Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [noun pl] ' duration " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1844 , after Coleman 's time , the course at the Edinburgh ‘ Dick ’ School was apparently a mere five or six months ' duration . |
| 2 | Lawyers called these leases " building leases " , which were typically of sixty or ninety years ' duration . |
| 3 | In fact , research in America has shown that many very happy and successful marriages , whether of five or thirty-five years ' duration , include very little sex . |
| 4 | The courses are of three or four years ' duration . |
| 5 | The course is of three or four years ' duration . |
| 6 | The course is of three or four years ' duration . |
| 7 | The course is of three or four years ' duration . |
| 8 | The course is of three or four years ' duration . |
| 9 | The course is of three or four years ' duration . |
| 10 | The course is of three or four years ' duration . |
| 11 | In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration . |
| 12 | ( 5 ) Directors ' service agreements of more than 12 months ' duration are open for inspection by any shareholder under CA 1985 , s318 . |
| 13 | Deformities of the cervical spine are seen most often in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of more than 10 years ' duration . |
| 14 | She was only sorry that the brief formal note which had arrived from the Palazzo granting her an interview of no more than ninety minutes ' duration had stipulated that photographs would not be permitted . |
| 15 | 17 patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of more than five years ' duration who had reported altered hypoglycaemia awareness within three months of transferring to human insulin . |
| 16 | They provide a thorough preparation for postgraduate study programmes and are of 3 , 6 , 9 and 13 weeks ' duration . |
| 17 | Full-time provision includes courses of one to three and four years ' duration , some of which may be studied as separate ‘ end-on ’ courses and many of which provide opportunities for transfer of suitable students to degree courses . |