Example sentences of "for a [adj] [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can buy a number of products which will allow your fish to feed while you are away , including automatic feeders and holiday blocks , but for a normal two week vacation your adult fish will do just fine on what they can find in the tank . |
| 2 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 3 | ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ had topped the UK charts for a remarkable five weeks , selling 698,000 copies . |
| 4 | On July 2 , one day after the government had announced that unemployment had reached an eight-year peak of 7.8 per cent , Congress approved legislation to extend unemployment benefits for a further 26 weeks [ for February extension see p. 38757 ] ; the bill was signed by President Bush on July 3 . |
| 5 | The tank was left for a further two weeks , during which regular checks were made on the quality of the water . |
| 6 | The males then returned inland , but the females had to wait in the burrows for a further two weeks while their fertilised eggs matured . |
| 7 | You will then know what a healthy weight-loss diet is for you and be able to follow this for a further two weeks , or longer if necessary . |
| 8 | My break was not completely healed and would be in plaster for a further two weeks . |
| 9 | Officers and volunteer NCOs were trained at the centre for six weeks before joining the Independent Companies in which volunteer soldiers were trained for a further six weeks by their own officers . |
| 10 | Formal teaching will continue for a further 8 weeks , with degree/diploma examinations held before Easter . |
| 11 | 22 year old Paul Wheway was remanded in custody for a further 4 weeks . |
| 12 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 13 | We would also like to ask permission to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks to aid viewing . |
| 14 | In the UK , statutory maternity pay is 90 per cent of earnings for the first six weeks of maternity leave and then a lower rate of £39.25 for a further 12 weeks . |
| 15 | She was remanded in custody on February 24 for a week and after being granted conditional bail , lived at a probation hostel for a further three weeks . |
| 16 | Rival Lunn Poly has extended its discounting campaign for a further three weeks to stimulate the lacklustre sector . |
| 17 | But the bream , too , were there — the whole lake 's population — and they stayed there , too , for a further three weeks . |
| 18 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
| 19 | They may be moved from this pit to others during the wriggler stage , or once they are free-swimming , and the parents will go for a further 6–8 weeks before considering another family . |
| 20 | Tito , at the age of 87 , was forced to stay alive for a few extra weeks by the vigorous application of every last trick of the medical trade , including the use of a kidney machine , long after it was apparent that he had reached the end of a pretty long road . |
| 21 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 22 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |
| 23 | Two aspects need consideration : the tendency of workers to lessen their weekly amount of work at times when higher money wages or lower food prices allowed them to meet their customary expectation of comfort from fewer hours of labour , and secondly , the ability of home-based out-workers to control their own pace of work , compensating , if they so chose , for a slack early week with a bout of late-week intensity . |
| 24 | Also , these are the basic rates of pay for a basic 35-hour week , and generous overtime rates are paid for late-night and weekend work . |
| 25 | Finally , one of the doctors who had been advising him prescribed complete rest of the voice for a full two weeks before his next recital . |