Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun] each " in BNC.

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1 A case for seasonal adjustment exists where recognisable seasonal variations occur year after year with a fixed period and where the increases and decreases occur at about the same time and in about the same proportion each year .
2 The boy goes by at about the same time each day , and he is always carrying a bag .
3 But without the help of clock or compass , the terns will arrive back within a day or two of the same date each year , around 6th May .
4 The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year .
5 For a few hours each day the HCI Captain keeps them occupied like a regular Mary Poppins with games excursions and rehearsals for junior showtime .
6 Betty and George found their support in the local day centre , Jill from a relative 's support group and Gladys through a care attendant scheme that relieved her responsibilities for a few hours each day .
7 Could you come for a few hours each day , do you think ? ’
8 I have to drop the work on the catalogue and get into my studio for a few hours each day to carry further a painting which began as a request : it is called ‘ War Games ’ .
9 You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week .
10 During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone .
11 Spend some time reading or , even better , join a class and then practise , practise , practise — just for a few minutes each day .
12 Okay , working with anybody , just just for just for a few minutes each it 's just because what I want you to experience is what it 's like to continually go over the same thing , I want you to experience that , to continually stick to your guns just experience that okay ?
13 For a few weeks each autumn , conkers was the game in vogue .
14 They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence .
15 Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year .
16 Though water is solid for much of the year , the annual thaw in spring and summer provides a wide range of aquatic habitats that support biological activity , and may even allow high productivity for a few weeks each year .
17 This may lead firms to introduce different agreements with the same intermediary each covering different classes of indirect customer .
18 In order for this to work , the machine code program must be loaded into the same address each time .
19 Weigh at the same time and under the same conditions each day .
20 Culley had n't pictured Mathers in the role — throwing a football to some kid with braces on his teeth , wearing a Snoopy apron at the barbecue , sleeping easily alongside the same woman each night .
21 For these orbits the wave crest would be in the same position each time round , so the waves would add up : these orbits would correspond to Bohr 's allowed orbits .
22 The important thing to ensure is that the measure is done in the same way each year so that true trends can be discerned by being able to compare like with like .
23 They should always be placed in the same positions each time ; you should be able to put your hand on any of them at a moment 's notice : no scrabbling around !
24 It was common practice for families to attend evening service and we sat in the same pew each week , about half way back in the north aisle .
25 A tendency has sometimes been observed for several successive eruptions to occur with noticeable periodicity and for successive thermals to be in the same places each time .
26 I heard him talking on the radio , in which he said he 'd tried several methods of winning on the football pools and in the end decided that the easiest thing to do was to put in the same numbers each week and so he was not exercising any skill in deciding whether one pair of teams were likely to enter into a score draw than another pair , but he just trusted that , say , number thirty seven would turn up as a score draw this week .
27 As with all my ablutions , the shave follows a definite and predetermined pattern ; I take the same number of strokes of the same length in the same sequence each morning .
28 Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble .
29 According to the latter system each country is given a number of votes in relation to its size and to gain a majority a proposal has to obtain fifty-four votes out of a total of seventy-six and be approved by at least eight member states .
30 It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it .
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