Example sentences of "[num ord] [num] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his second hundred days , he will have to discover how to turn his ideas into lasting achievements . |
| 2 | After the first eight days of action — during which 19 of his 31 officers were killed and seven wounded , and the battalion was reduced to 40 per cent of its original strength — he himself was badly wounded leading a counter-attack . |
| 3 | The Treaty also permitted " declared site inspections " ( i.e. of sites where treaty-limited weapons were declared to be held ) , and some " challenge inspections " , especially in the first 120 days , although inspections would continue after that period . |
| 4 | Demirel had also , according to The Month in Turkey newsletter of Nov. 10 , rejected an offer by the outgoing Motherland Party ( ANAP ) Prime Minister , Mesut Yilmaz , for the ANAP to provide a DYP government with " tacit support " for the first 500 days , although the ANAP was regarded as closer in its ideology to the DYP than was the SHP . |
| 5 | The International Herald Tribune of Jan. 29 reported that there had been 29 attacks against allied targets in the first 12 days after the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 6 | For the first 30 days in Nepal bank exchange receipts for $20 a day are no longer required to obtain a trekking permit . |
| 7 | In the first 30 days there were no deaths at centre C , 5 at B , and 7 at A ( centre C vs centre A and B : Fisher 's exact test p=0.005 ) . |
| 8 | The fry are extremely tiny , too small to take even Artemia nauplii for the first 5–6 days . |
| 9 | You must provide your manager with a self — or a medical certificate , depending on your illness for the first 7 days you are off but you must provide medical evidence if you are ill for longer than this . |
| 10 | Serum calcium and albumin concentrations were measured for the first 7 days and at least weekly for 4 weeks after treatment . |
| 11 | Over the first six days we were lucky to get more than three consecutive hours . |
| 12 | The time set for one of the days is midnight , but it is not clear how long the Committee might sit for the first six days . |
| 13 | The syn-PLA2 and cat-PLA2 values of patients with the necrotising form of acute pancreatitis had a slight tendency to increase during the first six days whereas the values in patients with oedematous acute pancreatitis decreased . |
| 14 | First came Ribble Valley in March , at the end of the war and Major 's first 100 days in office . |
| 15 | Despite Clinton 's hopes for action within the first 100 days of his administration , it is more realistic to expect legislative hearings during March and April and the earliest Congressional action on any legislation in May or early June . |
| 16 | After the bruisings of the first 100 days , the president should have a shrewd idea which issues he should fight for , and which he should cheerfully surrender as lost . |
| 17 | Bill Clinton lamented that , in his first 100 days , people had expected him to do too much too soon . |
| 18 | Barclaycard provides free insurance on almost all purchases over £50 for the first 100 days . |
| 19 | ‘ A Democratic President and Congress are a potent political combination that is expected to enact a rash of pent-up legislation in the first 100 days . ’ |
| 20 | The earliest record for spring arrival is of one at Chidham on 23 March 1971 , but arrival always starts in the first 10 days of April , and some movement continues to mid-June . |
| 21 | SALES of K-reg cars in the first 10 days of August were a big disappointment , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 22 | ‘ If you were looking for a real boost to the industry then these first 10 days should have been much better , ’ said a City analyst . |
| 23 | After all , Mr Grey observed , ‘ after the first 10 days or so of the academic year we regard it as all over . |
| 24 | Ukrainian and Western researchers now believe that the fire at the plant was not extinguished by material dropped from helicopters within the first 10 days after the accident , as originally claimed , but simply burned itself out . |
| 25 | Although the overall extent of civilian casualties remained unclear , Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hammadi suggested during his visit to Tehran in mid-February [ see above ] that more than 20,000 of his compatriots had been killed and 60,000 wounded in the first 26 days of the war . |
| 26 | Some of the photographs from our Gulf article are contributed by our friend Yves Debay — co-author of the colour photo-book on the US and Arab build-up in the Gulf , Operation Desert Shield : The First 90 Days . |
| 27 | However , young chaffinches that have heard chaffinch song during their first 90 days also sing a poor version of it in their first spring ( Figure 3.10c ) ; but they improve with practice until they sing a normal song . |
| 28 | Chaffinches reared normally for their first 90 days but then deafened sing the customary crude song ( Figure 3.10c ) at the beginning of their first spring , but they do not improve . |
| 29 | It has therefore been suggested that , during their first 90 days , the chaffinches memorize normal chaffinch song , and form a ‘ template ’ inside their heads with which ( unless deafened ) they compare their own attempts . |
| 30 | After the first three days she takes a purificatory bath , and then is given a complete mini-bridal trousseau by her father or , in his absence , her brother . |