Example sentences of "[num] minutes ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’ |
| 2 | He notes that performances of the piece by such contemporary Mahler exponents as Bernstein , Abbado , Levine , Karajan , Tennstedt and Maazel average around 12 minutes ' duration , while Haitink 's recording takes about 14 minutes , and Scherchen 's lasts a full quarter of an hour . |
| 3 | They love walking the dogs on Bude beach , 30 minutes ' drive away . |
| 4 | In 12 of the 16 cases , fresh tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen after 30 minutes ' incubation in gum sucrose for immunohistological studies . |
| 5 | Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales . |
| 6 | recommended that the procedure is applied to spontaneous speech samples of about 30 minutes ' duration , although there is no reason why this should not be varied . |
| 7 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 8 | 2 passages will be dictated at each speed — one of 3 minutes and one of 2 minutes ' duration . |
| 9 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 10 | Another is at Lavenham , 10 minutes ' drive up the road . |
| 11 | The Sandyport project is situated on New Providence , not far from Nassau and only 10 minutes ' drive from the international airport . |
| 12 | The centre of San Antonio with its famous ‘ West End ’ is just a five minute stroll away and guests here are welcome to use the pool at the Brisa , about 10 minutes ' walk away . |
| 13 | No complaints here : the TV and shower were both in good working order ; and what an attractive , peaceful place to stay — only 45 minutes ' drive from Dieppe , and handy for visits to Rouen or Le Havre . |
| 14 | But only a supreme effort over this distance will produce more than two or three minutes ' advantage . |
| 15 | As instructed , she gave Fen two or three minutes ' warning and felt the boat change direction and nudge the bank . |
| 16 | By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow-boxing . |
| 17 | The fun stops during the 90 minutes ' play , though , because Taylor wants ‘ a good win ’ . |
| 18 | She was only sorry that the brief formal note which had arrived from the Palazzo granting her an interview of no more than ninety minutes ' duration had stipulated that photographs would not be permitted . |
| 19 | Witnesses have put the women at the Churchill Clinic , in Lambeth , south London , at that time — at least 11 minutes ' drive from Alison 's Wandsworth flat . |
| 20 | Each training session should begin with 5 minutes ' stretching , 5 minutes ' skipping and a 15-second circuit of the fitness determination routine ( see page 8 ) . |
| 21 | Each training session should begin with 5 minutes ' stretching , 5 minutes ' skipping and a 15-second circuit of the fitness determination routine ( see page 8 ) . |
| 22 | On Orange Grove Road , just 5 minutes ' walk from Singapore 's main shopping and entertainment area along Orchard Road , this extremely luxurious hotel is set in beautiful gardens . |
| 23 | The house is right on the edge of the University campus , only about 5 minutes ' walk from where we teach . |
| 24 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
| 25 | A video , to be accompanied by print material , of approximately 55 minutes ' duration , consisting of 8 programmes of approximately 7 minutes each . |
| 26 | Blakey Ridge and Hutton-le-Hole with the outdoor Ryedale Folk Museum are at the heart of the moor , and only thirty-five minutes ' drive from the farm . |
| 27 | The United States had hopes of at least twenty-five minutes ' warning of a nuclear rocket attack . |
| 28 | Mrs Zamzam 's land should have been only 25 minutes ' drive across the international frontier . |
| 29 | Indeed , an international survey of old people in Britain , Denmark , and the United States in the 1960s found over 40 per cent of them living within ten minutes ' journey of their children in all three countries . |
| 30 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |