Example sentences of "[adv] two [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They show the possibility of identifying themes vital to national development like ‘ saving our soil ’ , ‘ clean water ’ or ‘ feeding ourselves ’ ; of designing carefully selected units of material to cover perhaps two weeks ' learning with teachers trained to handle them ; of arranging the school programmes of studies so that they allow in every term , a period , two weeks or so , available for such common projects . |
| 2 | Is it not also the case that the cost of one or perhaps two years ' worth of the administrative introduction of the NHS changes for the internal market would again result in the same figure ? |
| 3 | Professor Williams , however , not only believes that rape should have a limited ambit because of the severity of the penalty , but that procuring a woman by threat should also be subject to limitations even though its maximum penalty is merely two years ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |
| 5 | Flying a Maurice Farman Biplane , an aeroplane with which Jack had an immediate affinity , he went solo after only two hour 's instruction . |
| 6 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 7 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign . |
| 8 | In the coal industry , people are now working not two hours ' overtime or nine or 10-hour shifts but 12 or 14 hours or sometimes more per shift . |
| 9 | Greenacres Gardens , a new cul-de-sac development in Walthamstow , offers studios and one- and two-bedroom flats , just two minutes ' walk from Wood Street BR station . |
| 10 | A couple who ran a social club for three years are taking legal action after being given just two hours ' notice to leave their jobs and home . |
| 11 | Thus after just two years ' trading SOFFEX 's turnover exceeded that of LTOM . |
| 12 | The marvellous historic and cultural cities of Edinburgh , Berwick-on-Tweed , and Glasgow are under two hours ' drive away . |
| 13 | Cleveland Ambulance originally said the bill which represented nearly two weeks ' income for the pensioner was based on the cost of running a two-man vehicle . |
| 14 | The union was also left virtually bankrupt , having paid out in five weeks ' strike pay nearly two years ' worth of subscriptions . |
| 15 | The maximum penalty for this offence when perpetrated against a woman was formerly two years ' imprisonment , rising to five where she was under 13.6 In 1985 , it was raised to ten years ' imprisonment regardless of the victim 's age . |
| 16 | Wendy and I saved up two days ' leave for New Year , and we decided to spend it with my cousin , through whom we had the marriage connection . |
| 17 | The new gold rush revolves round the so-called Mother Lode , in the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada , about two hours ' drive from San Francisco . |
| 18 | On the Saturday before our departure our group was sent off for a day 's grape picking at Puyloubier , the rest home for injured and retired former legionnaires , in the foothills of Provence , about two hours ' drive from Aubagne . |
| 19 | Blair and I also walked out to another , superb loch where we had splendid sport , Scarilode ; about two hours ' walk along a good track from Market Stance , past Rueval , where Charles Edward Stewart lay waiting for Flora Macdonald , prior to his flight from the Hebrides . |
| 20 | It is not available in the first year of the policy and in the second year only £250 — about two hours ' worth for a top London matrimonial lawyer -will be met for each party . |
| 21 | do n't start me on that , I 'll be doing it in about two hours ' time . |
| 22 | It was fun living in a flat because once you were inside there were no stairs and everything was in about two feet 's distance . |
| 23 | After about two months ' work on the picture , including four days ' shooting , Ronald Neame — a veteran cinematographer , producer and director of British films — left , claiming too much interference from Zanuck . |
| 24 | The cash was the equivalent of about two years ' salary for the education director , Frank Pignatelli . |
| 25 | It should be pointed out that even if the figures cited earlier are achieved , they are not overwhelming , since they constitute no more than about two years ' growth . |
| 26 | and then if that 's okay with you I 'll come back in about two weeks ' time and |
| 27 | In about two weeks ' time not even that much , yeah about two weeks I suppose on May the ninth it 's my twentieth birthday . |
| 28 | Then in about two weeks ' time we come to the carol service . |
| 29 | The fact that Blake was missing was not discovered until 7.20 p.m. and the first call to the police did not occur until 7.43 p.m. so Blake had roughly two hours ' start . |
| 30 | Yeah well two days ' holiday so |