Example sentences of "[adj] days ' [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More to the point , the affair earned Owen a few days ' breathing space . |
| 2 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |
| 3 | After 21 days ' culture calcipotriol reduced the number of cells to 0.06% of the control value at 10 - 5 M ( p<0.01 ) , to 0.11% at 10 - 6 M ( p<0.001 ) , to 8.45% at 10 - 7 M ( p<0.001 ) , and to 94.10% at 10 - 8 M ( see Table ) . |
| 4 | Kindly have ten days ' holiday money sent on . ’ |
| 5 | This is equivalent to five days ' trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange , 2.5 times more than a couple of years ago . |
| 6 | The regime in the Detoxification Unit consisted of five days ' methadone reduction followed by two weeks of Clonidine . |
| 7 | Despite its own financial woes , IBM is expected to provide 60 days ' redundancy pay for each of the employees . |
| 8 | Opposing change were the city 's communists , Gorbachev , the USSR Supreme Soviet , and many older citizens who associate the current name with the heroic 900 days ' wartime siege of Leningrad . |
| 9 | There is a minimum 14 days ' cancellation period from receipt of the policy document . |
| 10 | Liz sees the profit in investing two days ' selection time to hire a top-flight sales person . |
| 11 | Midland 's Seven Days ' Notice Deposit Account offers a competitive rate of interest , regular statements and access to cleared funds , while the Fixed Term Deposit Account is aimed at customers requiring an investment for a specific period , with a higher and guaranteed fixed rate of interest over the stated term . |
| 12 | There are charges on transactions , with a minimum of £30 for each six months , offset by a small allowance that varies with the seven days ' notice currency deposit rate . |