Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] days ['s] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present the Chancellor has nine days ' prior warning of the crucial retail price figures . |
| 2 | The continued need for economy was reflected by their rejection of the chaplain 's request for three dozen copies of the hymns for the Coronation Service , and the carpenter , the bricklayer and the engineer were granted two days ' extra holiday ( but were paid for one day only ) . |
| 3 | The bond ( whose price includes 137 days ' accrued interest on 1 April ) has to be financed at the money market rate of 10 per cent for the 90 days between 1 April and 30 June , when the bond ( if it happens to be the CTD ) is delivered into the futures market . |
| 4 | Landlords are normally required to give twenty-eight days ' written notice to quit . |
| 5 | These new agreements obliged both countries ' navies and air forces ( i ) to give 14 days ' advance warning , instead of the previous 25 days , of large military manoeuvres within 80 miles of the coasts of Argentina or of the Falklands Islands and other UK possessions in the south Atlantic ; and ( ii ) to give 42 hours ' notice for permission for combat vessels to approach within 15 miles of either coast , to be arranged by mutual agreement , instead of the previous 48 hours ' notice to approach within 50 miles . |
| 6 | That 's why it is always best to pay in full if you possibly can and get 56 days ' interest-free credit . |
| 7 | the Trader shall be entitled at any time prior to commencement of transit to give seven days ' written notice to the Carrier requiring that the aforementioned £800 per tonne limit be increased but not so as to exceed the value of the Consignment and in the event of such notice being given the Trader shall within the said seven days agree with the Carrier an increase in the carriage charges in consideration of the said increased limit . |
| 8 | From 1 April , only the Prime Minister , Chancellor , Governor of the Bank of England and seven other senior ministers and officials will have two days ' advance notice of key data . |
| 9 | At VAG and Associated British Ports , employees are given two days ' special leave at the time of the move . |
| 10 | There is a statutory requirement that the offender be given seven days ' written notice setting out the conditions of eligibility for deportation , and the exceptions ; additionally the Court has indicated in a number of cases that the sentencer should invite counsel to address the court with specific reference to the question of deportation , and give reasons where a recommendation is made . |
| 11 | Employees at Henry Sykes and Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance have three days ' special leave . |