Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] weeks ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been told they did not qualify for 13 weeks ' money under benefit regulations . |
| 2 | This had been among the most violent events reported during several weeks ' of clashes between Kirghiz and Uzbeks in Kirghizia 's Osh oblast ( region ) [ see pp. 37540-41 ; 37618 ] . |
| 3 | The two main reasons for antenatal screening are ( a ) to plan the most appropriate place and mode of delivery to minimise the hazard to neonatal life and ( b ) to offer termination of pregnancy if the diagnosis is made before 24 weeks ' gestation ( previously 28 weeks ' ) . |
| 4 | He was sentenced to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first contempt and to three months ' imprisonment for the second contempt , the two sentences to run consecutively . |
| 5 | In Rostock where 32 arrests had been made in connexion with the August violence , one man was sentenced on Sept.10 to nine months ' imprisonment , while on Sept.15 one youth was put on probation for a year and another was sentenced to two weeks ' juvenile detention . |
| 6 | This is important as the outcome for women whose labour is induced for ‘ uncertain postmaturity ’ is significantly worse than for those who have labour induced at 42 weeks ' gestation . |
| 7 | In 30 cases , sampled at 8–10 weeks ' gestation , an attempt was made to determine fetal sex by analysing amniotic fluid , coelomic fluid , and placental tissue . |
| 8 | By contrast babies born after 40 weeks ' gestation had raised death rates from non-cardiovascular causes , reflected in higher rates from all causes combined . |
| 9 | His Francesca was a rising star in the Department of Trade and Industry , and they planned to celebrate her thirtieth birthday with a skiing holiday , due to start in two weeks ' time . |
| 10 | Today the ‘ A ’ team take the field against county champions Essex at Lord 's , the opening fixture in a first-class season which will still be running in 22 weeks ' time . |
| 11 | I shall be better able to reply to the speech of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) when the usual conventions no longer apply in three weeks ' time . |
| 12 | The winner will be announced in six weeks ' time and both the winning plumber and the nominator will receive holidays to Majorca . |
| 13 | An encouraging letter from him was followed by six weeks ' silence , so eventually she walked into his office and confronted him . |
| 14 | So we 're talking about two weeks ' time , that 's two weeks Thursday . |
| 15 | CAMMELL Laird 's traditional link with the Royal Navy is set to end in six weeks ' time , when the last Laird-built vessel will leave the Birkenhead yard . |
| 16 | The risk decreased by 39 weeks ' gestation to about 1.1 per 1000 ( 1 in 909 ) . |
| 17 | But the Opposition Chief Whip is continuing the fight to regain its licence to certify steers castrated bulls which was withdrawn at six weeks ' notice . |
| 18 | In a recently published pilot study , however , a H pylori eradication rate of 80% was achieved after two weeks ' treatment with omeprazole ( 40 mg ) and the new macrolide antibiotic clarithromycin ( 500 mg three times daily ) . |
| 19 | He was a tall , thin man with knotty muscles and a thin , high-cheek-boned face , his chin at the moment covered with ten weeks ' growth of beard . |
| 20 | The agreement represented an improvement on conditions in the UK , where , although pregnant women qualified for 40 weeks ' maternity leave , only six weeks were at 90 per cent of salary and 12 weeks were at £46.30 a week , and they had to have worked for at least two years ( five if part-time ) . |
| 21 | I , I did say in two weeks ' time |
| 22 | So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop |