Example sentences of "' [adj] leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 2 | We offer a good starting salary and a range of benefits , including subsidised staff restaurant and 25 days ' annual leave ( after qualifying period ) . |
| 3 | And the gap will become wider if no extra staff are employed to cover junior doctors ' annual leave . |
| 4 | Provisions for parental leave range from 18 months ' low flat rate pay in Germany , or six months ' leave at 30 per cent of earnings in Italy , to three months ' unpaid leave in Greece . |
| 5 | Christian Aid has agreed to my taking three months ' unpaid leave , and the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth has kindly awarded me a bursary to cover costs of travel . |
| 6 | But yesterday Dunnes Stores ( Billingham ) made a £1,000 offer and a former Oxford blue promised a £50 cheque to end worries that Richardson 's build-up would be affected after taking ten weeks ' unpaid leave from work . |
| 7 | In January 1919 , the superintendent-nurse , Miss Price , returned to duty after two months ' sick leave ( which had started on Armistice Day ) . |
| 8 | 420 ( 55% ) responders were working , and of these 235 ( 56% ) had less than two weeks ' sick leave a year . |
| 9 | Over half ( 235 , 56% ) of 419 employed adults with cystic fibrosis had had less than two weeks ' sick leave in the previous year , and 34% ( 144 ) had had less than 1 week . |
| 10 | The Economy and Tourism Minister , Georgios Souflias , left the government for three months ' sick leave on Sept. 15 and the post was assumed on Oct. 1 by the Prime Minister , Konstantinos Mitsotakis , who appointed Efthymios Christodoulou , previously the Deputy Foreign Minister for European Community affairs , as Deputy Economy Minister . |
| 11 | ICI 's maternity provisions include 52 weeks ' flexible leave ( ie the proportion taken before and after the birth is up to the mother ) . |
| 12 | Two weeks ' paid leave immediately before the birth . |
| 13 | Other parts of the directive — including a minimum of four weeks ' paid leave — apply to everyone . |
| 14 | The EC wants all women to have the right to return to work after 14 weeks ' paid leave , but it looks as though British women will receive sick pay , rather than full pay . |
| 15 | Council employees will be restricted to twenty-six days ' paid leave for duties as councillors . |
| 16 | At VAG and Associated British Ports , employees are given two days ' special leave at the time of the move . |
| 17 | Employees at Henry Sykes and Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance have three days ' special leave . |
| 18 | In addition , employees may be granted up to a maximum of three days ' special leave . |