Example sentences of "[num] [noun] ' [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence . |
2 | Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales . |
3 | Yet judging from the book , the case material lacks an essential element of realism , in spite of 30 years ' development and three editions . |
4 | I encourage women to have induction at 43 weeks ' gestation because of the slightly increased risk to the baby thereafter . |
5 | Bergsjo et al suggested 43 weeks ' gestation as induction at this time has a lower incidence of failure . |
6 | After 2 days ' paddling and considerable suspense at last we reached the three corner point with Czechoslovakia/Hungary . |
7 | In none of the 10 patients who completed the six months ' trial and none of the five patients who completed 12 months ' treatment was endoscopic improvement of the lesions seen . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | At the moment the punishment is up to six months ' imprisonment and/or a £2,000 fine . |
10 | For reasons which are not stated the legislature in 1988 made it essential for a successor to live in the dwelling house during the period of six months but did not amend the Act of 1985 so as to impose either a six months ' period or residence in a particular dwelling house in the case of a council house . |
11 | So again there 's some restatement , so just to clarify things we 're looking at primarily life insurance for yourself and your wife savings plan for your daughter PHI say in six months ' time and pension planning is the , the least of your , your main concerns today , would that be the case yeah I guess so . |
12 | A yearly tenancy is determinable by the landlord or the tenant at the end of the first or any subsequent year of the tenancy by six months ' notice unless the agreement between the parties provides otherwise . |
13 | The landlord gave six months ' notice and it was held that the notice was good . |
14 | For instance , in November 1990 two brothers in Abbotabad were each sentenced to six years ' imprisonment and given a heavy fine for having preached about their faith . |
15 | Ruhamanya , the former Economy and Finance Minister and a director of the Petrorwanda oil company , was on Dec. 14 , 1989 , sentenced to six years ' imprisonment and fined RF100,000 , after being found guilty of embezzling RF30,000,000 , and of forgery . |
16 | Of the five other FIS officials accused , one was sentenced to six years ' imprisonment and four to four years each . |
17 | Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers . |
18 | Due to be sentenced on Feb. 7 , 1992 , Keating faced a maximum penalty of 10 years ' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 . |
19 | On Feb. 11 Peter Clowes was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment and Peter Naylor to 18 months for fraud in connection with the collapse in 1988 of the Barlow Clowes investment management group in which up to around 18,000 investors , many of them elderly , faced large potential losses of their savings . |
20 | On May 8 the government announced the introduction of the death penalty for those convicted of murder or the attempted murder of magistrates , jurors , government ministers or security force commanders ; at the same time penalties of up to 10 years ' imprisonment and fines of up to GF10,000,000 ( about US$12,500 ) were introduced for the organizers of public demonstrations ending in violence . |
21 | Mohammed Amadou Cissé , for many years Minister of State in charge of security and former President Mathieu Kérékou 's personal adviser and soothsayer , was on Sept. 7 sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment and fined 3,000,000 francs CFA after having been found guilty of embezzling 3,500 million francs CFA of public funds ( US$1=238.522 francs CFA as at Sept. 7 , 1992 ) ; his nine co-defendants received prison terms ranging from three to eight years . |
22 | In 10 years ' time as mainframes become more powerful , he reckons , this figure is more likely to be 500 . |
23 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
24 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
25 | From July , IBM will give departing employees a maximum of 26 weeks ' pay and as much as six months paid medical coverage . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | The winner will be announced in six weeks ' time and both the winning plumber and the nominator will receive holidays to Majorca . |
28 | A Kazakh government commission was sent to Leninsk , and gave all conscripts 10 days ' leave and extra food and cigarettes . |
29 | Nurse Dawn Anderson , 24 , and her boyfriend Maldin Thain , 25 — both from Leeds — are being held in cells at Ceuta , a Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast , and could face eight years ' jail if convicted . |
30 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |