Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way the youngsters make it clear that they are not yet mature enough to be considered rivals for territories or breeding partners and are allowed to feed on the reef beside their parents for the several months that it takes them to grow to maturity . |
| 2 | For the few months before the Gulf crisis , the political world dissolved and what existed had no clear shape ; its familiar forms — the nations and empires — had no clear trajectory . |
| 3 | NEW car sales in February totalled 126,984 — 16.06 per cent ahead of the 109,414 figure for the same month last year , according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ( SMMT ) . |
| 4 | Markham , Ontario-based Geac Computer Corp — which has been promising an acquisition a month over the next 12 months , got two under its belt for the same month in May : it has bought the UK end of struggling MAI Systems Corp , MAI ( UK ) Ltd , and has also picked up Tekserv Computer Services Ltd . |
| 5 | ANDES reports for the same month that , since 1979 , 309 teachers have been murdered , 33 were political prisoners , 24 had disappeared , 4,500 were displaced and some 4,000 in exile . |
| 6 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the most recent monthly figure for output in the manufacturing industry ; and what is the comparable figure for the same month 18 years ago . |
| 7 | I am enclosing a photograph ( opposite ) of the aircraft , that I took when I was serving with the Communication Flight based at RAF Lydda , Palestine , ( now Ben Gurion Airport , Israel ) during the latter months of 1942 . |
| 8 | On Jan. 25 , 1990 , Bhutto gave birth to a daughter ( thereby becoming the first head of government to give birth while in office ) ; the withdrawal of the Prime Minister from public life during the latter months of her pregnancy increased the aura of indecisiveness surrounding the government , particularly as the Cabinet had offered its resignation in mid-November ( see p. 37043 ) . |
| 9 | During the latter months of 1990 Israel appeared to become increasingly isolated , with the USA using every opportunity to gain support among its Arab partners in the anti-Iraqi coalition . |
| 10 | Arguably , however , his most brilliant work was done during the many months of relative inactivity that followed , for it was then that he remoulded his demoralized command into a confident , compact fighting unit . |
| 11 | During the same month the men of Essex agreed to pay 500 marks and five palfreys for the disafforestment of Essex north of the ‘ Stanestreet ’ . |
| 12 | During the same month the Young Republicans barricaded themselves into a house in Harvey Street to resist the eviction of a family that had been on the housing list for eighteen years . |
| 13 | Adenauer went along with de Gaulle 's views because of the renewed pressure upon Berlin by the Soviet Union during the same month and his fears of a wavering United States commitment : strong French backing would be highly welcome . |
| 14 | After a few months , the controversy settled down , and the Department of Conservation announced a 3-year research programme to provide the answers to key questions about the status of banks Peninsula population of Hector 's dolphin . |
| 15 | Already , after a few months ' acquaintance , he complained to Harry of ‘ this hideous analysis which so masters me ’ and he tried to express Helen 's profound effect upon him : ‘ I always wonder when I look at her or think of her . |
| 16 | Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis . |
| 17 | After a few months the initial enthusiasm for d-i-y started to wane , and the pace slowed right down as most of the rooms were completed . |
| 18 | They were also handicapped as conmen by not being able to master the language so , after a few months , they landed back in England with altered names and appearances . |
| 19 | After a few months he had borrowed enough money to set up a drug store in Sydney . |
| 20 | After a few months however , Mr Wilson had been recalled to London as the head of his company had been tragically killed in an automobile accident . |
| 21 | After a few months though he seemed to accept the situation . |
| 22 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 23 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 24 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 25 | I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there . |
| 26 | So the company decided , after a few months of running in service , to adopt a 1 in 100 coning which was reputed to give almost as good riding qualities at high speed , and did not suffer from the disadvantage of excessive flange wear . |
| 27 | After a few months the Girls would be sent to perform in casinos , mainly dotted round the south of France and Monte Carlo . |
| 28 | After a few months of this kind of thing , it was a wonder we did n't automatically walk out of our homes every hour , on the hour , when we were on leave , to look at the weather . |
| 29 | After a few months of doing this several times each day and night , most of us could plot at the same speed as the information came in on the teleprinter . |
| 30 | After a few months of getting the house in order , Elaine became as restless as the stereotyped male executive and persuaded Louise to move out into the country . |