not sit back on their laurels and say oh I 've done my work , they 'll go out and get another two .
8 Our top people earn top money because A they 're not satisfied with one deal a day .
9 By 1983 the restaurant was averaging 100 covers a day , with a staff of :
10 Bringing a group of patients together is a useful way of getting patients currently content with one injection a day to enquire why they are not having two injections a day as are the other patients they have met .
11 When a Type 2 patient requires insulin , perhaps the first question to ask is ‘ One or two injections a day ? ’
12 Although two injections a day may be desirable the next question is whether it is possible .
13 She ought to be playing ten chukkas a day with really good players , and she ought to get miles away from you so she ca n't kick the shit out of you . ’
14 If you snack between meals ( and most people do ! ) try to limit this to one or two snacks a day if you are trying to lose weight .
15 ‘ 8 snacks a day ’ kids skip meals
16 YOUNGSTERS are gorging themselves on junk food — eating up to EIGHT snacks a day .
17 Boys have an average 3.4 snacks a day — twice as many as girls .
18 WE 'VE lined up a host of money-saving offers to give you and the kids a day you 'll never forget .
19 Apparently most are students paid £35 a day and given a lunch by the League Against Cruel Sports . ’
20 ON Monday November 2 in a foxhunting feature , a hunt supporter incorrectly stated the League Against Cruel Sports gives £35 a day and a lunch to hunt saboteurs .
21 They will also provide housekeepers who 'll step in and run the show bit of cooking , cleaning and sorting out the washing for around £35 a day .
22 In the Queen 's carriage a day compartment adjoining the balcony contained couch , armchairs , table and writing desks ; next to it was a smaller compartment with a bedstead for Princess Mary .
23 Compulsory subjects for primary children are reading , maths , writing , art and technology , drawing and nature and there are two educational sessions a day lasting between 1–2 hours each .
24 The Course uses 12 different paired timetable slots for most modules ( see Appendix 1 ) and it is , in theory , possible to examine all modules over six working days from Saturday of week 10 through to Friday of week 11 with two examination sessions a day .
25 ‘ So I got back home and took five songs a day and learned them .
26 It was mainly equipment setting up , and then when we did rehearse we only did a couple of songs a day . ’
27 Mr Wilson , 25 , was last seen by his family as they prepared to celebrate Hogmanay at a relative 's at the nearby Charleston estate , but there appear to have been sightings a day or so later in the city centre .
28 To take in the Napa Valley there is the Wine Train which makes two trips a day ; the wines , are , of course , plentiful and varied .
29 Officials of the UN Protection Force , Unprofor , said earlier that the airlift would be carried out by six helicopters which could each make six trips a day , carrying six stretchers and four other wounded people .
30 It had been hoped to make six trips a day with each helicopter carrying six stretchers and four other wounded civilians .
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