Example sentences of "[prep] two [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1961 , after two leaders ' summits in Paris ( February ) and Bad Godesberg ( July ) , it was agreed to set up a study committee under France 's Christian Fouchet to explore future political unity . |
| 2 | At each visit blood pressure was recorded twice after five minutes ' lying down , a radial pulse being measured between readings , and blood pressure and radial pulse were recorded after two minutes ' standing . |
| 3 | After two hours ' work , I had managed only to hack out a shallow hole hardly large enough to bury a tortoise . |
| 4 | The mean ( SE ) fructosamine concentration was the same ( 2.8 ( 0.1 ) mmol/l ) after two months ' treatment with human and porcine insulin . |
| 5 | After two months ' treatment with human insulin five subjects described increased symptoms during clinical hypoglycaemia ( three autonomic , one neuroglycopenic , and one both ) while two reported reduced symptoms . |
| 6 | After two months ' silence , I was informed that ministers stood by their decision . |
| 7 | After two weeks ' work the catapult was finally ready . |
| 8 | Specifically , the study tested the hypothesis that the duodenal ulcer healing rates after two weeks ' treatment were lower in the presence of : |
| 9 | In a recently published pilot study , however , a H pylori eradication rate of 80% was achieved after two weeks ' treatment with omeprazole ( 40 mg ) and the new macrolide antibiotic clarithromycin ( 500 mg three times daily ) . |
| 10 | the Arctic night , with no sunrise from 10 December to 3 January in these latitudes , tempted Admiral Hamilton to keep the strike force of eight destroyers and the cruiser HMS Arethusa in support of a prolonged visit , until a German bomb fell close to the cruiser , forcing the decision to withdraw after two days ' occupation . |
| 11 | The fourth reported death was that of Agit Salman , a taxi driver who was detained on 27 April and died in Adana Police Headquarters on 29 April after two days ' interrogation . |
| 12 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 13 | Wages start at £70 a week and rise to around £140 after two years ' experience . |
| 14 | She had returned to Somerville to complete her degree course after two years ' school teaching ( ‘ Taught all the sciences Botany , Zoo , Chemistry . |
| 15 | The recurrence rate was similar to that reported after two years ' treatment with omeprazole . |
| 16 | In 1912 the Guild annual congress passed a resolution that divorce should be available after two years ' separation . |
| 17 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 18 | She visited her rural community after two years ' absence and was impressed by the degree of collective organization and determination shown by her community . |
| 19 | At the other end of the world , Shackleton had reached South Georgia Island after two years ' isolation in Antarctica : |
| 20 | Nuremberg only the previous day after two nights ' travel . |
| 21 | With the winding-down of two decades ' worth of cold-war conflicts in Africa and Asia , that part is getting bigger , and the UN is politically better able to play it . |
| 22 | For full grant to be earned , One-Year courses extended over twenty-four weeks , each meeting of two hours ' duration with an equal division between instruction and class activity . |
| 23 | The course offered here comprises five weekly sessions of two hours ' duration , costs only £16 and is open to individuals or groups . |
| 24 | They allowed the cameras into Kensington palace and Highgrove but in the space of two evenings ' viewing they came perilously close to destroying that magic ingredient that is so essential to the monarchy : its mystique . |
| 25 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
| 26 | a minimum of two years ' experience in Medical Information in the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 27 | ‘ Fields of Vision — Dreams of View ’ — Dawson 's first exhibition dedicated to personal creative work and the result of two years ' work in collage — is showing at Smiths ' Gallery 3 in Covent Garden from 17–22 February . |
| 28 | Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable . |
| 29 | Another aggravated offence is assault with intent to resist arrest or to prevent a lawful arrest , contrary to section 38 of the 1861 Act and carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
| 30 | The Mental Health Act 1983 contains a somewhat similar offence of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting a patient in a mental hospital , which has a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |