Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | are on three months ' placement with , on a three months ' placement with the Authority until the middle of September as part of a six months ' training programme organised by the South African Advanced Educational Project . |
| 2 | Like no way I 've been out of work for a few months |
| 3 | Coutsoudis et al also found fewer and less severe episodes of illness in a six month post discharge follow up of the supplemented group who had had measles . |
| 4 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |
| 5 | Parliament voted on Aug. 25 by 116 to 68 to extend the state of emergency for a further month . |
| 6 | Parliament approved on Sept. 25 , in what had become a regular routine , the extension of the state of emergency for a further month . |
| 7 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 8 | ( Busch-Petersen , a lawyer by profession and still in his twenties , was mayor in his home district of Pankow for a few months after the revolution , before being asked to head the east Berlin retailers ' association . |
| 9 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 10 | The great Florenz Ziegfeld saw the forty-eight Girls in the Folies-Bergère in Paris and took them under contract for a six month spell into his own Follies which he extended to three years . |
| 11 | So get your orders in well in advance for when the putter goes into production in a few months ' time … . |
| 12 | Parvis Yousefi could be ordered to leave his home in Southfield Crescent , Norton , Stockton , when he becomes eligible for parole in a few months ' time . |
| 13 | J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build . |
| 14 | ENGLAND Under-21 international Gary Owers , back in action after a three month injury lay-off , is determined to win a place in Sunderland 's FA Cup final team against Liverpool . |
| 15 | For the Reaganites , economic policy was the legislative priority ; first came budget cuts and then tax reduction and it was essential that these should be in place within a few months , before the end of the honeymoon period . |
| 16 | Dare I say that a set of vintage pickups and a lick of conductive paint would almost complete the sonic illusion , in the same way that burying the neck and body in peat for a few months would crown the guitar 's appearance ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You 'll see there that like most of his kind he was detained without trial for a few months under Regulation 18B-in nineteen forty . ’ |
| 19 | Your lender and insurance company may put your endowment on ice for a few months . |
| 20 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 21 | But now she 's gone on holiday for a whole month and so we do n't have a drier . |
| 22 | They have long incubation periods , often measured in years , but once manifested the disease usually progresses swiftly , without remission and uninfluenced by treatment , to death within a few months . |
| 23 | It 's been there er , for sale for a few months and sold it by February at a |
| 24 | The first version of this system is planned for release in a few months . |