Example sentences of "[noun sg] [num] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The routine for a haulier offering 30 days ' credit might look like this : |
| 2 | 125g/4oz gravadlax , finely sliced and chopped 125g/4oz chunk cucumber , finely diced 240g/approx 8oz tub natural Greek yogurt salt and freshly ground black pepper 12 quails ' eggs green or blue food colouring salad garnish |
| 3 | I feel let down after giving the club 10 years ' loyal service . |
| 4 | The landlord must be given an order for possession after the expiry of the term , provided he has given the requisite two months ' notice requiring possession , ideally from the landlord 's point of view expiring when the tenancy terminates . |
| 5 | Mr O'Connor 's management decided it would be in the best interest of all concerned for the event to be postponed giving the theatre management seven days ' notice , enabling ticket holders to be contacted . |
| 6 | ( a ) Unregistered land Recitals to a conveyance can be very useful , not only to describe briefly the reason for the deed but also to recite additional information which , owing to the provisions of s45(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925 ( the section providing that a recital 20 years ' old shall be sufficient evidence of the truth of the fact recited unless proved to the contrary ) , might not be readily available later ( for instance , because a copy marriage certificate is mislaid or was not abstracted ) . |
| 7 | Each enemy plane shot down brought the victor three days ' leave , and a palm-leaf to add to his ribbons . |
| 8 | The other major offence is drunken driving , an offence bristling with technicalities which carries a maximum prison sentence of six months ' and a minimum period twelve months ' disqualification from driving . |
| 9 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
| 10 | Harley would , in this case , have been allowed to drop his ball two clubs ' lengths away from the fence , and would therefore have been able to get a full swing at the ball . |
| 11 | Training programmes were at different stages of development , with the effect that staff interviewed had received on average eleven hours ' training in one area , with between five and six hours in the other districts . |
| 12 | The camp guards had allowed the baby six months ' life and then , when Elisabeth was selected for the officers ' brothel and her breasts required for purposes other than those of nourishing a Jewish infant , a non-commissioned officer , having polished his boots , drawn up the mess accounts , written an affectionate note to his wife and son and relieved his bladder , took Elisabeth Danziger 's baby from her arms and dashed out its brains against the stone wall outside his office . |
| 13 | The Software Foundation will start shipping Distributed Computing Environment 1.0.2 developers ' kits in the next 90 days . |
| 14 | After a minimum five years ' operating experience it would be time to think about taking a few orders for commercial stations , the first of which should come on stream about 2020 — always provided , of course , that the cost and dwindling resources of uranium made it commercially worthwhile : |
| 15 | There is a minimum 14 days ' cancellation period from receipt of the policy document . |
| 16 | Following India 's announcement in April 1990 of a campaign protesting at Fiji 's discrimination against Indians in the proposed new constitution , the Fiji government on May 24 gave the Indian high commission 24 hours ' notice to close its mission because of alleged internal and external " interference " . |
| 17 | The new rules , which integrate training requirements for both trainees and newly qualifieds doing the two-year work experience requirement for a practising certificate , also introduce a minimum 20 weeks ' training in accounting . |
| 18 | In their last financial years , only 39 FT-SE 100 companies ' audit fees increased above the rate of inflation ; 25 companies ' audit fees were cut from 1990 to 1991 ; 30 companies paid the same amount ; and the fees of six increased at a level below the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | Disentangling Phase 3 heads ' analysis of their use of PNP staff from their collective sense of outrage at the phasing policy is difficult . |
| 20 | ( It should be noted that the Phase 3 heads ' comments came from a group whose schools had only recently been brought into PNP and that expressions of dissatisfaction were also voiced at equivalent points in Phases 1 and 2 . |
| 21 | Frederica Potter , Radio 3 Critics ' Forum . |
| 22 | Okay a , a rethink two members ' |
| 23 | For their parting present , before they went off into their futures , they gave Apricot six months ' supply of contraceptive pills . |
| 24 | The connection between them and Douglas Reyburn lies in the fact that Gavin Hanna , Assistant Technical Manager who joined the company three years ' ago , is now an acknowledged expert with a scientific paper published last January by the Company of Biologists . |
| 25 | A lack-lustre school five minutes ' walk from home with no major roads to be crossed may be preferred to a showpiece two miles away . |
| 26 | His parents , Bert and Nancy Kean retired from the company two years ' ago . |
| 27 | Table 6.2 Coordinators ' roles , 1986–9 |
| 28 | 75g/3oz unsalted butter 12 lambs ' kidneys , skinned and cored 3 small shallots or salad onions , finely chopped 125ml/5fl oz/⅔ cup dry white wine 50g/2oz softened unsalted butter 2 × 15ml/tbsp Dijon mustard salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 × 5ml/tsp lemon juice freshly chopped parsley to garnish |
| 29 | In Table 5.1 housewives ' experiences of monotony , fragmentation and speed are compared with those of a sample of factory workers . |
| 30 | Strangeways riot leader gets maximum 10 years ' jail |