Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [adj] months ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not surprising that there is widespread protest against the sentence of two months ' imprisonment … passed on the Liverpool Constable who admitted that he had taken four oranges , worth threepence , from a shed in the West Canada Dock … pilfering by the Police is a different matter from the same offence committed by a street urchin . |
| 2 | The court held that on the authorities it was bound to quash the sentence of three months ' imprisonment , Scott L.J . |
| 3 | This report was the result of four months ' research , including material relating to Britain , Belgium , South Africa , Canada and the US , and noted that the IDA 's and the IIRS 's ‘ complacent attitude ’ towards asbestos was not shared by many eminent bodies throughout the world and that there was movement towards the phasing out of asbestos . |
| 4 | The landlord 's argument will be that the rent should be paid on time , but the tenant could respond that it is a fairly recent innovation for rent to be paid in advance as opposed to in arrears and , furthermore , that the landlord has the benefit of three months ' rent in advance , despite the fact that it may not arrive on the actual quarter day . |
| 5 | The product of five months ' work by a specially elected Constituent Assembly [ see pp. 37450 ; 37914 ; 38283 ] , it was hailed on all sides as marking the opening of a new democratic chapter in the country 's history , previously marred by decades of political and drug-related violence and the domination of power by a small political elite . |
| 6 | While Rubbing Along in Burmese was being printed , I was working on a bigger handbook for learning the language , under the title of Three Months ' Hard Labour . |
| 7 | I assumed McIllvanney had sent a message to Massachusetts asking Sammy to telephone as soon as he reached port , and I was certain that Sammy would jump at the chance of three months ' extra salary , and if he did then Ellen and Thessy would similarly earn their small fortunes . |
| 8 | Be honest with your answers and repeat the questionnaire in two months ' time ! |
| 9 | If the letters of offer and acceptance are looked at alone then it is clear that the university was entitled to terminate the appointment on three months ' notice . |
| 10 | The Economy and Tourism Minister , Georgios Souflias , left the government for three months ' sick leave on Sept. 15 and the post was assumed on Oct. 1 by the Prime Minister , Konstantinos Mitsotakis , who appointed Efthymios Christodoulou , previously the Deputy Foreign Minister for European Community affairs , as Deputy Economy Minister . |
| 11 | But a major difficulty remains : SSDs will be reluctant to commit themselves to picking up the bill for several months ' residential rehabilitation for someone who may have arrived in the area the previous week . |
| 12 | After concluding the deal through an intermediary , John H. Ross , Collins arranged to have the case transferred from another judge and then sentenced the man to 42 months ' imprisonment despite a recommendation of eight years by the probation officer . |
| 13 | The winners will meet the Scottish champions , Murrayfield Racers in the final in two months ' time , writes Steve Pinder . |
| 14 | A yearly tenancy is determinable by the landlord or the tenant at the end of the first or any subsequent year of the tenancy by six months ' notice unless the agreement between the parties provides otherwise . |
| 15 | Her character — child bride Fizz — will leave the show in two months ' time . |
| 16 | In it he explained that he would leave the farm in three months ' time . |
| 17 | But Beaumont is already confident that the eight-year-old will make a bold bid to pull off the feat in 12 months ' time . |
| 18 | She would in fact be taking over from a male contracts officer who would be leaving the company in four months ' time . |
| 19 | Reserves in excess of the value of three months ' imports are generally considered adequate . |
| 20 | It follows that , except in a case where either the common law or statute allows instant dismissal ( e.g. , for gross misconduct ) , a lecturer can only be dismissed for good cause after being given three months ' notice ( though the lecturer can terminate the agreement on three months ' notice without any reason being assigned ) . |
| 21 | The agreement provided for the determination of the agreement by three months ' written notice given by either party to the other subject to a proviso that the landlords should not exercise that right unless they required the premises for their undertaking . |