Example sentences of "two [noun pl] ' [noun] or " in BNC.
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1 | In the coal industry , people are now working not two hours ' overtime or nine or 10-hour shifts but 12 or 14 hours or sometimes more per shift . |
2 | The importance which the legislature attached to the observance of the regulatory system is demonstrated by section 4 , which makes a contravention of section 3 an offence , punishable on conviction on indictment by a term of two years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |
3 | The maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment or an unlimited fine . |
4 | GDP would recover from two years ' contraction or stagnation to grow by 4.75 per cent in 1992-93 . |
5 | But I usually arrange with a client over what 's seen in two years ' time or one year 's time , whatever . |
6 | As well as two years ' placement or something . |