Example sentences of "[adj] minutes ' " in BNC.

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1 Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’
2 He notes that performances of the piece by such contemporary Mahler exponents as Bernstein , Abbado , Levine , Karajan , Tennstedt and Maazel average around 12 minutes ' duration , while Haitink 's recording takes about 14 minutes , and Scherchen 's lasts a full quarter of an hour .
3 After some minutes ' browsing , Bragg threw a document over to Morton .
4 They love walking the dogs on Bude beach , 30 minutes ' drive away .
5 recommended that the procedure is applied to spontaneous speech samples of about 30 minutes ' duration , although there is no reason why this should not be varied .
6 Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales .
7 In 12 of the 16 cases , fresh tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen after 30 minutes ' incubation in gum sucrose for immunohistological studies .
8 Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time .
9 After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns .
10 He would be coming round to collect in a few minutes ' time .
11 The landlord , a fund of local knowledge , recommended a visit to Captain Cook 's house in the village of Staithes and a trip to the North York Moors steam railway — both a few minutes ' drive away .
12 A few minutes ' drive from the NEC , M42 , M6 and Birmingham International Airport .
13 Her flat was only a few minutes ' walk away from the station .
14 It was only a few minutes ' walk to her office in Aldersgate Street ; but she normally did not arrive there till nine .
15 It had been a grand few minutes ' work .
16 A few minutes ' facial sauna , however , is fine because it warms the skin just enough to facilitate absorption .
17 In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill .
18 Just under half lived in the same household as the dementia sufferer ( 45 per cent ) ; most of the remainder lived within easy reach : 14 per cent in the same street or only a few minutes ' walk away , 20 per cent within two miles , ten per cent within five miles , and only 11 per cent further than five miles away ( although in Newham 36 per cent of the principal carers lived more than two miles away compared with only 12 per cent in Ipswich ) .
19 The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city .
20 The excellent road system of the greater Belfast region means that Jordanstown is merely a few minutes ' drive from the capital , allowing students to take advantage of the social life and the living accommodation available in the city .
21 Only a few minutes ' walk from the Centre the ARC is a must for anyone interested in the subject of archaeology .
22 A snap survey in the West Country by New Scientist found that a number of garages want £8 or more for what should be just a few minutes ' work .
23 The initiating processes in all these interactions are referred to as biological interface conversion processes and can be easily studied in the eye because contact lenses can be removed and analysed after only a few minutes ' wear .
24 All those below were too busy and had not time to spare to comfort him with a few minutes ' companionship .
25 It 's hot , it 's happy and it 's home for the next six weeks , along with the University Arms Hotel a few minutes ' walk away .
26 After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind .
27 Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray .
28 The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation .
29 This would force some leading figures , like Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , to fight for a few minutes ' speaking time from the floor — or keep quiet .
30 Though it involves a few minutes ' paperwork , a worthwhile exercise is to jot down your own personal list of pros and cons , under the headings : ‘ spending now ’ and ‘ spending later ’ .
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