Example sentences of "space of [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , in the space of four days , two key ministers have given bleak warnings over the state of affairs in both the oil and coal industries , the largest of their kind in the world . |
| 2 | The health authorities declared a fresh state of " red alert " on Dec. 28 when further cases of cholera were discovered in three northern provinces bordering Bolivia and Paraguay , although it was reported that none of the 44 people diagnosed in the space of five days had died [ for outbreak in early 1992 see p. 38761 ] . |
| 3 | John Balding , who broke a 23-month drought at Edinburgh last Saturday , has now recorded four winners in the space of five days . |
| 4 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 5 | The latter in particular deserve praise for the production of the Stage 2 submission , which involved the translation of written unit syllabi ( with all the problems of deciphering which we know are involved with that ) into a professionally-presented proposal document within the space of 10 days . |
| 6 | In the space of two days in mid August five thousand people were killed in Calcutta . |
| 7 | Yet , over the space of two days while waiting for Ryder to appear , guitarist Mark Day shows me his holiday snaps of Barbados , drummer Gaz Whelan is more preoccupied with the hassles of having a broken foot , while PD and Paul Ryder do n't so much brag as baulk at the very mention of drugs , seeming far more at home with talk of ‘ middle-eights ’ , ‘ mixing desks ’ and ‘ jamming grooves ’ . |
| 8 | In April 1944 an executive deputation to London met Liberals , Tories , the Daily Herald , and the Assistance Board , all within the space of two days . |
| 9 | Justine Moritz was found guilty of the murder of William Frankenstein , and was sentenced to be hanged within the space of two days . |
| 10 | In the space of two days — Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 — at least 600 people were reliably estimated to have been killed by the army and police and in succeeding days more killings and arrests were reported as troops raided premises , principally in Port-au Prince , in search of troops loyal to Aristide . |
| 11 | Another flight , this time of one hour , was made the following morning and another two , to complete the necessary four test flights , were made within the space of two days . |
| 12 | Farmers are being warned to be on their guard following eight arson attacks on farms in Hereford and Worcester in the space of two days . |
| 13 | In the space of sixteen days from 10 November , the London Film Festival will show some 170 films . |
| 14 | In the space of seventeen days , Peter saw Kate eight times . |
| 15 | Mr Reid , who is prevented from taking part in one of the highlights of his season by the excellent displays on Saturday of Steve McMahon and Fitzroy Simpson in central midfield , knows that victories over the top three teams in the space of eight days — City travel to Hillsborough on Saturday — will raise hopes of his men claiming third place . |
| 16 | But yet again the mercurial Maryhill men were transformed in the space of eight days from uninspired lethargy to inventive industry . |
| 17 | ‘ He has been seized with his fits three times in the space of seven days , ’ Coleridge wrote to Joseph Cottle on 15 March ; ‘ and just as I was in bed , last night , I was called up again — and from 12 o clock at night to five this morning he remained in one continued state of agoniz 'd Delirium . ’ |
| 18 | The fair is to be kept ‘ … upon the fourth day of July , being St Martin 's Day , and so to continue for the space of seven days … ’ , but the date changed to the 15th July when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted . |
| 19 | Over the space of seven days at the end of November , Philip gave talks to geology A-level students at two schools , one in Solihull , West Midlands , and the other in Malden Manor , South London . |
| 20 | Both their cars were stolen in the space of three days . |
| 21 | CLEVELAND PARK saw two new track records established in the space of three days . |
| 22 | He had left his hometown of Kiel in northern Germany and covered the distance to Wissembourg on the Franco-German border in the space of ten days but he was still uncertain where he was ultimately headed . |
| 23 | In the space of ten days , Franco had demonstrated unequivocally that he was in complete control , militarily and politically . |
| 24 | I tried to kill myself twice in the space of ten days , |