Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [adj] week [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 2 | Later in that year he had taught for seven weeks in the school ( a replacement master could not start immediately ) and had been paid £7 . |
| 3 | Intramucosal 5-aminosalicyclic acid ( 5-ASA ) and acetylated 5-ASA ( Ac-5-ASA ) concentrations were determined in ileocolonic biopsy specimens from 61 patients with irritable bowel syndrome treated for one week with near equimolar doses of different slow release preparations of 5-ASA ( Claversal , Asacol , or Pentasa ) or azo-bound drugs ( Salazopyrine , Dipentum ) . |
| 4 | Sixty one patients ( 27 men and 34 women ) ( mean age : 41.8 years ; range : 17–74 years ) with irritable bowel syndrome were treated for one week with one of the following drugs : |
| 5 | There was a small silence ; then Jennifer asked a question about one of the meetings listed for next week in the area . |
| 6 | The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes . |
| 7 | DELAYS are expected for four weeks on the northbound carriageway of the M74 in Lanarkshire between junctions 7 , for Larkhall , and 6 , Motherwell . |
| 8 | Consultation date has been picked for three weeks on Tuesday . |
| 9 | Whether they will feel as enthusiastic after being deluged for three weeks with the results of the £30m-plus likely to be spent by the main parties is more questionable . |
| 10 | Agassi 's promotion despite being sidelined for eight weeks with tendonitis of the right wrist was expected with the Wimbledon seeding committee keen to officially acknowledge their reigning champion . |
| 11 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 12 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 13 | The privatisation of the British Airports Authority ( BAA ) , postponed for several weeks by the 1987 election , also raised worries of monopoly — no attempt was made to privatise the airports controlled by the BAA as separate competing companies . |
| 14 | Members of the GWR Preservation Society will learn with particular interest that w.e.f. 21st October the world-famous Torbsy Express will be making a nostalgic return visit to a few stretches of its old track , and will first be housed for three weeks in Railway Shed 4 at Plymouth . |
| 15 | The Borrowdale mines in the lane District , discovered in 1564 , yielded such fine graphite that it was jealously guarded , extractions only being sold for six weeks of the year . |
| 16 | The next train to arrive at Junction 9 and all road hazards to Toddington near Cheltenham , will be the 100 ton Flying Scotsman , bound for six weeks of steamy nostalgia at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway , the GWR . |
| 17 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 18 | In 1955 he was employed for one week by Douglas Fairbanks Limited at Elstree as a cover director , British cover director on a T V film that was being directed by an American . |
| 19 | Next thing I know he 's disappeared for four weeks into America . |
| 20 | The case was adjourned for two weeks until April 6 . |
| 21 | Derby found a means of holding his leader to ransom : a meeting of Lancashire Unionists which threatened to disown the new policy was adjourned for three weeks at his suggestion . |
| 22 | And this case is adjourned for three weeks in order that a computer printout will can be obtained . |
| 23 | This case is adjourned for three weeks in order get a printout can be obtained . |
| 24 | An emergency admission to Part III was arranged , and a review fixed for six weeks after admission . |
| 25 | The crossing will be manned for two weeks after commissioning to monitor the safe use by drivers . |
| 26 | You must have worked for 13 weeks to be entitled to a statutory statement of the main terms of your employment . |
| 27 | Can he explain why that information was concealed for some weeks in one case ? |
| 28 | During the American War of Independence ( 1775–82 ) British troops were besieged for three weeks in the autumn of 1779 in Savannah , Georgia , by French and American troops , but successfully repulsed the attack . |
| 29 | Even the shirts which had been left for many weeks in my laundry out-tray responded to the punishment it dished out . |
| 30 | OMT specimens can be kept for many weeks at room temperature without losing antibody reactivity . |