Example sentences of "[verb] [num] days ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Outdoor centre staff given eight days ' warning on jobs
2 Strathaven-based Yuill and Dodds , which was due to have its licence suspended for seven days from midnight on Sunday , has been given 49 days ' grace to decide whether to appeal against the decision .
3 Despite its own financial woes , IBM is expected to provide 60 days ' redundancy pay for each of the employees .
4 able to do my job , I might need thirty days ' training .
5 No he 's got three days ' holiday .
6 The policy now includes 17 days ' winter sports insurance free .
7 But Murray was determined , and eager to be off eastwards without delay , for Balliol had already had two days ' lead .
8 Lorraine Allard had only had four days ' warning before leaving from Berlin :
9 At Georgetown , Toyota keeps three days ' worth of stocks of imported parts , compared with 1.5 days ' worth of American parts — or four hours ' worth at its Japanese plants .
10 Available from Abbey National ( Overseas ) are Offshore Plus , an instant access sterling account ; Offshore 90 also in sterling but requiring 90 days ' notice of withdrawal ; and Offshore Double Eagle , a US dollar deposit account where withdrawals are subject to 30 days ' notice .
11 The strikes ended on Jan. 23 , the day on which the government rushed legislation through the People 's Assembly enshrining the right to strike , but obliging workers to give 15 days ' notice of stoppages , and authorizing the Assembly to suspend a stoppage if it threatened the national interest .
12 The consultations have also shown that there is strong support for legislation to require trade unions to give seven days ' notice of strikes .
13 Peers are asked if they wish to be granted ‘ leave of absence ’ and , if they do not reply in the negative , are expected not to attend without giving 30 days ' notice of intention to do so .
14 One classic example was of a girl getting a pound fine and losing three days ' remission for giving another girl a cigarette paper .
15 Membership Assistant Dean ( chair ) Dean Modular Course Co-ordinator Assistant Academic Secretary ( secretary ) Ten elected members of teaching staff to include at least one member from each faculty Two student representatives nominated by the students ' union from the MCC representatives Any Field Chair ( not otherwise qualified ) choosing to attend and having two days ' notice of his or her intention to the Chair .
16 The state of confusion surrounding such issues was such that he was obliged to allow forty days ' grace to many of his ninety or so loyal vassals assembled at St Sever in September 1273 , so that they might consult their title-deeds , old charters , relatives and aged kinsmen .
17 Contract Procedure and Payments : the farmer wishing to have contract work carried out normally gave 4–5 days ' notice ; the administrator located a suitable machine not being used by its owner on the required date , and the operator collected the machine and carried out the work ; the farmer paid the group the agreed rate per acre for the work done ; the group paid the owner of the machine the agreed rate for the hire of the machine ; the operator was paid for the hours worked .
18 Withdrawals can be made penalty free if 90 days ' notice is given ; instant access means 90 days ' loss of interest .
19 The strange conversation came back to him while he scraped three days ' stubble from his face .
20 Neville Chamberlain returned that day from France , where he had taken ten days ' rest , and the last session of Baldwin 's leadership began .
21 We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days .
22 The offer means a couple can get four days ' bed and breakfast at the Stakis Newbury hotel for £108 .
23 The court gives seven days ' notice to the parties ( Ord 22 , r 6(1) ) .
24 The two-month period between finishing his Special-to-Theatre EOD course at the School of Ammunition and arriving in the Province suddenly became two days ' notice , due to a shortfall in EOD Operators .
25 The smuggled letters take three days ' journey to Rabat from the prison : some never arrive .
26 I saw her and she said fourteen days ' loss of privileges .
27 He had two days ' respite before Bella delivered her deathblows .
28 Liz sees the profit in investing two days ' selection time to hire a top-flight sales person .
29 He said : ‘ I play basketball twice a week and I had four days ’ notice that I was to get my chance , so I had four days ' practice .
30 In any other case a date must be fixed for hearing and the parties and the guardian ad litem must be given seven days ' notice .
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