Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [num] month ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , although we are seeking approval now , for the whole total , we will in fact pay half in six months ' time er as is normal procedure on , on our water bills . |
| 2 | Now she will have to spend another three years behind bars instead of walking free in 11 months ' time . |
| 3 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
| 4 | Mrs Shephard said the unemployment figures were ‘ a glimmer of hope ’ but added that it would be foolish to build too much into one month 's statistics . |
| 5 | MONCEF TRIKI : a father of four , he was held in prolonged incommunicado detention , tortured and then sentenced in August 1991 to 15 months ' imprisonment after an unfair trial . |
| 6 | Helmut Voigt , a former officer of the East German state security police ( Stasi ) , was sentenced in Athens on Sept. 10 to 10 months ' imprisonment for entering the country on a false passport . |
| 7 | A at a guess I would think they would probably give you about three to six months ' worth of pay as compensation , if |
| 8 | German exporter expects to receive $ 100,000 in three months ' time . |
| 9 | From one month and four month rates we can derive the three month interest rate which , if prevailing in one month 's time , would lead to the same return being achieved from investing either in a combination of a one month deposit followed by a three month deposit , or in a four month deposit from the outset . |
| 10 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 11 | Robert Buckland , an economist at brokers NatWest Markets , summed up the City 's view : ‘ We 're sceptical about one month 's figures for a start . |
| 12 | Following the establishment of a committee to review the Constitution and to prepare for the introduction of a multiparty system [ see p. 36842 ] , the President 's office announced on Nov. 6 that a six-member committee had been set up ; the committee 's members included a leading human rights lawyer , Ismail Ali Jumaale , released from prison on Oct. 25 after four months ' detention . |
| 13 | He attended Coleman 's lectures , and obtained his diploma on 21 January 1818 after three months ' study . |
| 14 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 15 | Chairman the , the mechanism is well practised and widely known it starts with the draft two two B in the January the Committee and after a period of about five to six months ' consultation within which the board programme of work of all capitalists are listed and put out to the community for response through their elected organization as to acceptability , five points of detail who were at relatively hirer one man to speak |
| 16 | Given the time it takes to write and then publish a book , our apparently insatiable appetite for the stuff causes real problems : the satirical observation conceived now is likely to look at best , a little tired , and , at worst , incomprehensible , in twelve to eighteen months ' time . |
| 17 | The Admiral who had been appointed as the boss of Playboy UK got a golden handshake of nearly £12 million for four months ' tenure as the firm was taken over . |
| 18 | A further promise , however , of an extra bonus payment in 1993 equivalent to one month 's pay , was reportedly rejected in late September in the National Assembly , where the government had no majority . ) |
| 19 | At the end of the year , the surplus added to the general reserve was £325,000 , meaning that our liquid reserves total just over £2m — equivalent to three months ' operating costs . |
| 20 | This is in accordance with the Council 's long standing policy to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to three months ' core activity expenditure . |
| 21 | This is in accordance with the Council 's long standing policy to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to three months ' core activity expenditure . |
| 22 | By contrast , a person who organises a procession or a meeting and knowingly fails to comply with the conditions imposed commits an offence punishable with three months ' imprisonment or a level three fine . |
| 23 | This would mean that a buyer would pay 99,000 and receive 99,000 plus 1,000 in three months ' time . |