Example sentences of "[adj] days ' [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James , Earl of Douglas , raided Northumberland , laying siege to Newcastle , and after a few days ' inconclusive skirmishing , the Scots army retreated into the Cheviot Hills . |
| 2 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |
| 3 | The judgement from on high was six days ' heavy rain . |
| 4 | Landlords are normally required to give twenty-eight days ' written notice to quit . |
| 5 | An increasing number of monasteries and convents offer an eight days ' Ignatian retreat where the focus is on personal Bible meditation . |
| 6 | Early redemption of a loan carries a penalty of 90 days ' extra interest , except during the first year of the five year deal , when an additional 150 days ' interest is levied . |
| 7 | After previous days ' lovely weather , disappointed that visibility was poor and it rained most of the time . |
| 8 | We decided to offer our trainees two days a week in our training centre , working towards the general SVQ , plus three days ' practical training in a work placement , where they could be assessed for the SVQ . |
| 9 | Since monthly courses were introduced towards the end of 1991 , accidents costing more than three days ' lost time have plummeted by 80 per cent . |
| 10 | In February , Cadogan Travel ( 0703–3326611 ) offers a 14-day holiday for around £578 , including scheduled flights and three days ' free car hire . |
| 11 | ‘ The Adventists have an agreement with the Town Hall to give each woman 100 pounds weight of donated US foods monthly , in exchange for three days ' municipal work a week . ’ |
| 12 | Employees at Henry Sykes and Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance have three days ' special leave . |
| 13 | In addition , employees may be granted up to a maximum of three days ' special leave . |
| 14 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We offer a good starting salary and a range of benefits , including subsidised staff restaurant and 25 days ' annual leave ( after qualifying period ) . |
| 17 | Most successful governing bodies send their entry away for at least ten days ' intensive training prior to a world event . |
| 18 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 19 | Left-wing O'Leary , just 19 , was the surprise package when the 30-strong party was announced this week for five days ' warm weather training starting on New Year 's Eve . |
| 20 | At present the Chancellor has nine days ' prior warning of the crucial retail price figures . |
| 21 | Both had been pardoned by Menem in October 1989 [ see pp. 36972-73 ] and subsequently cashiered , but Seineldin had been re-arrested and sentenced on Oct. 22 to 60 days ' military detention in San Martín de los Andes , 1,500 km from Buenos Aires , for bypassing the Army chain of command and writing directly to Menem warning him of growing discontent within the Army [ see p. 37853 ] . |
| 22 | Council employees will be restricted to twenty-six days ' paid leave for duties as councillors . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The defendants , a mail order firm , issued an advertisement offering their louvre doors on 14 days ' free approval and indicating the price and the carriage charge . |
| 25 | The court found as a fact that a reasonable person would interpret the advertisement as offering the folding door gear as a separate item for 14 days ' free approval carriage free . |
| 26 | That 's why it is always best to pay in full if you possibly can and get 56 days ' interest-free credit . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | At VAG and Associated British Ports , employees are given two days ' special leave at the time of the move . |
| 30 | Less than two days ' hard riding . |