Example sentences of "[noun] be [num] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives .
2 Bradford City Centre interchange is five minutes ' walk from the Museum with rail , bus and taxi service under one roof .
3 The penalty for early redemption is three months ' interest .
4 It states that Aksum was eight days ' journey inland from Adulis , a port on the Red Sea established by Greek traders sent by the Ptolemys to bring back elephants to be trained for war .
5 The Lower Tier is five minutes ' walk away .
6 The price of ten shillings for a flight was two days ' pay for my father , so our pleasure was to watch and munch on salmon and cucumber sandwiches , never ever thinking that we might at some time aspire to those heights .
7 Moreover , the maximum penalty for the section 47 offence is five years ' imprisonment , with no apparent justification for the strange approach of making the penalty equivalent to the higher offence on the ‘ ladder ’ ( the section 20 offence ) , and the fault requirement equivalent to the lower offence on the ‘ ladder ’ ( common assault , with a maximum of six months ' imprisonment ) .
8 In Scotland , the penalty for a summary offence is three months ' imprisonment or a fine , but not both .
9 The maximum loan to property value is 85 per cent , the arrangement fee is £295 and the early redemption penalty is nine months ' interest in years one to three , six months ' in year four and four months ' in the final year .
10 The anomaly is increased by the fact that , under the present law , two young men under 21 who consensually commit ‘ gross indecency ’ are both liable to conviction for the offence : the rule in Tyrrell is inapplicable here , but the maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment where the offender is under 21 , compared with five years where he is over 21 .
11 The maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment or an unlimited fine .
12 The maximum penalty is ten years ' imprisonment , compared with a maximum of five years for the lesser offence of violent disorder .
13 Until 1985 the maximum penalty for indecent assault on a female was two years ' imprisonment , compared with ten years for indecent assault on a male — a legacy of the horror with which homosexuality was viewed , and of the undervaluing of female sexual and physical autonomy — but the maximum penalty for both forms of indecent assault is now ten years .
14 The early redemption penalties are six months ' interest on the one-year deal ; four months on the two-year one ; and on the five-year loan , four months interest in years 2 , 3 and 4 and three months in year 5 .
15 The current maximum is one years ' pay and 18 months of medical coverage .
16 The final stage is two years ' apprenticeship to an established solicitor , known as articles of clerkship , which can be regarded as the clinical stage of training during which the skills of managing an office , interviewing clients , writing letters , instructing counsel and handling client money are learned .
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