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

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1 In the event of dismissal , 2 weeks ' notice of dismissal will be given by the Library .
2 Bergsjo et al suggested 43 weeks ' gestation as induction at this time has a lower incidence of failure .
3 I encourage women to have induction at 43 weeks ' gestation because of the slightly increased risk to the baby thereafter .
4 Today the ‘ A ’ team take the field against county champions Essex at Lord 's , the opening fixture in a first-class season which will still be running in 22 weeks ' time .
5 If the analysed cells were NFEs , then at 22 weeks ' gestation ( case 8 ) this should represent a transplacental haemorrhage of about 0.5 mL , which would certainly be sufficient to stimulate a secondary immune response in an isoimmunised mother .
6 Infants under 30 weeks ' gestation were electively ventilated from birth .
7 It is policy to screen all mothers with risk factors for gestational diabetes ( family history of diabetes , previous gestational diabetes , poor obstetric history , clinical polyhydramnios , maternal obesity , or previous macrosomic infant ( >4000 g ) with a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test at 30 weeks ' gestation .
8 140 out of 170 employees eventually accepted and , after being interviewed , 30 were given 12 weeks ' notice to terminate their contracts .
9 Only 6% ( 24 ) had had more than 12 weeks ' sickness absence .
10 If the employer failed to comply with an order to reinstate , the maximum special award is the greater of £20,100 or 156 weeks ' pay without there being any limit on a week 's pay .
11 From July , IBM will give departing employees a maximum of 26 weeks ' pay and as much as six months paid medical coverage .
12 Gold card insurees can expect cover for : 26 weeks ' hospital and nursing home accommodation ; operating theatre fees , including the surgeon and anaesthetist ; in-patient consultant fees , drugs and dressings ; in and out-patient specialist services ; accommodation for one parent if an insured child is under nine ; home nursing cover ; private ambulance cover ; £30 in daily NHS cash benefits and maternity benefits of £100 .
13 When the client 's employers stop paying salary after thirteen weeks ' absence through ill-health .
14 Patients were then randomly allocated , in balanced blocks of four , to six weeks ' treatment with either diuretic plus slow release nifedipine 20 mg twice daily or diuretic plus propranolol 80 mg twice daily .
15 He has an understanding with his wife that weekends are sacrosanct and the couple always enjoy six weeks ' holiday together every year .
16 His paper have given him another six weeks ' leave-of-absence , so he decided to see France and , I believe , Spain . ’
17 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 .
18 But Main Line contended it had reached a binding verbal agreement with Basinger , who was to have been paid £2m ( 3m dollars ) for six weeks ' work , and that she backed out of it four weeks before shooting was to begin in 1991 .
19 An encouraging letter from him was followed by six weeks ' silence , so eventually she walked into his office and confronted him .
20 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 .
21 This gives the buyer a period of at least six weeks ' priority ( " working day " do n't include Saturdays , Sundays or public holidays ) .
22 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 .
23 And in six weeks ' time , we will know if the cup will remain with San Diego YC , or go to Italy , New Zealand , France or , less likely , Japan .
24 It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time .
25 She also commissioned him to paint Crystal Springs as a present for Stephen 's birthday in six weeks ' time .
26 CAMMELL Laird 's traditional link with the Royal Navy is set to end in six weeks ' time , when the last Laird-built vessel will leave the Birkenhead yard .
27 The winner will be announced in six weeks ' time and both the winning plumber and the nominator will receive holidays to Majorca .
28 Percutaneous cholecystolithotomy avoids the disadvantages of conventional cholecystectomy which are pain related to a large , unsightly wound , a week of hospitalisation and four to six weeks ' convalescence .
29 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 .
30 Following this Act , bus operators are free to provide any services they wish , subject only to giving six weeks ' notice , and to meeting the same safety standards as previously .
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