Example sentences of "days [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 10 workshops trial tested were of varying lengths but collectively the time required for completion was 6 working days so a considerable degree of commitment was required from all concerned . |
| 2 | A computer terminal , these days usually a Visual Display Unit , can be compared with a window through which you can scan your data or information . |
| 3 | A few days later a Soviet commentary from Kabul indicated the limits of such ‘ neutrality ‘ in asserting that the PDPA ’ will remain the chief mobilising and guiding force in the [ Afghan ] government of national unity , even after it becomes a coalition ’ . |
| 4 | A few days later a 69 Squadron Maryland approached the airfield , looking for all the world like a Ju88 . |
| 5 | Three days later a new formation arrived , 5 Indian Division . |
| 6 | Two days later a new political movement was formed joining the defunct PSU and the Nouvelle Gauche ( a dissident communist movement established at the time of the 1988 presidential elections and led by Pierre Juquin — see p. 35979 for his candidature ) . |
| 7 | The new parliament convened on Nov. 27 ; King Hussein appointed Mudar Badran as Prime Minister on Dec. 4 and two days later a new Cabinet was selected . |
| 8 | A few days later a second action brought by the newly created Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members seeking an injunction was rejected by the High Court . |
| 9 | In a short time you 'll receive your new multipoint cashcard , and just a few days later a Great Escapes brochure displaying over 180 excellent hotels to choose from , together with your two FREE Great Escapes vouchers . |
| 10 | Some days later a strange black thing was seen on the beach where I had first arrived in Lilliput . |
| 11 | Five days later a general amnesty for prisoners held on security charges was announced . |
| 12 | About four days later a similar child was admitted with identical symptoms of croup . |
| 13 | A few days later a secret summit meeting of top Chinese and Vietnamese leaders took place in China , at which Cambodia was reportedly discussed in great detail [ see pp. 37712-13 ] . |
| 14 | He returned a few days later a broken man . |
| 15 | A few days later a local man , George Fleming , wrote to Sir William to tell him that Mr. Millford had quitted all his pretensions in the le Fleming mines at Coniston to John Shaw , and that the next day Millford left the country ! |
| 16 | Couple of days later a little note comes in the post saying that you 've just paid the National West National Bank Bank of Scotland twenty three pounds thirty and it 's absolutely brilliant ! |
| 17 | Some pleaded guilty while others were incriminated by the children 's evidence , and two days later a dozen were hanged before thousands on the hill overlooking Lancaster Castle . |
| 18 | Four days later a different camera team were up at Ramsbottom to film a spectacular incident involving a car and a diesel locomotive , and all this happened right in the middle of the ELR 's ‘ all diesel weekend ’ . |
| 19 | He decided to stop over in Paris and spend a couple of days following a similar route . |
| 20 | Part of the M1 was closed for the second time in three days following a multiple pile-up in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 21 | Two days ago a red-spotted blue throat had thrilled . |
| 22 | FOUR days ago a diminutive figure dressed in black called at the Yorkshire home of Allan and Barbara Bland , parents of the Hillsborough disaster victim , Tony Bland . |
| 23 | The diagnosis was complicated as four days earlier a 14 year old boy from the same school had collapsed and died after a short illness of severe diarrhoea , which proved to be due to a fatal Salmonella enteritidis infection . |
| 24 | Two days earlier a CPKI meeting in Seoul proclaimed the establishment of the Korean People 's Republic ( KPR ) . |