Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some doctors like to fit an IUD soon after delivery ; others prefer to wait until six or eight weeks after the baby has been born . |
| 2 | Horses ' feet need to be trimmed , preferably by a farrier , every six or eight weeks . |
| 3 | The horse 's anxiety has to be kept below boiling point to avoid a continual problem in the same circumstances ; and shoeing horses does recur — every six or eight weeks ! |
| 4 | Since they have been selected for fast growth , these birds are only seven or eight weeks old when they are transported — really just overgrown chicks . |
| 5 | When people such as Martin , consult me not in order to seek help in overcoming a particular problem , but to help them to understand themselves , their motivation and their spiritual journey better , I do not see the patient at weekly or fortnightly intervals but leave gaps of anything up to six or eight weeks between visits . |
| 6 | I have done so for the last seven or eight weeks . ’ |
| 7 | Undoubtedly the easiest way of training is to start with a puppy , at about seven or eight weeks old . |
| 8 | The groups or courses are closed and time limited , usually running initially for either six or eight weeks . |
| 9 | Nobody had , I 'd done it myself , you see and I did n't want to know and er I did n't want anybody to know you see but er , he was marvellous I know and I know there was something else tiny came away it 'd only be about six or eight weeks but it was , I think anyway what was lost was found and I was in hospital for about fourteen days . |
| 10 | And one of the last holidays I took , and I was on my own , I went to the United States for , and Canada for er the , the six weeks I think it was or eight weeks . |
| 11 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 12 | The following risk factors were not associated with a decreased healing rate at two , four , or eight weeks respectively : male gender ( 38.5% , 69.6% , 93.2% ) ; age under 40 years ( 39.5% , 72.9% , 93.3% ) ; alcohol ( 40.1% , 71.9% , 93.7% ) ; beer ( 39.5% , 70.7% , 92.9% ) ; spirits ( 39.8% , 71.4% , 95.2% ) ; coffee ( 38.4% , 71.3% , 93.8% ) ; tea ( 40.8% , 69.8% , 93.4% ) ; a family history of duodenal ulcer disease ( 37.8% , 68.9% , 93.3% ) ; prior ulcer haemorrhage ( 34.8% , 68.9% , 94.2% ) ; concomitant illness ( 37.5% , 68.5% , 92.8% ) ; immigrant worker status ( 37.5% , 70.5% , 92.1% ) ; shift work ( 36.5% , 73.0% , 93.8% ) ; or a history of ulcer disease for more than 10 years ( 39.3%. 68.0% , 91.9% ) . |
| 13 | Most of the pictures were made in something like six or eight weeks . |
| 14 | maybe give it a class project in the six or eight weeks that that particular er class is looking at the environment , again , from school , cos remember we 've got the bins and we 've got little er |
| 15 | and it were gone about seven or eight weeks and when he heard nowt about it |
| 16 | Yeah , he 's , he 's into ev oh it must 've been about six or eight weeks ago he started saying a couple of things and I thought oh he 's coming now , but it stopped I think I got excited when he started saying dark , but that 's as far as it got , int it ? |
| 17 | seven , seven or eight weeks |
| 18 | Now then that after about six weeks or eight weeks , if you 've got a kid you can have them . |
| 19 | If the legal limit for abortions was reduced to 20 or 22 weeks , this would increase the practical problems , but these would be avoided if earlier detection was made possible . |
| 20 | Trading check Document giving credit up to fixed total ( often £30 ) at certain shops ; each purchase is deducted from check , leaving smaller credit balance ; fixed instalments including interest set at start on full value of check usually collected weekly ( often in 21 or 22 weeks ) . |
| 21 | The quantity and the period for leasing can be perfectly adapted to your needs : whether it is for 10 , 100 or 1000 machines ( or as many as you need ) for 4 , 8 or 12 weeks ( or as long as it is profitable for you ) . |
| 22 | There is no heating because there is no fuel , and in 10 or 12 weeks there will be 2ft of snow outside . |
| 23 | People argue and give evidence to the Committee , for perhaps 10 or 12 weeks or longer . |
| 24 | Stay for 1 or 2 weeks and have an extra week free on room only for arrivals between 1 May–31 Oct . |
| 25 | Subjects were given a memory test after either 20 minutes or 2 weeks . |
| 26 | Victorian days involved 12-hour shifts and six or seven-day weeks , and we are certainly returning to those arrangements . |
| 27 | Feline pregnancy lasts nine weeks , and the additional heats usually occur after three or six weeks . |
| 28 | In these cases , both sets of kittens continue to develop alongside one another , with the later group three or six weeks behind the early one . |
| 29 | If , on the other hand , they manage to hang on inside the uterus , they may be born successfully at full term three or six weeks later . |
| 30 | In the last five or six weeks of his life , he lost interest in everything . ’ |