Example sentences of "[prep] four [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | After four hours ' play of the sixth round Martin showed the first sign of faltering as he slipped into a bad position against fellow Australian grandmaster Ian Rogers , who is in joint second place with Miles on 4/5 in third place . |
| 2 | From there , he took a direct flight to Larnaca , Cyprus , and after four hours ' sleep , caught the midnight ferry to Jounieh . |
| 3 | After four years ' hard labour , Xerox Corp is understood to have given up on its Ventura Software Inc desktop publishing software business and put the San Diego company on the block . |
| 4 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |
| 5 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |
| 6 | The project comes after four years ' work involving Cancer Research Campaign scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research , in Sutton , Surrey , and a team at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund genetics laboratory in Leeds . |
| 7 | Five patients had experienced symptoms suggestive of cow 's milk allergy ( urticaria ( one ) , loose stools ( one ) , vomiting ( two ) , diarrhoea ( one ) ) and were admitted for diagnostic milk challenge after four weeks ' milk elimination . |
| 8 | Median serum concentrations of IGF-I increased by 0.38 U/ml after four weeks ' treatment ( 0.54–0.92 U/ml ; p<0.001 ) . |
| 9 | Mean energy intake ( Table III ) was not significantly different in the two groups before treatment , increased in both groups after four weeks ' treatment , and was maintained in the steroid treated group but not in the group treated with the elemental diet after 13 weeks . |
| 10 | Following the establishment of a committee to review the Constitution and to prepare for the introduction of a multiparty system [ see p. 36842 ] , the President 's office announced on Nov. 6 that a six-member committee had been set up ; the committee 's members included a leading human rights lawyer , Ismail Ali Jumaale , released from prison on Oct. 25 after four months ' detention . |
| 11 | Some interesting areas , particularly in the extreme south of the region , could be reached by road after four days ' driving along the Andes . |
| 12 | This report was the result of four months ' research , including material relating to Britain , Belgium , South Africa , Canada and the US , and noted that the IDA 's and the IIRS 's ‘ complacent attitude ’ towards asbestos was not shared by many eminent bodies throughout the world and that there was movement towards the phasing out of asbestos . |
| 13 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 14 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 15 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 16 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 17 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 18 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 19 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 20 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 21 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 22 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 23 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 24 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 25 | The course is of three years ' duration if French is taken as a minor subject and of four years ' duration if taken as a major or joint subject . |
| 26 | The BEng ( Hons ) course is of four years ' duration . |
| 27 | The course is of four years ' duration . |
| 28 | The courses are of four years ' duration . |
| 29 | The courses are of four years ' duration . |
| 30 | The courses are of four years ' duration . |