Example sentences of "for [adj] days [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Question : Which piece of equipment works for you for 365 days a year , 24 hours a day , saves you money , protects your reputation , helps you comply with the law , and is expected to function without complaint for up to 10 years ? |
| 2 | Britain needs fewer but brighter racecourses , each with a range of facilities that will attract customers for 300 days a year , not 10 . |
| 3 | For some days the government did nothing , shaken by these unprecedented disturbances . |
| 4 | For some days the note lay untouched on the table . |
| 5 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 6 | Suppose , then , that you can allow the equivalent of four hours each evening for six days a week . |
| 7 | High Row , Skinnergate , Blackwellgate , Bondgate and the eastern end of Duke Street will be closed to traffic for six days a week between 10.30am and 4pm , although buses and pedal cycles may still use Blackwellgate and Bondgate . |
| 8 | One measure would have forced British haddock fishing boats to lie idle for 10 days every month . |
| 9 | They also hope to develop some kind of a synchronised timetable to provide five or six ships sailing at least every hour for 364 days a year . |
| 10 | Margaret 's Anita is a trained patisserie chef , who comes in for three days a week to delight people with her delicious home-baked brown bread and scrumptious deserts . |
| 11 | She negotiated with Henry and the Residential Centre and fixed up for him to attend the scheme for three days a week . |
| 12 | Moreover , the government had earlier proposed that Parliament should sit for three days a week , instead of five . |
| 13 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 14 | For three days the light of the sun is blotted out by " thick darkness " ( probably a khamsin duststorm ) ( 10:21–29 ) . |
| 15 | For three days the murder room was the haunt of SOCO and the Detective Chief Inspector as they quartered every inch in search of fingermarks , blood or saliva samples and other prey for their relentless , questioning minds . |
| 16 | The Department of Transport wants to ban them from the ancient route for sixty days a year . |
| 17 | 7 Accommodation of good standing will be provided for all days the Artist is required . |
| 18 | Although for many days the ship was becalmed and progress was slow , if at all , some days the vessel logged 12 knots and made good progress . |
| 19 | Bingo , skittles , old-tyme Kung-fu , spitting at the chicken , all ensured that the club 's calendar was full for 370 days a year . |
| 20 | They represent acceptable exposure levels based on eight hours a day for five days a week . |
| 21 | The primary interactive facilities for lexicographers will be available at nine terminals for five days a week , fifty two weeks a year , excluding Press holidays . |
| 22 | For twelve days the wind and the rain did n't stop . |
| 23 | For several days the world had been on the brink of nuclear war — and over an issue that appeared less than vital for those outside the conflict . |
| 24 | The CAB is open there for four days a week , six hours a day and is run by a paid manager and seven volunteers . |
| 25 | Mr M by this time was away on the outer islands for four days a week . |
| 26 | For four days the slimmer knows that all he or she has consumed at the end of each day is the 1,000 calories contained in the meals . |
| 27 | For four days the battalion suffered continuous attacks from apparently limitless numbers , during which it made a fighting withdrawal of 10 miles . |
| 28 | ‘ I might be able to come to your school for two days a week , ’ said the boy . |
| 29 | At that time he travelled on a little inter-island plane to the northerly island of Westray to teach for two days a week ; for a while he taught for two days on the island of Sanday as well . |
| 30 | I went back to work for two days a week in December when Isha was six months old . |