Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She was only sorry that the brief formal note which had arrived from the Palazzo granting her an interview of no more than ninety minutes ' duration had stipulated that photographs would not be permitted . |
| 4 | The provision as to three months ' notice has to be read with the limitation that there can only be dismissal for good cause . |
| 5 | For a company which in its 90 years ' existence has made its share of bad decisions , this may rank as the worst of them all . |
| 6 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
| 7 | A committee member may be removed by resolution of the creditors at a meeting of which fourteen days ' notice has been given ( r 6.159 ) . |
| 8 | By the time Scott had changed his blue Jersey for something less like the blue and gold of his colleagues , the ten minutes ' grace had been swallowed up . |
| 9 | One workers ' meeting had even suggested that it would be better to shoot Lenin or Trotsky rather than Patriarch Tikhon . |
| 10 | My fifteen miles ' walk had whetted my appetite , and therefore I looked with no angry gaze on Ranza Inn , and , despite the large company of tourists airing themselves outside , I made inquiries for breakfast , and was told it would not be ready for an hour ( it was now nine o'clock ) . |
| 11 | By contrast babies born after 40 weeks ' gestation had raised death rates from non-cardiovascular causes , reflected in higher rates from all causes combined . |
| 12 | If you go back to work before the end of 28 weeks and are then absent again , Statutory Sick Pay will be payable for each period of absence until your 28 weeks ' entitlement has been exhausted , provided you have not been back at work for more than 8 weeks . |
| 13 | As soon as the 15 seconds ' rest has elapsed , you must start the next exercise . |
| 14 | The mines had suffered disruption since July and 220 workers had been dismissed earlier for taking industrial action , and according to the managing director at least two weeks ' production had been lost . |
| 15 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 16 | RAY COVENTRY has retired from P&O Cruises ( UK ) after 14 years ' service having most recently held the position of Equipment and Stores Supervisor in the Hotel Services Department . |
| 17 | At Chantilly , news of the first two days ' fighting had not particularly upset General Joffre . |