Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] two [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 The plaintiff , wishing to have monies now and not in two years ' time , prudently accepted the settlement figure .
2 I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service .
3 So we actually ended up with two days ' climbing .
4 The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time .
5 Sometimes they offer up to two years ' rent free ; in other instances a capital sum changes hands .
6 Firstly , the training of young people , building upon a Council Decision ( Dec. 1987 ) calling for the setting-up of a system giving all young people the right to up to two years ' basic training .
7 The relocation allowances package covered such items as : legal expenses ; the cost of a structural survey ; stamp duty ; estate agents ' fees ; removal expenses ; the cost of two visits by the family to view accommodation ( this covered travelling and accommodation costs ) ; and a disturbance allowance of up to two months ' salary .
8 If a union complains to an industrial tribunal of failure by the employer to consult , the employer may be liable for a compensation award of up to two weeks ' pay per employee affected with a week 's salary being limited to £184 .
9 A review of compliance should be carried out in two years ' time .
10 Official viewing figures will be out in two weeks ' time .
11 Jasper Carrott and Hale and Pace did impromptu performances — and everyone there pledged to come back in two years ' time .
12 Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better .
13 The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation .
14 Lockhart 's flight became lost and returned to the carrier , then set off again with two hours ' fuel already gone .
15 Yet in two weeks ' time , some 450 of BBC Scotland 's 1,100 employees will become ultimately answerable to a London-based controller .
16 Now I 'd like to go through each of them with you now and then again in two weeks ' time , and hear any suggestions you may have .
17 The protests flew thick and fast that McMillan should have been allowed to keep his crown because he was , mystifyingly , three rounds ahead on two judges ' scorecards and , more realistically , one in front on another .
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