Example sentences of "[adj] day ' [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of the sequestration proceedings in the sheriff court he was sentenced to 30 days ' imprisonment for contempt of court , because he had entered the licensed premises and interfered with the management thereof after giving an undertaking that he would not do so . |
| 2 | Peers are asked if they wish to be granted ‘ leave of absence ’ and , if they do not reply in the negative , are expected not to attend without giving 30 days ' notice of intention to do so . |
| 3 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 4 | If she could fit in a few days ' break in order to attend the wedding in Andorra she would , she promised , and Peter returned to Rocamar the next day , leaving Sarella to close one chapter of her life and get on with the next . |
| 5 | His military career ended with a sentence of twenty-eight days ' detention for absence without leave . |
| 6 | The public-sector and service industries had been unable to give the required 10 days ' notice for participation , but 10,000,000 people employed in other sectors took part . |
| 7 | Available from Abbey National ( Overseas ) are Offshore Plus , an instant access sterling account ; Offshore 90 also in sterling but requiring 90 days ' notice of withdrawal ; and Offshore Double Eagle , a US dollar deposit account where withdrawals are subject to 30 days ' notice . |
| 8 | Nottingham ( tel : 0602 481444 ) is offering the same return on its Anniversary Bond for investments of £5,000 or more but there are penalties on withdrawal within 12 months — 90 days ' loss of interest . |
| 9 | Withdrawals can be made penalty free if 90 days ' notice is given ; instant access means 90 days ' loss of interest . |
| 10 | This 1pc increase will mean the highest earner will pay the biggest increase , for example a taxpayer earning £50,000 a year will pay an extra £500 , representing just three days ' pay per year for someone earning £1,000 a week . |
| 11 | I looked up into a bloated quivering face with three days ' growth of beard . |
| 12 | He sported designer jeans , three days ' growth of beard and an elegant leather jacket that he had thrown over his shoulders against the cold . |
| 13 | Analysis by flow-cytometry of V usage by T cells from HIV-infected patients after 4 days ' stimulation with ETA , with antibodies against members of the V5 , V8 , and V12 families ( Diversi-T TCR , T Cell Sciences ) revealed complete lack of activation of the VB T-cell subset , whereas the V12 subset responded normally to the superantigen . |
| 14 | This study shows that the long acting somatostatin analogue SMS 201–995 given subcutaneously in a dose of 25 µg three times daily can abolish hypergastrinaemia induced by five days ' treatment with omeprazole ( 40 mg once daily in man . |
| 15 | The day after five days ' treatment with omeprazole plus SMS 201–995 , serum gastrin levels were increased because of the prolonged effects of omeprazole on gastrin release . |
| 16 | Consequently many managers are unwilling to take on an ‘ unemployed ’ worker , however tempting their offer of several days ' service per week , as they can not cope with the high turnover of staff that ensues . |
| 17 | All had several days ' growth of beard and were dressed in a motley collection of civilian clothing . |
| 18 | And definitely not with several days ' growth of beard on an aggressively masculine jaw , or with so much … so much compelling strength in his face , in his ice-blue eyes . |
| 19 | An example is set out below : 1 If the Majority holder(s) of [ Ordinary Share Capital/ " A " Ordinary Shares ] ( for the purposes of this Article ( " the Seller " ) ) intends to sell [ all/part/ … % ] of its holding of [ shares of the Ordinary Share Capital/ " A " Ordinary Shares ] ( or any interest in such shares ) ( the shares to be sold by the Seller being referred to as " selling Shares " ) the Seller shall give to the Company not less than 14 days ' notice in advance before selling the Selling Shares . |
| 20 | The last two days ' scenes of disarray , including some fisticuffs , caused by the exclusion of far-right MEPs from the leadership of two delegations to foreign parliaments , are demeaning to the European Parliament , and bode ill . |
| 21 | Since the thrice-weekly visit of the ferry brought all the island 's mail and supplies , and the post office was very small , the place was crowded , and the postmistress , busily sorting through a pile of mail and newspapers , while exchanging two days ' news in Gaelic with the ferry 's master , had no glance to spare for me . |
| 22 | Mam chose instead to take us to a different hill station every year so that we travelled the length and breadth of India , from Kashmir in the far north-west , four days ' journey by train and road , to the Nilgiri near Simla , and Darjeeling . |
| 23 | Twoflower had insisted on paying his first four days ' wages in advance . |