Example sentences of "months to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Ten had taken an oral contraceptive ( oestrogen content unspecified ) for periods ranging from four months to 13 years .
2 This brought the total of cannabis seized by Customs and Excise in preceding twelve months to eleven tons with a probable street value of £11,000,000 .
3 According to the event , the duration of this state may last from just a few months to many years .
4 When oxygen is readily available the following criteria were suggested for starting oxygen treatment : severe indrawing of the chest ; restlessness ( if improved by giving oxygen ) ; respiratory rate >70/min in children 2 months to 7 years ; and grunting in infants less than 2 months of age .
5 The team succeeded in reducing the turnaround time , from the start of acquisition to the start of interpretation , from an average of 15 months to 11 weeks .
6 Custodial sentences ranged from two months to eight years .
7 Taking this approach one step further , Miller ( 1981 a ) has provided a table which details the relationship between age and MLU to be expected in normally developing children for each three-month interval from 18 months to 5 years of age ( see Table 7.2 ) .
8 we will agree a repayment programme with you that wo n't put an undue strain in 6 monthly steps from 6 months to 5 years .
9 When you take out a Midland Car Loan you have the choice of repaying the money over any period from 6 months to 5 years ( in steps of 6 months ) .
10 They are issued for periods ranging from 3 months to 5 years at a rate of interest which can either be fixed or floating .
11 Persistant epigastric pain lasting from 6 months to 5 years was the predominant complaint , associated with acute gastric bleeding in three patients , anaemia in two ( haemoglobin <10 g/dl ) , and weight loss ( >5 kg ) in five at the time of diagnosis .
12 Although young children ( say , from eighteen months to six years ) can be quarrelsome ( as we shall see in chapter 8 ) , pro-social actions may be seen in some 10–20 per cent of all social contacts .
13 The recommendation before , therefore is that a second phase of the county experiment be implemented for a period of three months to six months , whichever is felt necessary , to allow the effects of
14 In Germany on June 5 the Bundestag ( lower house of parliament ) approved an asylum bill reducing the investigation period for asylum seekers from an average of nine months to six weeks if applicants were not clearly political refugees .
15 Er , to start off with they do the full spiritual exercise of Ignatius Loyal all takes thirty days in silent retreat with a with an individual er under individual guidance with a , with a , a director or it could take anything from nine months to eighteen months to do in er day da da da living in open sort of retreat .
16 As for MTM ( which took its name from US actress Mary Tyler Moore , its founder , and is best known in Britain for Hill Street Blues and Lou Grant ) Mr Gatward said it would take between 18 months to two years before the company was turned around .
17 As for MTM ( which took its name from US actress Mary Tyler Moore , its founder , and is best known in Britain for Hill Street Blues and Lou Grant ) Mr Gatward said it would take between 18 months to two years before the company was turned around .
18 At the same time National Service was increased from eighteen months to two years .
19 Another big reshuffle could come in 18 months to two years , by which time Mr Patten could be back in Parliament and Mr Douglas Hurd , having helped lead Britain 's presidency of the EC in the second half of this year , may have decided to step down as Foreign Secretary to pursue another career .
20 Twelve Months to Two Years
21 But the month-by-month figures ( Figure 2 ) do show a very sharp drop in temperatures very soon after the eruption — totally disagreeing with the forecast of a greatest influence on the hemispheric environment 18 months to two years after the dust veil is blown into the stratosphere .
22 Finally the doctors sat Sandra down and told her Kelly 's body was rejecting the organs — and gave her six months to two years to live .
23 Rather than rent a building , the company decided to build its own offices and then spent 18 months to two years looking for a suitable area .
24 Within the next 18 months to two years , this will change as the first wave of line cards are installed that support ISDN directly , with the result that residential customers should get a more enthusiastic response when they enquire about the technology .
25 The deal is thought to be worth £1m over eighteen months to two years .
26 The aim is to make the BS2000 's open — first by supporting the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment , and second by becoming Posix-compliant — within a probable time-scale of 18 months to two years .
27 According to SAG , current specification development for technology enhancements will continue , but new technology projects have been put on hold for at least 18 months to two years .
28 The deal is thought to be worth 1m over eighteen months to two years .
29 Right , if babies actually do n't walk normally until they 're between nine months or eighteen months to two years .
30 I got six months to two years borstal , and I was at Bullwood Hall for about nine months .
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