Example sentences of "[prep] a further [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wish may well be granted , but possibly only after a further 90 days has gone by ! |
| 2 | After four weeks the trainee returns for formal basic training of a further eight days . |
| 3 | Third , partly for reasons of cost , almost all the expansion was taken up by fairly short courses ( five to ten days , with limited options for follow-on courses of a further ten days ) , largely taught in local authority technical colleges . |
| 4 | Depending on the efficiency of the staff of the accounts department the cost accounts for the previous month should be available to management within a maximum period of a further seven days , making a total maximum delay of 21 days . |
| 5 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 6 | On Aug. 12 the UN Security Council decided to renew for a further 120 days the sanctions which had been imposed against Libya in April [ see p. 38883 ] . |
| 7 | Following a Security Council meeting of Dec. 9 , the UN extended for a further 120 days the application of limited sanctions against Libya , in force since April [ see p. 38839 ] . |
| 8 | They then remained undisturbed in their home cages for a further 16 days before experiencing the light again . |
| 9 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 10 | They turned their captives loose and , with their bottles full once again , the patrol set off , marching for a further two days . |
| 11 | When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings . |
| 12 | Thus , when a doctor asks for an X-ray or path lab test , or prescribes drugs , or decides that a patient should remain in hospital for a further two days , he is making a financial as well as a clinical decision . |
| 13 | The package , which applied to the current fiscal year ( ending in March 1993 ) , was finally passed on Dec. 10 , after the special session of the Diet had been extended for a further two days . |
| 14 | A meeting of the 12-member " inner Cabinet " on March 7 postponed any decision on the peace proposals for a further four days . |
| 15 | An application for bail was refused by Richmond magistrates and he was remanded in custody for a further seven days . |
| 16 | After a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 21 it was announced that the mandate under which the multinational rapid reaction force was stationed in south-east Turkey was to be extended for a further 90 days from Sept. 30 . |
| 17 | After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days . |
| 18 | On Feb. 5 the UN Security Council extended economic sanctions against Iraq for a further 60 days on account of Iraq 's non-compliance with previous UN resolutions . |
| 19 | The Panel , as had been expected , extended the Place of Safety orders on all nine children for a further twenty-one days . |
| 20 | Again the nine children were absent , and the Place of Safety orders were extended for a further twenty-one days . |
| 21 | The Reporter 's request to the Children 's Panel for an extension of the Place of Safety orders for a further twenty-one days was upheld . |
| 22 | If the directors do not , within a further 21 days , proceed duly to convene the meeting , the person who gave notice may himself do so . |
| 23 | That sum must be paid to the authority within a further seven days . |