Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' holiday " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has an understanding with his wife that weekends are sacrosanct and the couple always enjoy six weeks ' holiday together every year . |
| 2 | Hampshire gave Smith two weeks ' holiday on his return from the World Cup , to allow him to get to know his 17-month-old son Harrison and his new house near Salisbury . |
| 3 | Music had been important to her and the shelves held a catholic collection of records with which he could refresh or console himself during the two weeks ' holiday . |
| 4 | It is therefore recommended that all employees , particularly those in a data-processing capacity , be required to take at least two consecutive weeks ' holiday , ideally including a month-end or quarter-end . |
| 5 | They then took two weeks ' holiday and , on their return , gave one week 's notice and left when this notice period expired . |
| 6 | Your expertise will be rewarded not only by a competitive salary , but also by an extensive range of benefits including 5 weeks ' holiday , pension and profit share schemes , a subsidised restaurant and first-class sports and social facilities . |
| 7 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 8 | For example , many people have four weeks ' holiday a year , but not many people can take that four weeks all in one go , there are usually restrictions that you can only take maybe a maximum of two weeks . |
| 9 | Thus the person being cared for must be receiving attendance allowance , in recognition that s/he is ‘ severely disabled ’ ; the carer must not be in full-time education or earning ( from April 1992 ) more than £40 a week ; carers can not take more than four weeks ' holiday in any six-month period , nor can the disabled person be in hospital for more than four weeks at a time . |
| 10 | And we have four weeks ' holiday at August . |
| 11 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 12 | I said , I 've , I 've got four weeks ' holiday before . |
| 13 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 14 | Two weeks ' holiday money , he assumed correctly . |
| 15 | Oh she has enough certificates to of gone to teachers ' training college , now that , I always feel although I think she 's quite happy now , but for myself , for myself and I 'm always er tempted by the fact that they always have twelve weeks ' holiday you know , I mean in one go the teachers |
| 16 | Tt , well at at the moment I am therefore due in actual fact two weeks ' holiday |
| 17 | I 'm due three weeks ' holiday |
| 18 | You must have , you , you must have you keep telling me that you 're doing all these extra hours and you 're owed two weeks ' holiday |
| 19 | Well I , well I 'm on a weeks ' holiday are n't I , at Easter ? |
| 20 | Shop stewards have recommended accepting the offer of just under 9 per cent — worth £10 a week to most bakers — two extra days ' holiday by April 1991 to make five weeks a year , and other benefits , including better sick pay . |
| 21 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 22 | But the question we must ask is why so many British workers are getting a two-week break when other European workers are making do with just three days ' holiday . |
| 23 | But they do want their time off : even though 58% of accountants are entitled to over 25 days ' holiday , the majority still felt they deserved more . |
| 24 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 25 | Salaries , dependent on qualifications and experience , are supported by excellent large-company benefits including profit sharing and sharesaver schemes , 27 days ' holiday , pension and generous relocation assistance where appropriate . |
| 26 | Foxfield Railway stalwart Steve Turner 's ex-NCB Hunslet Saddle Tank ‘ Whiston ’ was invited to spend three working days ' holiday at British Coal 's Littleton Colliery near Cannock , Staffs by its enthusiastic Manager , Mr Robin Dean . |
| 27 | The most popular announcement — from the boys ' point of view at least — was that of an extra two days ' holiday to mark the Anniversary . |
| 28 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 29 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 30 | In addition however the number of days ' holiday allowed of at weekends would be limited as follows : = |