Example sentences of "or [num] days [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A general election would be held by the end of 1991 , or 120 days into 1992 if there was a delay in approval of the new constitution . |
| 2 | By virtue of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 the recipient of unsolicited goods is entitled in certain circumstances to treat them as unconditional gifts after six months from receipt , or 30 days from notice to the sender , so long as the sender does not in the meantime take possession of them and the recipient does not unreasonably refuse to permit him to do so . |
| 3 | At the risk of indelicacy , one would suggest that such a condition usually accounts for some five or six days of inactivity . |
| 4 | About five or six days of the holiday you 'll sail away to visit hot springs , sandy beaches , the city of Bodrum , small villages or remote restaurants . |
| 5 | Even mums who have a Caesarean section leave after just five or six days at the most . |
| 6 | The mothers were given milk-with-soya to drink for two days or soya only for two days — there was an interval of two , four or six days between the milk challenges . |
| 7 | The shoot used to last five or six days in August but you did n't get paid when it was finished — do n't ask me why , but we had to wait until Christmas . |
| 8 | final fee deadline : for example , at or 7 days after shareholder meeting/effective completion ? |
| 9 | Many owners can not stand the thought of their animal going without sustenance for two or three days at a time , but the dog will inevitably eat when it is hungry enough . |
| 10 | We 're so much better off these days : we 're in and out of hospital in 24 hours , 48 hours or three days at the most . |
| 11 | Millions visit Czechoslovakia every year but only for two or three days at a time as services are poor . |
| 12 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 13 | The Congress assembles in a plenary ANNUAL CONFERENCE , normally taking two or three days during the Easter vacation , by invitation at one of the member institutions . |
| 14 | ‘ Within two or three days of John Salako flying out to California for his knee operation , he had me for company on the same ward . |
| 15 | It also became clear it could take two or three days of fierce ministerial talks to sort out the division of the £244.5 billion public spending cake . |
| 16 | After two or three days of exploring Stanley and its environs it was time to go to ‘ camp ’ ( from a Spanish word ‘ campos ’ meaning countryside ) and our tour of the islands took us to the three or four places equipped to deal with small parties of visitors . |
| 17 | As many as a million arrive within a space of two or three days on the island of St Kilda in the Scottish Hebrides . |
| 18 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
| 19 | If you 've mastered the basics of riding and are a competent rider lusting after some unbridled adventure , saddle up for trail riding — a trek lasting two or three days with overnight stops . |
| 20 | As everyone was by then in a state of complete exhaustion they did little for the next two or three days except sleep . |
| 21 | Each was an exhibition in itself lasting two or three days to which retailers for that area were invited . |
| 22 | Dezallier-D'Argenville slightly reduces the delay : ‘ Among the common people it is customary to stay at home for two or three days after death , and to keep the body in a room where friends and relatives are invited to come and see it . ’ |
| 23 | Dezallier-D'Argenville provides us with the answer : ‘ Among the common people it is customary to stay at home for two or three days after death , and to keep the body in a room where friends and relatives are invited to come and see it . ’ |
| 24 | For two or three days after each beating , I was called to his study so that he could see I was healing properly . |
| 25 | And I 'm not being funny but when Malcolm did it , we would do that almost two or three days after the stock taking if there were odd counts . |
| 26 | about two or three days after being here . |
| 27 | GERMINATION Malt whisky is made from malted barley , water and yeast — the barley first steeped for two or three days before being allowed to germinate — either spread out and turned by hand in the time-honoured fashion on the malting floor , or by mechanical methods in modern plants . |
| 28 | Successful applicants will be informed as soon as possible , but sometimes notification can only be given two or three days before sailing . |
| 29 | Tickets reserved by telephone must be paid for by post ( please enclose a stamped addressed envelope ) or in person within one week of booking or three days before the event , whichever is the sooner , otherwise the reservation will automatically be cancelled . |
| 30 | ‘ Let's say two or three days from now . ’ |