Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [num] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each enemy plane shot down brought the victor three days ' leave , and a palm-leaf to add to his ribbons . |
| 2 | ‘ All the information he had ’ was enough to save the Russians ten years ' research . |
| 3 | The landlord must be given an order for possession after the expiry of the term , provided he has given the requisite two months ' notice requiring possession , ideally from the landlord 's point of view expiring when the tenancy terminates . |
| 4 | I feel let down after giving the club 10 years ' loyal service . |
| 5 | Ordered , That Standing Order No. 125A ( Finance and Services Committee ) , agreed to on 18th July in the last Session of Parliament , be amended , in paragraph ( 2 ) , by leaving out the words eight Members ' and inserting the words nine Members ' . |
| 6 | Ordered , That Standing Order No. 125A ( Finance and Services Committee ) , agreed to on 18th July in the last Session of Parliament , be amended , in paragraph ( 2 ) , by leaving out the words eight Members ' and inserting the words nine Members ' . |
| 7 | This lending ceiling was reinforced by a further statement by the Bank in November 1968 which gave the banks four months ' notice to reduce their lending to 98 per cent of the mid November 1967 level . |
| 8 | United Satellites — a consortium of British Telecom , British Aerospace and GEC — has guaranteed the BBC seven years ' service , at £12.2 million per channel per year , from satellites launched on the European Ariane rocket . |
| 9 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
| 10 | The camp guards had allowed the baby six months ' life and then , when Elisabeth was selected for the officers ' brothel and her breasts required for purposes other than those of nourishing a Jewish infant , a non-commissioned officer , having polished his boots , drawn up the mess accounts , written an affectionate note to his wife and son and relieved his bladder , took Elisabeth Danziger 's baby from her arms and dashed out its brains against the stone wall outside his office . |
| 11 | Leaving behind wounded legend Lester Piggott , the British retreated with heads hung low after the 7–0 hammering by the Americans at the $10 million Breeders ' Cup world championships . |
| 12 | ( It should be noted that the Phase 3 heads ' comments came from a group whose schools had only recently been brought into PNP and that expressions of dissatisfaction were also voiced at equivalent points in Phases 1 and 2 . |
| 13 | The Public Order ( Northern Ireland ) Act 1981 makes it necessary for organisers to give the police 5 days ' notice of a march for it to be considered legal . |
| 14 | His parents , Bert and Nancy Kean retired from the company two years ' ago . |
| 15 | The connection between them and Douglas Reyburn lies in the fact that Gavin Hanna , Assistant Technical Manager who joined the company three years ' ago , is now an acknowledged expert with a scientific paper published last January by the Company of Biologists . |
| 16 | Making the engine that powered Williams to the Formula 1 constructors ' championship ca n't be bad for business , either . |
| 17 | Luhti bought the team this year from the Swiss slot-machine magnate Walter Brun , who had bought it from Bernie Ecclestone , the head of the Formula One Constructors ' Association ( Foca ) . |
| 18 | ( a ) Unregistered land Recitals to a conveyance can be very useful , not only to describe briefly the reason for the deed but also to recite additional information which , owing to the provisions of s45(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925 ( the section providing that a recital 20 years ' old shall be sufficient evidence of the truth of the fact recited unless proved to the contrary ) , might not be readily available later ( for instance , because a copy marriage certificate is mislaid or was not abstracted ) . |
| 19 | COUNCILLORS yesterday approved an application for a £2 million patients ' hotel to be built at Glasgow Western Infirmary . |
| 20 | After a minimum five years ' operating experience it would be time to think about taking a few orders for commercial stations , the first of which should come on stream about 2020 — always provided , of course , that the cost and dwindling resources of uranium made it commercially worthwhile : |
| 21 | There is a minimum 14 days ' cancellation period from receipt of the policy document . |
| 22 | The new rules , which integrate training requirements for both trainees and newly qualifieds doing the two-year work experience requirement for a practising certificate , also introduce a minimum 20 weeks ' training in accounting . |
| 23 | Okay a , a rethink two members ' |
| 24 | If the dog runs out of control , the fine can be unlimited and there is provision for a maximum two years ' imprisonment . |