Example sentences of "[adj] weeks ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event of dismissal , 2 weeks ' notice of dismissal will be given by the Library . |
| 2 | Bergsjo et al suggested 43 weeks ' gestation as induction at this time has a lower incidence of failure . |
| 3 | I encourage women to have induction at 43 weeks ' gestation because of the slightly increased risk to the baby thereafter . |
| 4 | Today the ‘ A ’ team take the field against county champions Essex at Lord 's , the opening fixture in a first-class season which will still be running in 22 weeks ' time . |
| 5 | If the analysed cells were NFEs , then at 22 weeks ' gestation ( case 8 ) this should represent a transplacental haemorrhage of about 0.5 mL , which would certainly be sufficient to stimulate a secondary immune response in an isoimmunised mother . |
| 6 | Infants under 30 weeks ' gestation were electively ventilated from birth . |
| 7 | It is policy to screen all mothers with risk factors for gestational diabetes ( family history of diabetes , previous gestational diabetes , poor obstetric history , clinical polyhydramnios , maternal obesity , or previous macrosomic infant ( >4000 g ) with a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test at 30 weeks ' gestation . |
| 8 | In a few weeks ' time , the fallen leaves will have risen from ankle to knee deep . |
| 9 | The Ethiopian army , the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa , consists largely of press-ganged young peasants or unemployed urban teenagers who have been drafted to the front after a few weeks ' training . |
| 10 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 11 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |
| 12 | A few weeks ' break , then it starts all over again . |
| 13 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 14 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 15 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 16 | For example , the £750 million outstanding on credit cards might represent only a few weeks ' purchases . |
| 17 | It was agreed with the Prince that the interview would take place at Broadlands where he would be staying with the Brabournes in a few weeks ' time . |
| 18 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
| 19 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 20 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 21 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 22 | They had recently been on separate holidays , met support workers ' families at their homes , danced at a party and had their photographs taken cuddling the few weeks ' old daughter of a woman Elizabeth met at church . |
| 23 | Also in the US , two unnamed systems integrators have agreed to take the notebook on-board — they 'll also be announced in a few weeks ' time . |
| 24 | This is how the new Thorp two seat trainer will really look when it goes on sale in the UK in a few weeks ' time . |
| 25 | Next morning , after a 9.15 breakfast , he discussed with Jones his ideas for a speech he had to make in a few weeks ' time at a Literary Fund dinner . |
| 26 | In a few weeks ' time this year 's peacocks , immaculately spruce , would emerge from pupae . |
| 27 | The small factory she 'd approached to undertake the making of the curtains , cushions and loose covers told her they 'd be ready to start in a few weeks ' time , and even allowing for this wildly optimistic schedule , she felt she ought to know when to expect delivery of the fabrics . |
| 28 | I love the fresh smell in the air when everything seems to be coming to life again and I felt a natural surge of joy , as if in a few weeks ' time John would be coming home from his first trip away just as he should have done the previous April . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps you will , ’ he said , ‘ but I 'm going to be married in a few weeks ' time . |
| 30 | The telegraph now allowed instantaneous communication with the farthest reaches o the empire , while the steamship brought everywhere in the world within a few weeks ' sail of home . |