Example sentences of "[det] months [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he resigned from Stowe in 1936 in order to become a full-time writer , White spent some months in a cottage near the school experimenting with falconry , later describing the episode in his most successful book , The Goshawk ( 1951 ) . |
| 2 | Two and a half months of a ‘ non-campaign ’ had changed nothing , and few expect much to change after the election either . |
| 3 | His was not the look of a man who vacationed for three and a half months in a place where bird-watching was high on the entertainment list . |
| 4 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 5 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 6 | He organised many other fund raising events during the last few months including a sponsored marathon scuba dive and raised a grand total of £2,000 towards his own travel and subsistence . |
| 7 | The steps would be : ( i ) the drafting by CODESA within a few months of a constitution for a transitional government ; ( ii ) a national referendum on the transitional constitution , probably before the end of the year ; ( iii ) a general election to choose a new multiracial parliament and government , the composition of both to be determined by the transitional constitution [ see p. 38422 for NP 's views on composition of both bodies ] ; ( iv ) the commencement of rule by the transitional government , on the authority of the transitional parliament , which would take over from CODESA as the negotiating forum for the " final " constitution ; and ( v ) adoption of the final constitution , probably with another referendum . |
| 8 | According to s.6 , as amended by the FSA 1986 , the practice of price stabilisation ( ie. trading activities geared towards stabilising share prices , especially in the first few months of an issue ) , if done in conformity with the rules made under s.48 of the FSA 1986 , can take place despite the fact that such activities would ordinarily be in breach of the insider dealing prohibitions . |
| 9 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 10 | The party had become a turning-point in many ways ; now , weeks later , she could look at it with a certain amount of dispassion , view her life over the past few months with a critical eye . |
| 11 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 12 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 13 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 14 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 15 | The tale of the prospective parliamentary candidate who , a few months before a General Election , was charged with a rape offence , and acquitted , haunted the debate and it was alleged that his whole prospective parliamentary career had been unnecessarily ruined . |
| 16 | ( Oh , yes , I had learnt to play this whilst spending a few months in a rotting gaol due to one of the many misunderstandings which plagued my life . ) |
| 17 | But there is a world of difference between these patients , discharged carefully to a community hostel , and those sent out at short notice after a few months in an acute psychiatric ward . |
| 18 | However , as we shall have to live with each other for the next few months in an electioneering atmosphere , I refer hon. Members to ’ Erskine May ’ on moderation in language . |
| 19 | ‘ The details of how the teams from both organisations will integrate will be decided over the next few months by a project team made up of staff from AEA and Warren Spring . ’ |
| 20 | One of these months with a Friday 13th must come good eventually . |
| 21 | The Israelites were a warrior-race long before the Romans came to Europe to control the barbarians ; a handful of Jewish men , women and children held a whole legion of Roman troops at bay for many months at a place called Massada . |
| 22 | I once spent many months as a student using the papers of Francis Place , the radical reformer of early nineteenth-century Westminster . |
| 23 | After several more months as a prisoner of war , he escaped again and this time succeeded in making his way to England in a small boat . |
| 24 | After several months of a total dearth of exhibitions in grander dealers ' galleries , there are signs of something approaching the usual seasonal increase . |
| 25 | His was the first reported execution in several months for an offence related to the ‘ counter-revolutionary rebellion ’ . |
| 26 | Second , many informals continue to work in the formal sector for several months at a time . |
| 27 | Children 's feet often stay the same size for several months at a time , then move up a size almost overnight . |
| 28 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 29 | Some of the organisations which had been utilising temporary workers for a number of years had people in their temporary workforce who had been employed by them several times , sometimes for several months at a time , who had not worked elsewhere in the interim . |
| 30 | Before that , I had spent three years as an education officer at Marwell Zoo Park , followed by several months as a wildlife officer at Lilongwe Nature Sanctuary in Malawi . |