Example sentences of "week or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th they aim at one big conference per week or slightly more . |
| 2 | ICL 's Corporate Systems Division in Manchester is expected to reveal further details of the parallel system when it formally announces a commercial agreement for the Chorus technology — already used in the EDS project — next week or soon after . |
| 3 | ‘ It could be next month or next week or tomorrow . |
| 4 | er , was that because you 've not been well this week or just is it a , ro routine replacement or something ? |
| 5 | ‘ There is no reason why these proposals should be published this week or even next week , although obviously it would be sensible to publish them soon . ’ |
| 6 | In the industrialised world , shift workers may change their sleeping hours every week or even twice a week . |
| 7 | Farm workers are usually the last to receive the protection of safety legislation , for example , or to receive benefits like sickness pay , pension schemes , paid holidays , a five-day week or even a written contract of employment and itemized pay packets . |
| 8 | It is now common for routes to comprise a mixture of commercial and subsidised times of day , days of week or even geographical sections . |
| 9 | I did hear of some people who had trouble getting tickets and that there was a delay in receiving them — some apparently not arriving until the week or even the day before the start but that is the sort of thing which can be learnt from and things will improve on future all-ticket matches . |
| 10 | But for people who do suffer head injuries like Mrs Asmoyah , it 's not uncommon for them to suddenly come round a week or even ten days later and be perfectly okay . |
| 11 | I 'm sure some of you last year or least last week or even last month , read about the black sack that had all the wonderful jewels in it that came into a charity shop and I think it 's a lesson for us all is n't it , not not to miss anything in a black sack , Jacqui . |
| 12 | She may even be persuaded to come back with me , to stay a week or longer , Dorothea decided , for she had no reason to live in that ugly little town house alone now that her father was dead . |
| 13 | For instance , does praise make you feel good for an hour , a day , a week or longer ? |
| 14 | If the widening of the 20 per cent lower income tax band to £3,000 in 1993/94 is taken into account ( which will be worth a further £25 a year to all basic and higher rate taxpayers ) , then the net effect of this and the change in the MCA on a married man aged under 65 who pays tax at the basic rate of 25 per cent will be an increase in tax of £1.17 a week or about £61 a year . |
| 15 | But for the higher rate taxpayer aged under 65 , there will be an increased tax charge of £6.13 a week or about £319 . |
| 16 | The average Jew was the average Englishman , living off a weekly pay packet of four pounds a week or less at a time when , in the worst-hit areas for unemployment , up to twenty per cent of the population was below the poverty line . |
| 17 | If your pension is £2 a week or less , it will normally be paid once a year in arrears by a crossed order which you can pay into a bank or building society account . |
| 18 | If it is a final salary scheme , what is the exact definition of ‘ final salary ’ ? this could be very important if the organisation offers phased retirement or the opportunity of a sponsorship in the voluntary sector and , as some employers do , adjusts your remuneration to take account of a shorter working week or less onerous responsibilities . |
| 19 | Only 1 man in 10 drinks every day ; a third drink only once a week or less ; just 19% have an alcoholic intake which exceeds the level regarded as ‘ safe ’ by the medical establishment . |
| 20 | She will work at least 24 hours a week giving care and earn £25 a week or less . |
| 21 | That said , a week or less , may not give the pursuer all that long to consider his options and leaves the defender with little time for manoeuvre in the event that the Tender is refused . |
| 22 | Short Courses ( 1 week or less ) |
| 23 | He sees his trade once a week or once in two weeks , and covers three or four towns in a day . |
| 24 | She does a lot of horse riding , erm , she has n't got her own horse any more , but she uses a local stable and gets to ride once , once a week or once a fortnight . |
| 25 | ‘ It may be once a week or once a fortnight perhaps , but it would n't be a lengthy period until the baby is older and more independent . |
| 26 | But whoever pays the bill , most of us still regularly visit the hairdresser , whether it 's once a week or once a year and as each town seems to have at least 20 salons , this is an entirely random list . |
| 27 | May we have a debate next week or as soon as possible to consider whether we should have a referendum at any stage and in what circumstances ? |
| 28 | Essences are used as a periodic treatment ; either once a week or daily for two weeks with a three to four week interval before resuming again . |
| 29 | There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more . |
| 30 | The research , carried out over 30 years by the joint directors of the Child Development Research Unit at Nottingham University , shows that two-thirds of babies are smacked before the age of one , that three-quarters of four-year-olds are smacked once a week or more , and that by the age of seven , 22 per cent have been hit with implements . |