Example sentences of "of [noun sg] a week [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've worked out that a rent of tenpence a week on each log cabin , or sixpence for each bunk in a dormitory , will just pay me back by the end of this contract . |
| 2 | We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . |
| 3 | " We estimate that a typical child would have to eat a tonne of chocolate a week for life to exceed the safe dose , " said the alliance 's spokesman . |
| 4 | One contributor to Drinking to Your Health , published today , says that most men can drink up to 70 measures of alcohol a week without seriously affecting their health , but 42 measures would be safe . |
| 5 | I think we had two ounces of margarine a week on each ration book , and butter I think we had an ounce of butter a week , and meat was very scarce . |
| 6 | It is also cheaper for parents — they pay an average £60 for 42 hours of care a week under the Glaxo scheme , compared with a subsidised £85 the company anticipates it would charge for a workplace nursery . |
| 7 | Psychoanalysts themselves undergo five sessions of analysis a week for five years or so before they can practise . |