Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [num] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm going to sacrifice maybe holidays this year , and maybe have a couple of long weekend breaks , as long as I earn enough to keep my head above water and to pay my way in life for the next twelve months , keep my family fed and watered I 'm Okay , then I 'm going to take stock in twelve months ' time . |
| 2 | BRITISH AEROSPACE dived 87p to 113p on its shock £129 million loss in six months . |
| 3 | Profits fell from £312,000 to a £191,000 loss in six months . |
| 4 | GARY CHATFIELD 'S 77th-minute solo try handed Trinity their first home defeat in three months and eased Rovers ' relegation worries . |
| 5 | It was the 11th time his four-party coalition had survived such a vote in eight months but the news had little impact on markets which had already discounted a win . |
| 6 | It will be the third world title fight in the North-east in six months , following two IBF cruiserweight fights won by Glenn McCrory of Co Durham . |
| 7 | Despite this spending , and increased investment in funding development projects , the group 's cash pile has risen 20 p.c. in six months . |
| 8 | The second complaint made by the local authority is that the justices specifically said by paragraph ( 1 ) of their contact order that there should be no contact between T. and her father until after the local authority review in six months ' time . |
| 9 | Now I 've achieved the length , I want to have a perm for my wedding in two month 's time , only to find that due to the Henna , my hair wo n't take a perm . |
| 10 | Fighting continued during November between Georgian National Guard troops and separatists in Abkhazia , where the death toll in three months of fighting reached over 400 . |
| 11 | The technology has brought Britain to the forefront of speech recognition in nine months — thanks to a team of three researchers , Dr Roger Moore , of the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment , says . |
| 12 | That heralded a sudden wave of institutional profit-taking-the first serious bout in two months — aggressively pushing the market back to the 2,650 level by late morning . |
| 13 | It 's the second escape in three months . |
| 14 | I want full Pentagon and White House clearance in two months maximum . |
| 15 | Is the Leader of the House aware that , in the past four days , since we returned from the Christmas recess , I have heard more from Conservative Members about Labour party policy than I have heard on the national executive committee in 12 months ? |
| 16 | That 's , that 's , but , but actually if they look at the DOPACS times , for the people doing the work , the surveyors and the designers , they can do their work in two months which is spread out over a year . |
| 17 | Exporter 's $10m receipt in three months ' time under a forward contract will be worth DM40.4m . |
| 18 | After coming back magnificently from two goals down with 20 minutes remaining , two goals in the last five minutes meant the Quakers , who dominated the game , are still without a win at home in two months . |
| 19 | After coming back magnificently from two goals down with 20 minutes remaining , two goals gifted to Reading in the last five minutes consigned Darlington , who dominated the game , to defeat and left them without a win at home in two months . |
| 20 | The first ordinations should take place in eighteen months subject to Parliamentary approval . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you realize how many people escaped from our place in six months ? ’ asked the goats . |
| 22 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
| 23 | That 's the kind of thing that will get to you and make a difference in eight months of being in a popular band with a lot of money . |
| 24 | German in three months , ha ! |
| 25 | The return of Alvin Martin , 33 , who will be given a free transfer at the end of the season , for his first match in 16 months , shored the defence , while Matthew Rush , in attack for only the fourth start of his career , was a revelation . |
| 26 | PETER REID starts his first match in six months at Wimbledon tonight bidding to force Manchester City back on the championship trail . |
| 27 | If they changed the name of the product they could monopolise the glue business in six months . |
| 28 | Fifteen thousand car workers went on strike this week , the stockmarket fell to its lowest point in eighteen months and property speculation has forced rents beyond the reach of many . |
| 29 | What was the use of tallies that might , perhaps , be valid in theory , and even capable of being turned into cash in six months ' time , or a year , but were so much paper now , and no use to disgruntled archers and men-at-arms whose need was for coin that could be spent at once ? |
| 30 | Five days later the snow melted , and on the morning of 11 February the second massive flood in seven months overtook them ; it was all very well for the town directory to speak in glowing terms of the River Frome teeming with trout , eels , and all manner of fine fish — but to the inhabitants of Pig Street that wretched river too often spelt disaster and despoliation . |