Example sentences of "than [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 61 | Considering the children who were only excreting Cryptosporidium , chronic diarrhoea occurred in nine of 11 children ( 82% ) who had returned from travel abroad ( Indian subcontinent ( eight ) , Europe ( two ) , and Africa ( one ) ) and in seven of 11 children ( 64% ) from itinerant families ( eight of nine and four of seven respectively having diarrhoea for greater than 21 days ) . |
| 62 | Although chronic diarrhoea ( defined by them as greater than 21 days duration ) occurred most frequently in this age group , this amounted to only 6% of cases — that is , 94% had diarrhoea which lasted for less than 21 days . |
| 63 | Although chronic diarrhoea ( defined by them as greater than 21 days duration ) occurred most frequently in this age group , this amounted to only 6% of cases — that is , 94% had diarrhoea which lasted for less than 21 days . |
| 64 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
| 65 | ( 7 ) Where the proper officer fixes a day for the hearing , he shall give not less than 21 days ' notice thereof to every party . |
| 66 | If a payment in is made less than 21 days before the trial , and is not accepted , the court is entitled to take the fact and amount of the payment in into account in exercising its discretion as to costs ( King v Weston-Howell [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 375 ) , although it should be noted that in Bowen v Mills and Knight Ltd [ 1973 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 580 it was held that even one day less was not enough to protect the defendant in costs . |
| 67 | The upper house election has to be held no later than 35 days after the Diet session ends . |
| 68 | Similar situations can be contrived with other months of fewer than 31 days . |
| 69 | Possibly the solution is to fix accounting reference dates for those companies choosing to make up their accounts to the end of the month with fewer than 31 days to , say , the third day of the following month and take regular advantage of seven day variation of actual accounting date from accounting reference date allowed by s 223 . |
| 70 | If your employee is sick during the last eight weeks before leaving and you have paid SSP for more than three days you have to fill in a Leaver 's statement SSP(L) . |
| 71 | His department said that it only kept records of strikes lasting more than three days and involving more than 100 people . |
| 72 | So while his empire teetered , Mr Bond sailed on for more than three days incom-municado . |
| 73 | During 1988–89 , 4051 injuries were reported — 8 were fatalities , 490 major injuries and 3553 resulted in absence from work for more than three days . |
| 74 | Penalties were levied for putting diseased or unbranded cattle on to the fen , leaving animals unburied for more than three days , and allowing dogs to harass cattle on the moor . |
| 75 | A student who has not been in attendance for more than three days through illness or other cause must notify immediately either the course director or senior course tutor , or the research supervisor , who shall inform the Academic Registrar . |
| 76 | Being over 200 miles from town , I told them it was scarcely worthwhile coming for less than three days — preferably more ; so they did . |
| 77 | Remember that I had left England less than three days before this after an exceptionally grey and dull winter and the bright colours which typify so much Australian knitting were a delight . |
| 78 | The ‘ top ’ three cases each appear on between ten and fifteen days , while no case above the ‘ top ’ five appears on more than three days . |
| 79 | There were only four such murder cases ( discounting the M4 Rapist case , which we consider separately ) where there was more than three days ' coverage or where more than five newspapers included reports of the search . |
| 80 | The only other case where there was the suggestion of an explicitly sexual motive and which had more than three days ' coverage was the murder of a 9-year-old boy which was reported in two national newspapers — the Daily Mail ( on three days ) ; the Daily Mirror ( on one day ) — and much fuller coverage in the local newspaper , the Lancashire Evening Post . |
| 81 | If you have to cancel your holiday we will charge a minimum of £30 per person ( plus insurance premium ) , if you cancel less than six weeks in advance — 30% of your holiday cost , less than four weeks — 45% , less than two weeks — 60% , less than three days — 100% . |
| 82 | In the course of a year it meets on about half as many days as the House of Commons and never on more than three days in a week . |
| 83 | Any reaction , should it occur , should not be worse than those you have already experienced , and is likely to last no more than three days . |
| 84 | In this case you should apply to Christine no fewer than three days in advance , and she may reset your card if she feels that this action is justified . |
| 85 | We also measure the index based on incidents causing a loss of more than three days , which is the index used by most operating oil companies as the measure of industrial health and safety performance . |
| 86 | He could admit that the 7 million days that allegedly were lost in one year under a Labour Government were lost under this Government , in less than three days because of unemployment . |
| 87 | All the patients had diarrhoea of less than three days . |
| 88 | Where a defendant or respondent under disability has no guardian ad litem acting for him under rr 5 or 8(2) , the plaintiff ( or applicant ) shall , after the time for delivering a defence ( or answer ) has expired and before taking any further steps , apply to the court without fee on not less than three days ' notice to the person on whom the summons was served under Ord 10 , r 4 for the appointment of a guardian ad litem ( Ord 10 , r 6 ) . |
| 89 | Whether the payment is made within or after fourteen days of service , if the plaintiff elects to accept the sum he must within 21 days after receipt by him of the notice of payment into court or , if the notice is received less than three days before the return day , then before the hearing of the action begins , give notice of his acceptance to the court and to every other party ( Ord 11 , r 3(1) ) . |
| 90 | Since monthly courses were introduced towards the end of 1991 , accidents costing more than three days ' lost time have plummeted by 80 per cent . |