Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | His disguise would pass in a crowded street , but not at six inches ' range . |
| 32 | He had no ambitions to play Hook and certainly not at four days ' notice . |
| 33 | Real witnessing is more about answering friends ' questions than telling strangers things that they are not interested in . |
| 34 | Lord Hartington , the senior steward of the Jockey Club , sounded off about stable lads ' conditions in his speech at last night 's Gimcrack Dinner . |
| 35 | Lord Hartington , the senior steward of the Jockey Club , sounded off about stable lads ' conditions in his speech at last night 's Gimcrack Dinner . |
| 36 | By 1982 , the bank sent him off for four months ' study at Harvard Business School . |
| 37 | I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service . |
| 38 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 39 | In the second , we are talking about the likelihood of a woman finding adequate childcare facilities for her children and entering the labour market , at a fairly high income level , possibly after many years ' absence from paid employment . |
| 40 | First degree courses are usually of three years ' duration but are , in many instances , extended to include periods of professional training ( in industry , commerce or the public service ) or time spent abroad . |
| 41 | As Compaq 's products become more like other firms ' , they are starting to look overpriced . |
| 42 | The main intention is to have the former LMS locomotive restored back to full working order , hopefully in 18 months ' time . |
| 43 | Liverpool went out in disgrace , Mike Marsh becoming their third player to be sent off in four Cup-Winners ' Cup ties this season as Spartak Moscow won a cold war at Anfield that also produced five bookings . |
| 44 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 45 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 46 | THE Consumers ’ Association was holding an urgent meeting yesterday over British Airways ' £35m take-over of debt-ridden Gatwick airline Dan-Air . |
| 47 | SOUTHAMPTON defender Jon Gittens , who joined Middlesbrough yesterday on three months ' loan , has denied he reneged on Newcastle United last month . |
| 48 | In time , beach reconnaissance would become a scientific study of landing areas and their immediate hinterland — the littoral across which Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott 's men would lead raiders and the van of invasions , guiding the landing craft crews with marker canoes and other devices that in part at least made up for these flotillas ' limited experience of coastal navigation . |
| 49 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 50 | The hearty Sydneysider Whitney , 33 on Feb 24 , was called up after 80 minutes ' play , and never looked back after disposing of Srikkanth with his third ball : the remaining wickets tumbled as India 's batting fell apart . |
| 51 | So we actually ended up with two days ' climbing . |
| 52 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 53 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 54 | One vice-president is accountable for several strategic business units , each with a president who works with critical tasks of up to 7 years ' duration . |
| 55 | After a marathon seven-month trial , Noriega , 54 , the first foreign leader to be convicted in America , faces up to 120 years ' jail . |
| 56 | The new machines will cost only £50 more than current single-speed VHS models and in the long-play mode give up to eight hours ' playing time , instead of the normal maximum of four hours . |
| 57 | At the moment the punishment is up to six months ' imprisonment and/or a £2,000 fine . |
| 58 | Training is based on up to six years ' relevant job experience and includes on average two to three years ' study . |
| 59 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
| 60 | Sometimes they offer up to two years ' rent free ; in other instances a capital sum changes hands . |