Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] days ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 2 | Benson died after only three days ' illness 5 July 1924 at his cottage , Castle Corner , in Manorbier , Pembrokeshire . |
| 3 | The outcome of perhaps three days ' work is often no more than ten points on a flip chart , and we would consider that a good rate of striking . |
| 4 | With some types of account a depositor can withdraw a certain amount of money on demand , but will have to pay a penalty of so many days ' interest . |
| 5 | Thus each days ' dosage remains homœopathic to the case as the slight increase in the health of the vital force is matched with the slight increase in potency caused by the five or six shakes of the bottle . |
| 6 | But the question we must ask is why so many British workers are getting a two-week break when other European workers are making do with just three days ' holiday . |
| 7 | The woman who let Britain slide into the worst depression since the 30s was paid £250,000 last week for just three days ' work on a lecture tour . |
| 8 | This 1pc increase will mean the highest earner will pay the biggest increase , for example a taxpayer earning £50,000 a year will pay an extra £500 , representing just three days ' pay per year for someone earning £1,000 a week . |
| 9 | The details of the timetable motion allow for just five days ' debate on a Bill which is 103 pages long , contains 94 clauses and nine schedules and which must report back to the House by 26 February . |
| 10 | The day after five days ' treatment with omeprazole plus SMS 201–995 , serum gastrin levels were increased because of the prolonged effects of omeprazole on gastrin release . |
| 11 | Sangenic can take about three days ' supply of soiled nappies before it needs emptying . |
| 12 | It is already apparent to us that she has no emotional link with the child ; she is indeed now only anxious to return to her own work , which she will do in about ten days ' time . ’ |
| 13 | It was a polite invitation to a morning party at the minister 's house in Bath Street , to take place on a Saturday , in about ten days ' time . |
| 14 | New Year 's Eve , in about ten days ' time . |
| 15 | But much more detailed and as a result not only of about twelve days ' training which we 've undertaken in that area with the management team , or various of them , but also of our experience over the last eighteen months in operating it . |
| 16 | The 9,714 teacher-days spent in this way during the school year 1988–9 ( a threefold increase since 1985–6 ) reflect a very substantial investment of human and material resources , although it should be added that with about 2,400 primary teachers in the Authority the figures represent a rise from an average of only just over one day 's provision per teacher in 1985–6 to about four days ' provision in 1988–9 . |
| 17 | Yeah well two days ' holiday so |
| 18 | If he decides to summon such a meeting , the meeting must be held not more than four months from the date of the bankruptcy order ( r 6.79(1) ) , and the official receiver must inform the court and give at least twenty-one days ' notice to all creditors ( r 6.79(2) ) . |
| 19 | The official receiver must give at least twenty-one days ' notice of the meeting to the bankrupt and may require him to attend the meeting ( r 6.84 ) |
| 20 | If the application is based upon payment of all the debts , the applicant must give at least twenty-eight days ' notice to the official receiver and ( if other ) the trustee and supply them with copies of the application and affidavit ( r 6.206(4) ) . |
| 21 | The AGM will be convened by the company secretary , who must give at least 21 days ' notice . |
| 22 | This Agreement commences on [ ] and will continue for a fixed period of three years and thereafter will continue from year to year unless terminated by at least sixty days ' written notice by either party to the other , such notice to expire on any anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement falling after the expiry of the fixed period aforesaid . |
| 23 | Most successful governing bodies send their entry away for at least ten days ' intensive training prior to a world event . |
| 24 | One copy of the petition is returned to the debtor endorsed with the hearing date ( if the court does not hear the petition forthwith ) , but if a voluntary arrangement is in force , at least 14 days ' notice of the hearing must be given to the supervisor . |
| 25 | Use this where your employee is leaving and has had at least four days ' SSP in the last eight weeks of the contract . |
| 26 | The court will then fix a directions appointment giving at least two days ' notice to the parties . |
| 27 | We will legislate to require that all pre-strike ballots are postal and subject to independent scrutiny , and that at least seven days ' notice of a strike is given after a ballot . |
| 28 | If the application is not dismissed , the court must fix a hearing , at least seven days ' notice of which must be given to the debtor ( or his solicitor if the application was made by his solicitor ) and the creditor and the person named in the demand , if any , with whom communication regarding the demand can be made . |
| 29 | But they do want their time off : even though 58% of accountants are entitled to over 25 days ' holiday , the majority still felt they deserved more . |
| 30 | Over 1,000,000 days ' work were lost due to strikes in the first quarter of 1991 , a figure exceeded in the second quarter under the combined impact of continuing miners ' strikes and protest strikes against price increases . |