Example sentences of "18 months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Operations manager Siobhan Hunter , who is responsible for the Morgan Grenfell contract , says : ‘ We 've been looking at computers for the past 18 months , and we went for Caterdata , having seen it in action at BE Services , the in-house caterer at the Bank of England . ’ |
| 2 | This proved invaluable in March 1941 when the Barley Mow brewery was knocked out of action by German bombers and the Cannon brewery had to fill in production for 18 months . |
| 3 | Jackie Sinclaire , from Horncastle , Lincolnshire , has a seven-year-old Golden Retriever named Jasper who was diagnosed diabetic about 18 months ago . |
| 4 | I had my first dog for 18 months and have had my second one for 3½ years . ’ |
| 5 | The bank , with 60 per cent of the ‘ retail acquisition ’ market , plans to install 20,000 terminals in shops in the next 18 months . |
| 6 | Dr Smith explained that MB Group , formerly Metal Box , had identified Caradon 18 months ago as a suitable means of expanding into building products but the company had had to reorganise itself and create a new management team to make the current deal possible . |
| 7 | Mr Livingstone argued that the move towards unity was merely the normal pre-election loyalty which the party usually showed ; the only difference this time was that it was happening 18 months earlier than normal . |
| 8 | The midfield player , bought from Hull 18 months ago for £250,000 , scored 10 goals last season , including two in the Simod cup final against Everton . |
| 9 | Sears has been busily redirecting its 1,500 strong chain away from traditional sites and in the next 18 months a further 100 to 150 net closures are likely . |
| 10 | After two failed coups in 18 months , the US view is that the general is more entrenched in power than ever . |
| 11 | Tory councillors attempted a similar move 18 months ago , but gave it up after a panel reported that any reorganisation would cause 10 years of disruption . |
| 12 | Four Tamils who were deported to Sri Lanka more than 18 months ago arrived back at Gatwick Airport after a successful appeal from outside the country . |
| 13 | I do n't think Lou remembers how hard we worked , but it was every weekend for 18 months , going over and over these songs until we had all these dismembered arrangements we became famous for . |
| 14 | The base rate rise is also certain to hit sales of new cars , which fell in September for the first time in 18 months , according to new figures released yesterday . |
| 15 | HOME LOAN borrowers have been partially cushioned from the full effect of the doubling of base rates in the last 18 months . |
| 16 | The figures are all the more startling when compared with mortgage bills of 18 months ago , when base rates hit a low of 7.5 per cent . |
| 17 | Even 18 months ago , the material would most probably have been in the form of near-illegible carbon copies of an original laboriously produced on a manual typewriter — devices which until recently had to be registered with the authorities . |
| 18 | SOME 18 months ago I wrote about my own incompetence with and dislike for the microwave oven . |
| 19 | The £16m British Juno mission to send an astronaut to Mir is fast reaching the point where the final candidate and a backup will be chosen and sent to Moscow 's Star City for 18 months of training with Soviet cosmonauts . |
| 20 | The Soviets , however , seem happy for families to stay at Star City for the whole 18 months . |
| 21 | ‘ The only agreement that is really working is the one with the Americans , and that was signed 18 months ago . |
| 22 | People should start looking at him in another year or 18 months . ’ |
| 23 | Only 18 months ago , it was little more than a dream , the brainchild of himself and a few radical economists , blending Mr Gorbachev 's plans for economic decentralisation with crystallising Estonian nationalism . |
| 24 | BELINDA WHITING gave birth to Sophie , a baby with Down 's syndrome , 18 months ago . |
| 25 | Geoff Cooper , director of the Spicers Consulting Group , which is advising several societies on how to construct defences to hostile takeover offers , says a bid within the next 18 months is extremely likely . |
| 26 | ‘ In a bear market you normally expect shares to drop 15 to 25 per cent over 18 months . |
| 27 | Lenny Sinken , a lawyer for the Washington-based Christic Institute , wants the mission delayed for 18 months while Nasa studies alternative power sources or arranges for Galileo to leave Earth on an unmanned rocket , less prone to failure than the shuttle . |
| 28 | For almost 18 months Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson have been at loggerheads over sterling . |
| 29 | The officers are also anxious to hear from people who noticed any suspicious strangers seeking rented accommodation in the Deal area during the last 18 months . |
| 30 | In addition Gary Nesbitt , who was the non-executive deputy chairman , and Michael Isaacs , who was the development director , have agreed to a non-competition agreement , which last for two years in Mr Nesbitt 's case and 18 months in Mr Isaacs ' . |