Example sentences of "of a week [unc] " in BNC.

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1 But it took all of a week 's ration of time to restore the plot to its pre-holiday weed-free state .
2 It was then the best part of a week 's work on Malcolm 's part to get that saw running sweetly .
3 The prospect of a week 's walking in Borrowdale at the end of July would raise the spirits of any walker , but to spend a week there as Outdoors Action prizewinners was an added bonus .
4 The success of a week 's promotion at the colony 's airport in September 1990 persuaded Harry Ramsden 's , the world 's only quoted chippie , to set up a restaurant in the heart of Wanchai on Hong Kong Island .
5 the maximum amount of a week 's pay taken into account with effect from 1 April 1990 is £184 per week , but that figure is reviewed from time to time .
6 Two researchers drew their conclusions from a survey of a week 's complaints about dampness at five local authorities .
7 So tell me the cost of a week 's charter . ’
8 It is a painless way to travel with the unrivalled advantage of giving you an extra day 's skiing at each end of a week 's holiday .
9 " Make it the best of a week 's "
10 This was a laborious process and probably the equivalent of a week 's hard work had been expended on this stone before it was abandoned .
11 This curiosity , as much as the prospect of a week 's field research in one of the wildest and loveliest parts of France , had helped to make up her mind .
12 Er a a and then say , well we can take that on board for you if you like but it might be more efficient for you to do the possessions because the civil engineer Leeds , actually is part of your organization a a and it might be more appropriate for you to get those possessions in , for you to decide whether or not you want one big bang o o o of a week 's possession or , or you want to do it i in four hour no-trains periods for the next three years .
13 Later that day , and with a good half-inch of our respective hair on the floor of a Soho salon , we hit the black suede pump shop , where I was noiselessly relieved of a week 's rehearsal pay on a pair of boots the same as the ones which fell apart in three months last time and a pair of the suede pumps ( ‘ EVERYBODY 'S wearing them ! ’ ) which , one week later , were flat and circular like dinghies .
14 I see well it 's convenient that it comes at the end of a week 's holiday is n't it ?
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