Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' notice " in BNC.

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1 However , the difficulties involved in providing a safe and reassuring environment for staff working with this group of people are one reason why so many professional staff still clamour to retain the old asylums ; in such asylums staff know they can summon help at a few minutes ' notice from a neighbouring ward and from resident medical staff .
2 This was a currency reform , by which 50- and 100-rouble banknotes stopped , at a few hours ' notice , being legal tender .
3 Liza had written some weeks ago to say that John had been sent , at only a few hours ' notice , on a course .
4 Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice .
5 They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) .
6 A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs .
7 He was not given the 30 months ' notice provided for by his contract .
8 He told his company that he proposed to join a rival newspaper , giving two months ' notice , rather than the 12 months ' notice required by his contract .
9 In the event of dismissal , 2 weeks ' notice of dismissal will be given by the Library .
10 If not urgent , two clear days ' notice is required but is often waived .
11 Ten clear days ' notice of the meeting will be given in writing to all persons concerned .
12 An order to transfer may be made by the court on its own motion , or on the application of any party on not less than two clear days ' notice ( Ord 16 , r 4(1) ) .
13 The proper officer on receipt of the relevant documents sends notice of hearing ( N 272 ) or pre-trial review ( N 273 ) by post to the parties , the court giving not less than 21 clear days ' notice ( Ord 16 , r 6(1) ) .
14 The application must state the grounds of the application and should be made to the judge or district judge who tried the proceedings and ( save with leave ) not more than 14 days after the trial and on not less than seven clear days ' notice to the opposite party .
15 Peers are asked if they wish to be granted ‘ leave of absence ’ and , if they do not reply in the negative , are expected not to attend without giving 30 days ' notice of intention to do so .
16 Available from Abbey National ( Overseas ) are Offshore Plus , an instant access sterling account ; Offshore 90 also in sterling but requiring 90 days ' notice of withdrawal ; and Offshore Double Eagle , a US dollar deposit account where withdrawals are subject to 30 days ' notice .
17 I was only given a few days ' notice .
18 Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice .
19 The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice .
20 If he decides to summon such a meeting , the meeting must be held not more than four months from the date of the bankruptcy order ( r 6.79(1) ) , and the official receiver must inform the court and give at least twenty-one days ' notice to all creditors ( r 6.79(2) ) .
21 The official receiver must give at least twenty-one days ' notice of the meeting to the bankrupt and may require him to attend the meeting ( r 6.84 )
22 Twenty-one days ' notice of any proposed alterations , amendments or additions shall be given to the Secretary in writing .
23 140 out of 170 employees eventually accepted and , after being interviewed , 30 were given 12 weeks ' notice to terminate their contracts .
24 Moving heavy deliveries up six flights of stairs , running through the streets with cartons of clothes at 30 seconds ' notice , for maybe ten francs ( £1 ) a time .
25 By 1988 , people were often given only six hours ' notice — sometimes less — of the imminence of their removal to new homes and the destruction of their old ones .
26 Instead , James Norris , an American and the person who had put forward Barbara Ward 's name in the first instance , found himself having to deliver a special address , and in Latin , at six hours ' notice .
27 ‘ I can not see how they are going to pay all of us from membership dues , ’ an embittered party bureaucrat said at headquarters , adding that most of them would have to be given six months ' notice .
28 Six months ' notice , both ways , and any loans repaid within that period .
29 Like Croydon , Penge U.D.C. had the right to purchase its tramways in each seventh year on granting six months ' notice , but if it did , it had to lease them back to the Company .
30 Hugues Joffre , who joined Christie 's at the beginning of the year after serving out the six months ' notice enforced by Sotheby 's when he resigned unexpectedly on the eve of last summer 's sales , made his first public appearance in King Street , hovering around the telephone bank but participating only occasionally in the afternoon 's business .
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