Example sentences of "[num] day [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Winmill 's defection is being hailed as a conserable coup by the Conservatives just 2 days before the local elections . |
| 2 | As seen in Table II these disaturated synthetic lecithins prolonged the nucleation time to 20 days as compared with four to six days with the monosaturated lecithins . |
| 3 | It has been an exhausting three days for the Labour Whips as they trawled the corridors of the Palace to try to find people who they could wheel in to speak in this debate . |
| 4 | Fished over three days on the prolific rivers and lakes around Galway , bumper catches expected . |
| 5 | Well at about er when I was about eighteen , I erm I decided I 'd had enough of this er this business of three days on the three days on , and three off , in the winter , and it was about October time and I could see another winter of it . |
| 6 | The pair also spent three days at the new Cosmiques Refuge for acclimatization purposes , a heavy financial investment in the plan . |
| 7 | The application must be served on all respondents at least three days before the first directions appointment or hearing . |
| 8 | It was discovered that the five year contract he had signed with the right wing government three days before the general elections entitled him to £724,000 . |
| 9 | Three days before the presidential elections , the military government on Dec. 11 , 1989 , granted the Central Bank full autonomy under new statutes which allowed the Finance Minister to attend meetings and to have a 15-day veto on policy . |
| 10 | ‘ This first stage of the course will last about three weeks ( ten days for the short courses ) and during that time the crews will complete about 84 hours of lectures covering eight different subjects . |
| 11 | I remember when I married him but I do n't remember when I met him , although I know it was just ten days between the two occasions . |
| 12 | ‘ Make way for the Lord Mayor , ’ she said one day on the front steps , as she moved her bucket aside , and he , bending over her , said , ‘ Many a true word spoken in jest , Rosie , ’ to which she had reacted quickly , saying , ‘ Yes , Mr Jones ; but those who sit on horsehair chairs generally get their bums scratched , ’ bringing from him the reaction of a push on the side of her head and their laughing together . |
| 13 | Only 14 days for the seven years to be increased to the sentence that fits his crimes and his evil — life . |
| 14 | The leader of a county council Labour Group has switched to the Conservatives , just two days before the local elections . |
| 15 | Two days after the two men returned from Germany , the SS officer pulled her aside in the officers ' mess . |
| 16 | Whenever it was Charlie 's turn to spend four days in the advance trenches his section seemed to occupy most of their time filling their billycans with pints of water , as they struggled to bail out the gallons that dropped daily from the heavens . |
| 17 | The application must be served on all respondents at least seven days before the first directions appointment or hearing . |
| 18 | The application must be served on all respondents at least seven days before the first directions appointment or hearing . |
| 19 | The application must be served on all respondents at least seven days before the first directions appointment or hearing . |