Example sentences of "in the [num ord] [adj] months [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite increasing debt defaults among enterprises and devastation caused by flooding , in the first six months GNP increased by 6.1 per cent , according to the State Statistical Bureau on July 22 . |
| 2 | And in the next seven months Joel Danjuma groped three others — one twice — despite being warned by bosses at Wigan Royal Infirmary not to examine women unchaperoned , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
| 3 | Within a month of nationalisation , the Authority 's commercial manager had identified the more serious black spots in which tariffs for additional domestic kWh were below ¾d. — which he reckoned to be the level required to cover costs — and in the next few months prices were generally raised to this level as a ‘ first aid ’ measure , pending the development of a proper pricing policy . |
| 4 | In the next few months Bathsheba noticed miserably that Gabriel communicated with her as little as possible , and then only by messenger . |
| 5 | In the last 18 months Brighton Poets have invigorated the poetry scene by bringing well known guests to read with locally-based poets . |
| 6 | In the last 12 months hooligans have smashed windows , twice stolen her handbag , made off with her television and taken her pension money . |