Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edgar was offered a grant for six months ; after that he was on his own . |
| 2 | In 1976 , the Smithsonian supported a scientist for 16 months on the island of Aldabra in the Seychelles to study what appeared to be a static population of goat . |
| 3 | It seems the boys from Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc have had their heads together with Intel Corp for some months and must be getting close to agreeing an Application Binary Interface for Unix with the semiconductor house . |
| 4 | American wholesale prices rose by 3.7% in the 12 months to January — the slowest annual rise for six months . |
| 5 | Figures from the Halifax show growth of half a per cent in house prices during September , the first rise for three months . |
| 6 | The only gloom was on jobs , but even here the Treasury report pointed out that January 's rise in unemployment , which took the toll above three million , was the smallest seasonally-adjusted rise for seven months . |
| 7 | The UMWA members worked in good faith within a contract for 14 months while negotiations went on . |
| 8 | You may make your pupillage contract for six months in each of two different chambers . |
| 9 | ‘ It tends to adjourn the case for six months to allow them to get themselves together again . ’ |
| 10 | However Sun has been playing with the long overdue part for many months now , working closely with Texas Instruments Inc to get the thing up to scratch . |
| 11 | Cash budget for three months ending June l9X1 : |
| 12 | Hawke did receive a boost from the unemployment figures , however , which showed that there had been a fall in May to 9.4 per cent , the first reduction for five months . |
| 13 | ‘ Every year when I come to Faalifu for four months or so I engage a resident pianist from California . |
| 14 | He has just returned from working as a photographer for six months on the Russian liner Karelya . |
| 15 | Colt had known the driver for eleven months , and he knew he was good because the Colonel had told him how the driver had once handled an ambush . |
| 16 | In other developments yesterday , the East Jerusalem Palestinian activist , Mr Faisal Husseini , was banned from entering the West Bank or Gaza Strip for six months . |
| 17 | An own goal by Nicky Summerbee and two from Lee Philpott won the match and helped make Cambridge into a promotion force and lead the second division for two months . |
| 18 | Its fighters would be amnestied , would have special access to education , health care , land and credit , and would receive a monthly payment for six months while they looked for employment and adapted to civilian life . |
| 19 | He said there were 4 potential wage earners in the household but they had n't made any payment for 17 months . |
| 20 | All these provisions apply to listed buildings ( of which in 1985 there were 380,000 in England , 33,000 in Scotland , and 10,600 in Wales ) but the secretary of state has power to list a building at any time , and local authorities can serve a ‘ building preservation notice ’ on an unlisted building ; this has the effect of protecting the building for six months , thus giving time for considering whether or not it should be listed . |
| 21 | Furthermore , we followed up the course of the accompanying cholecystitis for 12 months and describe its complete cure . |
| 22 | None of us had been outside the camp for many months and every field seemed infinite and exciting . |
| 23 | They held him in a detention camp for three months , the Germans , and then the officers had come to see him from the SS . |
| 24 | He 's been in a camp for three months . |
| 25 | Most adoption agencies offer support for three months after the adoption , but this is unlikely to be sufficient . |
| 26 | When Godoy was contemplating patriotism his enemy Ferdinand , who had been intriguing for French support for some months , put all his faith in Napoleon 's endorsement of the revolution of Aranjuez . |
| 27 | Another example of the city government 's indifference to cultural concerns is its decision to close the Kunsthalle for three months during Documenta in order to install an air-conditioning system . |
| 28 | Retailing in major department stores at £3.99 semi-opaques by Charnos complement the svelte , sleek and stylish look for warmer months ahead . |
| 29 | but I 'll have to , I 'll have to stop doing Wednesdays if I do the course for three months |
| 30 | But work can not start on the course for some months . |