Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] three months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figures from the Halifax show growth of half a per cent in house prices during September , the first rise for three months . |
| 2 | Cash budget for three months ending June l9X1 : |
| 3 | They held him in a detention camp for three months , the Germans , and then the officers had come to see him from the SS . |
| 4 | He 's been in a camp for three months . |
| 5 | Most adoption agencies offer support for three months after the adoption , but this is unlikely to be sufficient . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | but I 'll have to , I 'll have to stop doing Wednesdays if I do the course for three months |
| 8 | This was achieved partly because of the beneficial effect of devaluation on overseas income for three months , it explains , but also because the directors have been largely successful in avoiding companies which have been forced to cut their dividends in the recession . |
| 9 | CELTIC manager Liam Brady was yesterday fined £500 and banned from the team 's dug-out for three months . |
| 10 | ‘ If we remain in unity for three months then we will win the battle , ’ said Mr Bisztyga at a briefing before yesterday 's Central Committee plenum . |
| 11 | Despite this dodgy sideline , the station renewed Jakki 's contract after three months . |
| 12 | The Fine Gael government has just introduced a tough budget after three months in office and the Taoiseach ( prime minister ) , Garrett Fitzgerald , felt it necessary to explain on television why this highly unpopular measure was essential . |
| 13 | His call-up was made more pressing by the knee injury suffered by David Burrows in the Coca-Cola Cup draw with Crystal Palace , which has put him out of action for three months . |
| 14 | Gary Owers ( midfield ) : Back in contention for a place at Wembley after a serious pelvic injury kept him out of action for three months , the England Under-21 international 's non-stop running could be a great asset . |
| 15 | You 've had your heart attack , you 've been out of action for three months and yet , when you talk to people , when the pollsters go out with their clipboards , they say , Who do you think is most likely apart from the Prime Minister , to lead the Tory party ? |
| 16 | It 's likely we will ban the contractor for three months from , at least three months , from doing the work |
| 17 | Krause 's resignation followed the decision by Franco on Dec. 15 to postpone the privatization programme for three months , raising fears that free-market and modernization policies would be slowed in favour of the populist and nationalist policies advocated by Franco in the past . |
| 18 | Andersson has n't played for the Belgian club for three months . |
| 19 | A few days later Terry 's brother asked Mary to act as stand-in pianist for three months at the local Baptist church where he was a member . |
| 20 | ‘ The client wants the boat for three months ! |
| 21 | Mr Curtin had been suspended from practice for three months in 1991 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the condition imposed by an Assistant Director of the Solicitors Complaints Bureau when Mr Curtin applied for renewal of his practising certificate was that of practising only in approved employment , as opposed to in approved partnership , which had been the condition applicable to Mr Curtin 's certificate prior to his suspension from practice . |
| 22 | Month 5 to 7 Bought raw materials for cash for £2,000 and made cash sales of £5,000 , paid wages for three months of £1,500 , the rent for three months of £600 and the second and final instalment on the machine of £900 . |
| 23 | Month 8 to 12 Made cash sales of £14,000 , bought raw materials for cash for £6,000 , paid wages for six months of £3,000 and paid rent for three months of £600 . |
| 24 | Quite apart from this , the legislation required that the gathering of evidence by other means would be unlikely to succeed , or would be considerably more difficult ; a warrant would apply to only one suspect , so that there were no general warrants ; the warrants would remain in force for three months and thereafter had to be renewed ; and the person concerned generally had to be notified as soon as possible after the surveillance ended that he or she had been the target of such surveillance . |
| 25 | Stopped under the third Waverley criterion for three months . |
| 26 | They are parasitic on fish , feeding on the blood for three months before dropping off as miniature mussels . |
| 27 | I tell you one that 's got a strong inside , you manage up to three month but you 're no good after three months . |
| 28 | In one a term of three months ' imprisonment was imposed in respect of much publicised suggestions by a trade union official that a particular decision had been reached only because of pressure exerted by a demonstrating rank and file . |
| 29 | A survivor had been claimed from the entangled vehicles on the motorway : a tot of three months , found orphaned but unscathed in the wreckage . |
| 30 | The Bank stands ready to buy from market makers , and at a price of its own choosing , any stock with three months or less to maturity ; it is also usually prepared to quote a price for stocks with between three and twelve months to maturity . |