Example sentences of "of [adj] days ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some observer data on incidental catches on four vessels of the red squid fleet , over a total of 67 days ' fishing through the 1980s , showed that 105 marine mammals died in 2870 k ( 2000 miles ) of drift-net - one death for each 27 kind of net . |
| 2 | His military career ended with a sentence of twenty-eight days ' detention for absence without leave . |
| 3 | Charges are higher than for the society 's standard dealing system because the stockbroker can not itself be paid on the deal until the end of the stock exchange account , an average of 10 days ' delay . |
| 4 | They were the citoyens who paid at least the equivalent of three days ' work in direct tax . |
| 5 | In Paul Guillaume 's gallery a book on African sculpture was selling for fifty francs in 1917 ; it was a book Modigliani would have prized , but at the cost of three days ' subsistence plus one meal , it was out of the question . |
| 6 | Approved social workers under the Act would require specialist training and an appraisal of their competence , and the central council for education and training in Social Work ( CCETSW ) insists upon a minimum of sixty days ' training culminating in formal examinations . |
| 7 | All have now done an average of ten days ' sailing aboard British Steel Challenge and are being given what is termed ‘ continuation training ’ . |
| 8 | The regime in the Detoxification Unit consisted of five days ' methadone reduction followed by two weeks of Clonidine . |
| 9 | Consequently many managers are unwilling to take on an ‘ unemployed ’ worker , however tempting their offer of several days ' service per week , as they can not cope with the high turnover of staff that ensues . |
| 10 | The curds of two days ' cheesemaking are mixed together before being milled and pressed . |
| 11 | I represented this city at Florence at the cost of two days ' leave , and having my pocket picked at the station |
| 12 | We know from the parable of the labourers in the vineyard that one penny or one donarius was an accepted whole day 's wage for a twelve day in the heat of the sun in the great harvest , so the two pence was the equivalent of two days ' wages . |