Example sentences of "in a [adj] months " in BNC.
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1 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
2 | Some women have minor side-effects which normally pass in a few months . |
3 | A market for imported grapefruit , that grew from zero to several million dollars worth in a few months , was destroyed even more quickly . |
4 | In October 1930 , ten months before the first National Government was formed , Sir Arthur Balfour , an industrialist and a member of the Economic Advisory Council , wrote to Ramsay MacDonald , saying that he had been forced to the conclusion : That our industrial and commercial economic situation is steadily deteriorating and if this continues , in a few months time , we shall be on the verge of a debacle . |
5 | In a few months Rose 's home place and Moran 's house were almost interwoven . |
6 | You need a big pocket , too : it is video-cassette sized , and nearly twice the price ( $170 US , probably £130 here in a few months ) with one cartridge , California Games . |
7 | In a few months , however , the Lynx should be on sale here , and the tables will turn . |
8 | ‘ The changes facing the industry with the ending of the variable premium in a few months time made buyers highly selective , ’ said auctioneer Michael Walton who managed to extract an average £1000 for ram lambs against a 1990 figure of £1209 . |
9 | When I am tired and think , ‘ I do n't want to do this any more ’ I just tell myself that it might not be here in a few months and that there 's probably a million who would kill to be where I am . |
10 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
11 | The greatest songwriting team since Lennon and McCartney are designing the artwork for a Smiths ' compilation to be released in a few months by WEA , who recently purchased the group 's mouth-watering back catalogue . |
12 | Nigeria 's term in the OAU chair is due to expire in a few months , and Mr Babangida is determined to contribute to a South African settlement before leaving office . |
13 | The Churchill Government inherited a highly efficient system of Cabinet and official committees , but with in a few months officials were complaining that the neat system consolidated by Clement Attlee was in disarray . |
14 | Wars had been fought before by the regular Army , and this one , it was supposed , would be the same : it would be over in a few months , it not weeks . |
15 | It would not profit the children there greatly to learn the culture of those countries when in a few months they would have to go overseas . |
16 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
17 | It probably looks a bit like hieroglyphics now , but in a few months , I guarantee that you will understand this and will begin to see a difference in your playing . |
18 | A new urgency came when the depressed labourers exploded into protest in the autumn of 1830 , part of troubles that swept much of England in a few months . |
19 | Planning these raids had moved a long way in a few months , as explained in Chapter 10 . |
20 | So Yardie sold 10,000 copies in a few months — an unheard of amount for a small press publication — and has now been picked up by Pan Books which will be putting out a mass-market edition in the new year . |
21 | Perhaps in a few months ’ time it will be different . |
22 | Anyway , in a few months ’ time you might be called up . ’ |
23 | ‘ Well , Father 's promised to buy me a small practice when I 'm qualified , which will be in a few months . |
24 | In a few months you can be back . |
25 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
26 | The first version of this system is planned for release in a few months . |
27 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
28 | So get your orders in well in advance for when the putter goes into production in a few months ' time … . |
29 | While the British were doing this , they learnt enough about the political situation in Bengal to realize that in a few months of confused and contradictory policy ( of which his aggressive and then conciliatory treatment of the East India Company was only one example ) Siraj-ud-Daula had lost the confidence of the Hindu merchants and bankers who ran the financial system and of some of the Muslims who ran the Bengal army . |
30 | Silicon Graphics Inc 's Laboratories are piloting a 50Mhz R4000 microprocessor , with two other system vendors following suit in a few months , according to Electronic News . |