Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [num] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formation of a National Maritime Board was announced on 23 November 1917 and standard wages for seamen announced six days later , recommending to the Shipping Controller £pound11 10s a month for able seamen and £pound12 for firemen , with proportionate increases for petty officers and seamen on weekly articles , backdated to 6 October . |
| 2 | Now 18 clear in the jockeys ' table , the Ulsterman has the Midas touch at present and he must be regretting that next week the seasonal festivities mean three days without racing . |
| 3 | ‘ And I 'm sure I 'll have my eyes done one day . ’ |
| 4 | Some claimed that the operation had been a reprisal for losses suffered two days earlier by the army at the hands of guerrillas of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy ( FRUD ) , as fighting continued around the government-held towns of Tadjoura and Obock ; a five-day ceasefire , announced by the FRUD on Dec. 15 to allow for the deployment of French troops [ see p. 38565 ] , had collapsed the following day . |
| 5 | Huge chrome and glass complexes open seven days a week sell goods from all over the globe , often cheaper than in their country of origin . |
| 6 | He ordered that January , March , May , July , September and November should each have 31 days , the other months having 30 days , except February which should normally have 29 but in leap years would have 30 . |
| 7 | Polperro 's festivities fell five days later at St Peter 's Fair , and Quiller Couch beautifully described how a pile of tar barrels and wood would be built up on the beach for the entire village to gather around and see it lighted . |
| 8 | In the macroscopically normal intestine from animals infected 11–14 days before the experiment the number of mast cells was increased while the worms were no longer seen . |
| 9 | The training sessions lasted five days each and were based on Australia 's equivalent of NEBOSH — the national examination body for health and safety in the UK . |
| 10 | The Opposition parties have 20 days in each session in which they can select the topic for debate . |
| 11 | The Norwegians stayed two days at the Pole . |
| 12 | In this experiment , which used the same general procedures as those employed by Hall and Channell ( 1985 b ) , rats received 16 days of pre-exposure to presentation of a light , enough for their tendency to orient to habituate . |
| 13 | The ceremonies for the ordination of priests or the consecration of altars took seven days . |
| 14 | Orcadai arrived eight days later . |
| 15 | The Allies arrived one day by boat and threatened dire consequences if their wishes did not rapidly become the law of the land . |
| 16 | In addition to the lectures , part 11 participants attend two days of conferences related to archaeology and undertake a short practical survey project . |
| 17 | The strikes ended on Jan. 23 , the day on which the government rushed legislation through the People 's Assembly enshrining the right to strike , but obliging workers to give 15 days ' notice of stoppages , and authorizing the Assembly to suspend a stoppage if it threatened the national interest . |
| 18 | The survey also showed that full-time blue-collar workers lost 10 days a year in both manufacturing and services , almost twice the amount of time lost by white-collar workers in manufacturing with five days and in services with six days . |
| 19 | Blue collar workers lost ten days a year in manufacturing and services , compared with five days for white collar workers in manufacturing , and six days for those in service industries . |
| 20 | College principal Peter Shuker wants to see classes continuing seven days a week , 52 weeks a year . |
| 21 | This means that the three remaining days will be packed more tightly and although it is too late for this academic year we will in subsequent years have one day at the start of each term . |
| 22 | The customer 's duty to take care of the goods ceases 21 days after he cancelled the agreement , unless before then he has received from the trader a written signed request to hand them over . |
| 23 | BELOW These chicks hatched two days apart — when this picture was taken they were 29 , 27 and 25 days old , but you can see the heart-shaped facial disc emerging clearly from the ball of fluff . |
| 24 | A five-man team of police , forensic and fire officers spent eight days carrying out more than 100 interviews . |
| 25 | On the other hand cash has to be counted and creates a security problem , and cheques take three days to clear , but credit cards are convenient for both retailer and customer . |
| 26 | The biennial Anglo-Dutch young lawyers exchange was held in Holland this year , and involved about 90 young barristers and solicitors spending four days in Amsterdam , The Hague and Rotterdam , being wonderfully entertained by our Dutch hosts . |
| 27 | The initial area of ulcers measured one day after their induction conformed with the size of the mould and averaged 28 mm . |
| 28 | Proportions of patients surviving 30 days were compared with Fisher 's exact test . |
| 29 | His comments come two days after a Birmingham coroner at an inquest on two men killed when their van was struck by a police car accused force drivers of using TV car stunt tactics |
| 30 | Eight ( 33% ) of cystic fibrosis patients had seven day SeHCAT retention <10% ( normal retention >20% ) . |