Example sentences of "a [num] day " in BNC.

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1 What does upset Northampton is the impending change of rule — a 180 day qualification for overseas players from Sept 1 — which effectively will prevent Shelford from playing for them next season .
2 Who , for instance , would have the courage to return a 120 days Note , requesting replacement with one for 60 days ?
3 The day came , and with it a forty days , forty nights style rainstorm .
4 We are proposing to hold a 2 Day Revision Seminar in August for those of you studying for the September examinations in subject 4 Institute & Part V Faculty .
5 It is meant to be a 12 day walk but because of its convoluted shape the circuit can easily be shortened , for instance two of the days are more or less optional .
6 She 's back home tonight after a 12 day visit to San Quentin .
7 THE Gambia 's national youth football team is on a 12 day tour of the UK .
8 If you are away for over a 30 days , tell your insurance company .
9 ‘ New Millennium Holidays , a small company in Solihull , offer a 10 day half board trip for as little as £129 in October .
10 The official said : ‘ He is taking a 10 day holiday with his family in Italy .
11 Trek America offer a 10 day Canyon Adventure trip for £431 , excluding flights .
12 A straw poll by The Bookseller last week revealed that Octopus , Bloomsbury and Macmillan were among publishers who closed for Christmas but reopened before New Year , and that publishers taking a 10 day break — closing on Christmas Eve and reopening on 4th January — included HarperCollins , Transworld , OUP , CUP , Orion and Dorling Kindersley .
13 So Suzanne went home with a 10 day course of penicillin to take .
14 He had a 10 day history of diarrhoea ( 10 bowel actions daily ) without blood .
15 In this study , the addition to the diet of 15 mmol sodium sulphate/day over a 10 day period inhibited methane production in three of six normally methanogenic subjects .
16 This machine was the second of its type to by built , it established a record for long distance flight when it flew from Hendon to Mudros in 55 hours , over a 10 day period .
17 Its major proposals were to give the Secretary of State for Employment the right to impose a twenty-eight day conciliation pause in the case of ‘ serious ’ unconstitutional strikes ; the power to call a strike ballot of all members ; and to establish a legal liability to certain financial penalties if trade union members failed to comply with such orders .
18 a 7 day turnaround and procedures for complaint .
19 We have ten videos and ten bright pink Stepping Out bags as prizes in a 7 Days Plus competition .
20 On 23 November 1917 , the Battalion entrained for Italy and , after a six day journey , arrived at Marseilles and from there along the French Riviera to Ventimiglia and on to Villa del Conte to become part of the XIXth Corps , taking over positions on the Piave , and then on the Asiago Plain .
21 Some Zanskaris make a six day shopping expedition to Leh taking goat wool and yak butter to trade and returning along the river with salt , tea , sugar , rice , matches and perhaps one or two luxury items .
22 Jim Weir , Arthur Breen and Ann Dickson also attended Kidderminster College for a six day course on ‘ Training for Productivity and The Contribution of the Supervisor . ’
23 It 's no use going on a six day trail ride , with six hours daily in the saddle , if all you want is some gentle hacking in a scenic setting , with perhaps a few longer pub rides as an added bonus .
24 Similarly the Trans-Wales Trail Rides , based on Cymfforest Riding Centre , Brecon ( Tel : 0874 711398 ) include not only the main ride but also a six days riding , seven nights accommodation , Black Mountain Ride , which works out cheaper .
25 The idea is to get Western hi-tech companies to sponsor the events , and X/Open is about to begin on a 90 day roadshow to drum up industry support .
26 Alternatively , a rumen bolus has been recently developed which releases the anthelmintic morantel over a 90 day period .
27 A ninety day account you ca n't get access to .
28 In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back .
29 With an expected life of three years for the lithium battery , there should n't be any problems with this unit , but Oceanic UK guarantee a three day turnround on battery changes , and service like this is good to hear about .
30 After a three day trek across the desert , the group reached ground zero , the point directly above the buried bomb , stopping the countdown with only seven minutes to go .
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