Example sentences of "[adj] hour ' notice " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a currency reform , by which 50- and 100-rouble banknotes stopped , at a few hours ' notice , being legal tender . |
| 2 | Liza had written some weeks ago to say that John had been sent , at only a few hours ' notice , on a course . |
| 3 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 4 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |
| 5 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 6 | By 1988 , people were often given only six hours ' notice — sometimes less — of the imminence of their removal to new homes and the destruction of their old ones . |
| 7 | Instead , James Norris , an American and the person who had put forward Barbara Ward 's name in the first instance , found himself having to deliver a special address , and in Latin , at six hours ' notice . |
| 8 | So he and John Higgs made frequent forays into the countryside giving farmers no more than twelve hours ' notice of the intended visit . |
| 9 | These new agreements obliged both countries ' navies and air forces ( i ) to give 14 days ' advance warning , instead of the previous 25 days , of large military manoeuvres within 80 miles of the coasts of Argentina or of the Falklands Islands and other UK possessions in the south Atlantic ; and ( ii ) to give 42 hours ' notice for permission for combat vessels to approach within 15 miles of either coast , to be arranged by mutual agreement , instead of the previous 48 hours ' notice to approach within 50 miles . |
| 10 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |
| 11 | A couple who ran a social club for three years are taking legal action after being given just two hours ' notice to leave their jobs and home . |
| 12 | Officers gave less than two hours ' notice of the decision , angering managers and clubbers alike . |
| 13 | But on Saturday officers gave less than two hours ' notice of the decision angering managers and clubbers alike . |
| 14 | I only had twenty four hours ' notice and then I sat up all night learning a speech and then dried flat at the audition . |
| 15 | Area Health Authority to apply on four hours ' notice to all parties ( such notice to be sufficiently given by telephone ) to vary or discharge this injunction . |
| 16 | Her controversial withdrawal from Wimbledon in 1991 , at 72 hours ' notice , met with a cool response from Wimbledon and the Press . |
| 17 | The treaty outlined a complex system of quotas and agreed technology ( including cameras , video cameras , infra-red scanning equipment and all-weather radar ) to allow signatory countries to overfly at 72 hours ' notice other countries for military reconnaissance purposes . |
| 18 | ( d ) Twenty-four hours ' notice must be given to the Corporation of any proposed movement of cars across the West Croydon Junction . |
| 19 | Dinner can be provided at twenty-four hours ' notice , and in addition , your hosts will recommend local pubs and restaurants . |
| 20 | At the Third Reading , for instance , at a stage when one would expect very few amendments of any substance , some thirty-two amendments were put down on only twenty-four hours ' notice . |
| 21 | A large peacekeeping force is now being assembled , ready to move at 48 hours ' notice . |
| 22 | 6 Enquire whether the patient will require hospital transport home and to return to Outpatients ( 48 hours ' notice is usually required ) . |
| 23 | Expect to pay half the cost if you give less than 48 hours ' notice |
| 24 | The NSF Council had issued a decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly on Jan. 3 , although organizers of public meetings were required by law to give at least 48 hours ' notice to the authorities . |
| 25 | These new agreements obliged both countries ' navies and air forces ( i ) to give 14 days ' advance warning , instead of the previous 25 days , of large military manoeuvres within 80 miles of the coasts of Argentina or of the Falklands Islands and other UK possessions in the south Atlantic ; and ( ii ) to give 42 hours ' notice for permission for combat vessels to approach within 15 miles of either coast , to be arranged by mutual agreement , instead of the previous 48 hours ' notice to approach within 50 miles . |
| 26 | We will keep all appointments on the day notified to you , or otherwise give you at least 24 hours ' notice of cancellation . |
| 27 | The cases involved the states of Minnesota ( where both parents had to be informed 48 hours prior to an abortion ) , and Ohio ( where 24 hours ' notice to one parent was required ) . |
| 28 | Following India 's announcement in April 1990 of a campaign protesting at Fiji 's discrimination against Indians in the proposed new constitution , the Fiji government on May 24 gave the Indian high commission 24 hours ' notice to close its mission because of alleged internal and external " interference " . |
| 29 | At the core of the treaty was a detailed procedure for " challenge inspections " , under which at 108 hours ' notice international inspectors could investigate sites suspected of being used for making or storing chemical weapons . |