Example sentences of "[adj] weeks ' [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 2 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 3 | From July , IBM will give departing employees a maximum of 26 weeks ' pay and as much as six months paid medical coverage . |
| 4 | Gold card insurees can expect cover for : 26 weeks ' hospital and nursing home accommodation ; operating theatre fees , including the surgeon and anaesthetist ; in-patient consultant fees , drugs and dressings ; in and out-patient specialist services ; accommodation for one parent if an insured child is under nine ; home nursing cover ; private ambulance cover ; £30 in daily NHS cash benefits and maternity benefits of £100 . |
| 5 | The winner will be announced in six weeks ' time and both the winning plumber and the nominator will receive holidays to Majorca . |
| 6 | G cells developed in the antrum from 18 weeks ' gestation and their distribution did not differ between the fetal and infant stomachs . |
| 7 | Perinatal mortality is lowest at 40 weeks ' gestation and does not increase until after 42 weeks , and then only slightly . |
| 8 | She flew up to Nashville for two weeks ' work and called Dennis from her hotel room exactly eight days after their wedding . |
| 9 | ‘ In two months ’ time , but it 's two weeks ' journey and |
| 10 | They then took two weeks ' holiday and , on their return , gave one week 's notice and left when this notice period expired . |
| 11 | and then if that 's okay with you I 'll come back in about two weeks ' time and |
| 12 | Ag again with the , the recommendations I think you , you , you went on to say can I , can I go forward in , in getting the recommendations erm without actually explaining what you were doing , you just came back and said so I 'll go ahead and get the recommendations and come back and see you in two weeks ' time and like what recommendation ? |
| 13 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 14 | So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop |
| 15 | Abnormal ultrasound scans in early pregnancy and in mid-trimester leading to a prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 increased from 1989 to 1991 , from 23 to 33 cases for scans before 20 weeks ' gestation and from 34 to 71 cases for scans before 28 weeks ' gestation ( table ) . |