Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [num] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not I 've only got to put them up in the attic and bring them down in three month 's time . |
| 2 | Why he decided to come down on one player 's side against another is beyond comprehension . |
| 3 | These games whittled the teams down to eight men 's teams and four from each of the other classes . |
| 4 | ‘ Unfortunately , in all the confusion of evidence , it seems to have come down to one brother 's word against the other . ’ |
| 5 | The Employment Secretary , Gillian Shephard , said it was ‘ good news for us all ’ but cautioned : ‘ We must be careful not to read too much in to one month 's figure . |
| 6 | Yes , one that kicks in at six month 's half salary , the other one that kicks in at twelve month 's on half salary . |
| 7 | By 1982 , the bank sent him off for four months ' study at Harvard Business School . |
| 8 | Liverpool went out in disgrace , Mike Marsh becoming their third player to be sent off in four Cup-Winners ' Cup ties this season as Spartak Moscow won a cold war at Anfield that also produced five bookings . |
| 9 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 10 | Thanks to the generosity of staff in LASMO 's London offices , bags full of loose foreign coins — worth about £500 — have been sent off to two children 's charities . |
| 11 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 12 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
| 13 | So we actually ended up with two days ' climbing . |
| 14 | The true aim of the martial arts is to avoid conflict ; it is best summed up in one commentator 's description of aikido as ‘ the honourable art of getting the hell out of the way ’ . |
| 15 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 16 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 17 | One vice-president is accountable for several strategic business units , each with a president who works with critical tasks of up to 7 years ' duration . |
| 18 | After a marathon seven-month trial , Noriega , 54 , the first foreign leader to be convicted in America , faces up to 120 years ' jail . |
| 19 | At the moment the punishment is up to six months ' imprisonment and/or a £2,000 fine . |
| 20 | Sometimes they offer up to two years ' rent free ; in other instances a capital sum changes hands . |
| 21 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
| 22 | The relocation allowances package covered such items as : legal expenses ; the cost of a structural survey ; stamp duty ; estate agents ' fees ; removal expenses ; the cost of two visits by the family to view accommodation ( this covered travelling and accommodation costs ) ; and a disturbance allowance of up to two months ' salary . |
| 23 | If a union complains to an industrial tribunal of failure by the employer to consult , the employer may be liable for a compensation award of up to two weeks ' pay per employee affected with a week 's salary being limited to £184 . |
| 24 | It was prompted by nationwide dismay at an announcement that 31 out of 50 pits still operating in the UK were to close and up to 30,000 miners ' jobs would be lost . |
| 25 | Accountants , lawyers and other professionals who engage in such business would face enormous fines and up to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 26 | The more liberal law replaced one from 1867 which declared abortion a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 27 | On May 8 the government announced the introduction of the death penalty for those convicted of murder or the attempted murder of magistrates , jurors , government ministers or security force commanders ; at the same time penalties of up to 10 years ' imprisonment and fines of up to GF10,000,000 ( about US$12,500 ) were introduced for the organizers of public demonstrations ending in violence . |
| 28 | A NEW vaccine against the infectious liver disease Hepatitis A , ‘ Havrix ’ , has this week been introduced in the UK : a course of two injections in the arm followed by a booster which could give up to 10 years ' immunity . |
| 29 | Coelomic fluid was successfully aspirated in nearly all cases up to 10 weeks ' gestation , but the success rate fell at later weeks ( table I ) . |
| 30 | On the following day Barry was charged with possessing crack — an offence punishable by up to one year 's imprisonment — and was released without bail pending a further hearing on Feb. 5 . |