Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [num] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Operations are announced 10 days in advance , giving the godfathers plenty of time to pull out . |
| 2 | ‘ Judith and Patrick are told two days after the eagerly-awaited birth of their first baby , that he is suffering from Down 's Syndrome — he is a mongol . |
| 3 | Two fire fighters were killed ten days ago in the fire which gutted most of the factory . |
| 4 | The severely mutilated body of Isabel Lozano was found three days later . |
| 5 | Gynaecologist Courtney was convicted 16 days ago of two rapes and two indecent assaults on four young women he had drugged and attacked . |
| 6 | Lij Yasu was arrested four days later near the Sandfords ' farm ; he had been wandering in the Muger valley with a few retainers , hungry and terrified . |
| 7 | Many elements of the Exchequer transactions total can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy by the Bank of England on a day-to-day basis : the impact of foreign exchange transactions passing through the EEA is generally known since most such transactions are settled two days later ; gilts transactions are generally settled on the next business day ; and various government sources give information on both government expenditure and expected tax receipts . |
| 8 | Participants stressed the necessity for a ceasefire to be observed from Oct. 21 by the forces of the NPFL and the other rebel group , the United Liberation Movement for Democracy ( ULIMO ) ; the two warring factions were given 15 days from the declaration of the ceasefire to implement all the terms of the Yamoussoukro IV peace accord [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 9 | COMECON : The nine-member Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) was formally dissolved following its 46th session in Budapest on June 28 ; a liquidation committee was given 90 days to oversee the organization 's dissolution . |
| 10 | By the time the Taft-Hartley Act was invoked ninety-five days later , there would be a total of two killings , two assaults , thirty-five bombings , the taking of one hostage , and seventy-one other ‘ disruptions ’ involving such things as sabotage of railroads , gunfire directed against people , trains , and motor vehicles , property damage , and other incidents of violence serious enough to be noted by the Department of Justice . |
| 11 | An older girl was struck one day |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | The Conference was not just an affair , mounted at great trouble and expense , at which the Party 's footsoldiers were given four days simply to kick over the traces . |
| 14 | In relation to the ordinary action , the service date is input and a reminder is issued 21 days later . |
| 15 | For this reason my eye was caught one day by a small box-ad at the bottom of the column : |
| 16 | It was this version of the union treaty that was to have been signed by Russian and other representatives on 20 August , and it was apparently to prevent this weakening of central authority , particularly in military and budgetary matters , that the attempted coup was launched one day beforehand . |
| 17 | However , the Committee were unable to progress beyond the ninth paragraph at that meeting , and another meeting was held six days later to complete the report . |
| 18 | His body was discovered two days later on a railway track in Walton , Liverpool . |
| 19 | Her body was found two days later , at the bottom of a motorway embankment . |
| 20 | A boy lays a bunch of flowers near the railway embankment in Walton , Merseyside , where James Bulger 's body was found two days after his abduction |
| 21 | Iain Allan 's body was found two days later . |
| 22 | Then they took her away and we knew nothing of her until her body was found eight days later , along with that of her son and two unknown men . |
| 23 | Mrs Probyn 's body was found 6 days after she disappeared . |
| 24 | Mr Topp 's body was found 23 days later in the River Tees at Thornaby , Cleveland . |
| 25 | The spell was broken one day by a particularly stubborn fisherman who used clubs to beat his way through the grey mist . |
| 26 | ‘ Coast defence work is necessary because the area is flooded 50 days of the year , and we have more chance of attracting business investment by removing the threat of flooding . |
| 27 | There is a statutory requirement that the offender be given seven days ' written notice setting out the conditions of eligibility for deportation , and the exceptions ; additionally the Court has indicated in a number of cases that the sentencer should invite counsel to address the court with specific reference to the question of deportation , and give reasons where a recommendation is made . |
| 28 | According to Genesis the apple was created three days before man , and it is the world 's most cultivated tree fruit . |
| 29 | Mills , who 's unemployed and lives in Oxford was arrested twelve days after he ran down Miss Deeley , after a joyriding display in Oxford . |
| 30 | The incident was filmed ten days ago . |