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Example sentences of "[adv] [num] weeks ' " in BNC.

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1	The time constraints for decisions to be made are tight , as operators are required to give only six weeks ' notice of their intention to withdraw or change a service .
2	One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time .
3	Vaginally delivered infants over 27 and below 33 weeks ' gestation were randomised immediately before delivery by means of sealed envelopes to either a ‘ regulated ’ group or a ‘ random ’ group .
4	With $36 million in the box-office after only five weeks ' release , and the movie yet to travel outside America , big profits are guaranteed .
5	Authors ' reply , — We agree that umbilical cord clamping at preterm delivery warrants further study of large numbers of infants , including those delivered by caesarean section and those below 27 weeks ' gestation .
6	They show the possibility of identifying themes vital to national development like ‘ saving our soil ’ , ‘ clean water ’ or ‘ feeding ourselves ’ ; of designing carefully selected units of material to cover perhaps two weeks ' learning with teachers trained to handle them ; of arranging the school programmes of studies so that they allow in every term , a period , two weeks or so , available for such common projects .
7	MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign .
8	Calverton Colliery is to close in just three weeks ' time .
9	Infants under 30 weeks ' gestation were electively ventilated from birth .
10	36 vaginally delivered infants over 27 and under 33 weeks ' gestation .
11	This would apply , with but a few exceptions , to all cases under four weeks ' duration .
12	Cleveland Ambulance originally said the bill which represented nearly two weeks ' income for the pensioner was based on the cost of running a two-man vehicle .
13	The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the plaintiff had at common law a cause of action in negligence against the defendants arising out of physical injury suffered by her before her birth and whilst still an embryo of about six weeks ' gestation en ventre sa mère and ( 2 ) the judge ought to have held that no cause of action was recognised at common law in favour of a living plaintiff in respect of physical injury suffered antenatally .
14	About three weeks ' pay he had taken from Rab .
15	Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long .
16	and then if that 's okay with you I 'll come back in about two weeks ' time and
17	In about two weeks ' time not even that much , yeah about two weeks I suppose on May the ninth it 's my twentieth birthday .
18	Then in about two weeks ' time we come to the carol service .
19	Students are required to undertake a period of at least six weeks ' relevant business-orientated work experience between Years I and II .
20	This gives the buyer a period of at least six weeks ' priority ( " working day " do n't include Saturdays , Sundays or public holidays ) .
21	We have innumerable paths that need constant work but due to financial pressures the lucky ones might only receive around six weeks ' work a year .
22	The key to security : a search made by a buyer or mortgagee with priority receives 30 working days ' priority against any subsequent application — that 's around six weeks ' priority .
23	Alan explains that his brother is entitled to at least five weeks ' notice or seven weeks ' pay ‘ in lieu ’ of notice , that is , £600 .
24	This addition to our already extensive legal provision will give a right to at least 14 weeks ' maternity leave and protection against dismissal on grounds of pregnancy .
25	His hand , the same one he injured in April last year , needs at least two weeks ' rest , but he should be back in the ring in February .
26	His hand , the same one he injured in April last year , needs at least two weeks ' rest , but he should be back in the ring in February .
27	International Relocation Company , which specialises in home finding for expatriates , recommends giving at least two weeks ' notice for an appointment with a British day school although it says international schools may be viewed at short notice .
28	The mines had suffered disruption since July and 220 workers had been dismissed earlier for taking industrial action , and according to the managing director at least two weeks ' production had been lost .
29	He was due in the Wing a few days after Dickie started in his new school , in just over three weeks ' time .
30	The two main reasons for antenatal screening are ( a ) to plan the most appropriate place and mode of delivery to minimise the hazard to neonatal life and ( b ) to offer termination of pregnancy if the diagnosis is made before 24 weeks ' gestation ( previously 28 weeks ' ) .