Example sentences of "week for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sid Cordle , of the Yorkshire Conservative Trade Unions , protested that the basic state pension of £46.60 a week for a single person and £69.80 for a couple was totally inadequate . |
| 2 | However , the increase of up to £2.50 a week for a single person , and up to £3.50 a week for a couple , is considered small by many involved with the elderly . |
| 3 | However , the increase of up to £2.50 a week for a single person , and up to £3.50 a week for a couple , is considered small by many involved with the elderly . |
| 4 | But persistent exposure to the same paper-type at least three times a week for a whole year may well have some effect , particularly if it is a preelection year when the political temperature usually rises . |
| 5 | You 'll have to report to the clinic regularly , of course — every week for a while and then once a month . |
| 6 | ‘ He was suspended for two weeks for the abuse offence , one week for a previous sin-bin and then the rest came from his past cases . ’ |
| 7 | Lineages also contributed to the expenses of funerals : members made a collection toward the cost of feeding the guests ; if the dead person was a well known and respected man , the household might have to provide two meals a day and continual tea for up to a week for a hundred or so visitors ( who sometimes brought a contribution of a sheep or tea or sugar ) . |
| 8 | She left a hole in the campaign when she departed this week for a pre-arranged lecture tour in the United States . |
| 9 | We will increase the basic retirement pension by an extra £5 a week for a single person and £8 a week for a married couple . |
| 10 | We will increase the basic retirement pension by an extra £5 a week for a single person and £8 a week for a married couple . |
| 11 | The Infirmary League covered hospital treatment and cost 2d a week for a single person whilst the payment of 4d covered a whole family — father , mother and all children under eighteen . |
| 12 | This may help them assess the range of teaching quality within the school , on the assumption that a generally high level of provision across the week for a given class will tend to produce better attendance and vice versa . |
| 13 | ‘ You can have time off , perhaps even a week for a holiday , if things are quiet . ’ |
| 14 | The students spend a given amount of time per week for a period of months , with the guidance of an assigned individual in the company and with the support of the technical staff of the school or college . |
| 15 | You can draw on people 's competitive instincts by having two or three teams in the Home which meet regularly once a week for a little competition . |
| 16 | She gets some help from their son who lives with them and works night shifts and from a care attendant once a week for a three-hour session who makes lunch and supervises James ' toilet care . |
| 17 | Very often your teacher may ask you to come twice a week for two or three weeks and then once a week for a further period which will vary from pupil to pupil . |
| 18 | So devastated were they when she announced that the term was due to end last week for a long Easter break that they begged her to let them continue . |
| 19 | On completion of the Part 1 Certificate , students may progress to the Part 2 Certificate which involves attendance on one day or two evenings per week for a further year . |
| 20 | One of our regulars would call three times a week for a take-away of : ‘ Ellomeyat pie and chips . ’ |
| 21 | She does high-impact classes 2-4 times a month , dabbles in Callanetics and swam once a week for a month . |
| 22 | The New survey took as its poverty line an income of 38–40 shillings per week for a family of two adults and two children aged ten and four . |
| 23 | Whoosh up to Blackpool last week for a fix of caring , sharing and public admiration ; a respite from the nasty , unappreciative , eightsome-reeling in-laws at Balmoral . |
| 24 | IT 'S been a bad week for a bunch of well-connected folk who probably thought they were immune to the worst ravages of the recession . |
| 25 | Prices start from £366 per week for a property that sleeps four , including return ferry crossing . |
| 26 | The mid-'70s are now seen as something of a cultural wasteland for rock and it is no exaggeration to say that Wednesday 's NME was the highlight of the musical week for a generation . |
| 27 | A variety of courses was evaluated ; some were held for one evening a week for a term ; others were one-week full time ; some were award-bearing , others were not . |
| 28 | The current rates are £32.55 a week for a spouse , £9.75 for the first child and £1 0.85 each for any other dependent children . |
| 29 | There was quite an appealing letter in er one of the local papers this week for a young person on this particular subject . |
| 30 | The Phantom was among the cream of Ireland 's rock journalists , music columnists and radio personalities who came together at Boss Croker 's on Arran Quay last week for a lunch in which details of this year 's Smithwicks Hot Press Awards were announced . |