Example sentences of "[subord] a few months " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , many though not all informals have no security of tenure over the site on which they work , have very few means of tying their small workforce to the enterprise for more than a few months , and may run out of their supply of recycled materials ( from the formal sector ) at any moment . |
| 2 | ‘ But where the sentence is substantial the offence will be grave , the risk the offender represents to the public can be significant and the difference which decision to grant or not to grant parole makes , may be more than a few months . |
| 3 | It may be that like the other NCT groups people do not feel the need to attend for more than a few months ( ca n't stay a New Mum for ever ! ! ! ) and at the moment no one needs the MiE group I do not know and I would like to find out . |
| 4 | Although there were delays in the criminal courts , they seldom lasted more than a few months . |
| 5 | Moreover , the nature of sickness benefit from the state and from many employers means that people who are off work ill for less than a few months may not be worse off financially , anyway . |
| 6 | Sometimes the possible link can be from much longer ago than a few months and here the memory is almost invariably an unsolved murder case . |
| 7 | Pigmented preservatives must n't be used when overpainting , as they can not hold a coat of paint for more than a few months . |
| 8 | It is rare for a tribe to spend more than a few months in any one place ; consequently , any rug that is unfinished when the tribe moves has to be fastened tightly to the loom and transported in its entirety to the next encampment . |
| 9 | For about half of the innovations in the sample , patents delayed imitation by less than a few months . |
| 10 | Some authorities now favour homes taking fifteen to twenty children , particularly for the difficult medium-term cases where the child is away from their natural home for more than a few months . |
| 11 | In kung fu one can not train for more than a few months without hearing the phrase ‘ chi kung ’ , repeated time and time again . |
| 12 | ‘ Why were n't you able to keep him for more than a few months ? ’ |
| 13 | It does n't seem more than a few months since I was knitting clothes for her dolls — and now — ’ She held up her needles , speared through the left front of a pearly-white matinée jacket . |
| 14 | He said quite , quote , in my experience people who have access to , or are offered this level of care , even if it 's even if it is started , it is rarely continued for more than a few months . |
| 15 | And she died not more than a few months ago . |
| 16 | Dear Doctor I own a Tokai TST-50 Strat copy and up until a few months ago I could n't fault its sound or setup . |
| 17 | She brought her haul of county match appearances up to 99 , while the number of times she played for her club — she was playing for Ganton up until a few months before her death — must have constituted a record . |
| 18 | Whereas up until a few months they were thinking of closing the engineering department |
| 19 | Whereas a few months ago it was n't tat obvious . |
| 20 | I was n't therefore able to recommend this film when a few months later a woman from Nottingham requested a loan . |
| 21 | I sound like Piers , she thought suddenly , when a few months ago I would have giggled a bit at a remark like that . |
| 22 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |