Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ That this House condemns British Coal for its closure of the Coventry Colliery at Keresely with the loss of 1,300 jobs , completed in a mere 13 days from the announcement of the decision to the working of the last shift ; believes that the pit is not abandoned but mothballed with 40 million tonnes of good quality reserves of medium sulphur content which will be kept on a care and maintenance basis until a link-up is organised by a privatised Daw Mill Colliery should the Government be re-elected ; condemns British Coal 's refusal to attend two meetings of local authority and parish councillors , local honourable Members of this House and church representatives and notes the absence at the meetings of 24th October and 11th November of the local Tory honourable Members ; and calls for a public inquiry into the methods of the closure and the false economics which talk of losses ' yet fail to take into account the future cost to public funds of lost production and taxes paid , and of dole and unemployment payments to be made . ] |
| 2 | After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days . |
| 3 | The package , which applied to the current fiscal year ( ending in March 1993 ) , was finally passed on Dec. 10 , after the special session of the Diet had been extended for a further two days . |
| 4 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 5 | After a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 21 it was announced that the mandate under which the multinational rapid reaction force was stationed in south-east Turkey was to be extended for a further 90 days from Sept. 30 . |
| 6 | Again the nine children were absent , and the Place of Safety orders were extended for a further twenty-one days . |