Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [adj] month " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over 800 questions remained unanswered for a year , 500 for eighteen months and near 400 questions were still unanswered after two years . |
| 2 | ‘ When I started riding again at the IRTA tests in late February I had not ridden a 500 for five months and that 's too long to be away from a 500 . |
| 3 | So in 1986 after 18 months she became a trainee inspector , and got her wish to go outside and meet the brokers . |
| 4 | William Parkin , a former consultant , and Stuart Berlin , a former engineer , were imprisoned on June 2 for 26 months for bribery and corruption in connection with attempts by two employees of Teledyne Electronics , George H. Kaub and Eugene R. Sullivan , to obtain inside information on defence purchasing . |
| 5 | Kenneth Matiba received a hero 's welcome from thousands of cheering supporters when he returned to Kenya on May 2 after 10 months in London . |
| 6 | The main rhythm part of this example is very similar to the walking bass idea that we saw in fig 2 of last month 's article . |
| 7 | At the beginning of 1991 British Airways decided it must reduce its workforce by 4500 within six months . |
| 8 | Amsterdam attendance figures were higher , at 445,000 , while for Berlin 's Gemäldegalerie , where the exhibition was the first major show to be held in a united Germany , visitors reached 330,000 in two months . |
| 9 | The gestation period of a horse is about 11 months , that of a donkey 12 to 13 months , and that of the hybrid somewhere between 11 and 13 months . |
| 10 | On Dec. 24 , 1990 , the Cabinet approved a restructuring of the army over five years which would reduce military service progressively from 12 to eight months and personnel from 82,000 to 66,000 ; forces in Germany would be reduced from the current 22,000 to 3,500 by the end of 1995 . |
| 11 | At the 1991 annual military parade on July 14 Mitterrand proposed a reduction of compulsory national service from 12 to 10 months as from 1992 . |
| 12 | The National Assembly on Oct. 3 approved by 316 votes to two , with 255 abstentions , a law reducing military service from 12 to 10 months . |
| 13 | During the first year of life weight gain is due to increase in size of fat cells , but from 12 to 18 months increase in weight is due primarily to an increase in fat cell number ( Knittle et al . |
| 14 | Children do not recognize the physical cues of when they want to empty their bladder until they reach the ages of 12 to 18 months ( Leach 1975 ; Lask 1985 ) and so it is unlikely that children trained before this age are reliable or in control . |
| 15 | A normal X/Open process takes 12 to 18 months . |
| 16 | IBM will implement AIX Unix on the notebook — due in 12 to 18 months — which will be assembled at Tadpole 's US arm in Austin , Texas and marketed by IBM . |
| 17 | Even though X/Open no longer has any formal relationship with the Foundation , following the Cambridge , Massachusetts-based group 's withdrawal from its board at the end of last year , the open systems standards body has nailed down an agreement with OSF which will see all DCE specifications integrated into its Common Applications Environment , CAE , interfaces over the next 12 to 18 months . |
| 18 | Pick also announced its intentions to implement Advanced Pick directly onto Windows NT and OS/2 , and intends to complete on SQL , a Novell port , and hooks to graphical user interfaces over the next 12 to 18 months . |
| 19 | A second US study of 100 large R&D spending US firms in thirteen major industries found that rivals generally learned about decisions to develop major new products and processes within 12 to 18 months . |
| 20 | Over the next year or so , my constituents will see tremendous improvements , on top of what has been achieved during the last 12 to 18 months in terms of the quality and quantity of health care that they will receive from the Basildon and Thurrock NHS trust . |
| 21 | Finally , on Feb. 14 one of the remaining individuals was found not guilty , and although the other four were convicted they received on Feb. 17 in each case only suspended prison sentences ranging from 12 to 18 months . |
| 22 | Where you are fortunate in making reasonably rapid recovery , or where your medical condition stabilises quickly , then we may be able to conclude your case within 12 to 18 months of the your instructing us . |
| 23 | The NGC says construction work on the Lackenby-Picton section would take 12 to 18 months ; the Picton-Shipton section would be completed in 18 to 20 months . |
| 24 | The early completion could mean that products using the 601 could be out within the 12 to 18 month timeframe . |
| 25 | Compulsory military service in Spain was reduced from 12 to nine months from Jan. 1 , 1992 . |
| 26 | The main features of the budget were : ( i ) increases in spending on the police force , the judiciary system , culture , and foreign aid ( to accommodate greater economic support for emerging democracies in Eastern Europe ) ; ( ii ) cuts in defence spending ; and ( iii ) the extension of parental leave on full pay from 12 to 15 months . |
| 27 | Mr Ryan said it was hoped to target 12 to 24 month waiting lists and eventually no one should wait longer than a year for treatment . |
| 28 | The follow up periods ranged from 2 to 80 months with a mean of 28.3 months in the endoscopically ( n=21 ) and 22.5 in the surgically ( n=2 ) treated group . |
| 29 | Fifty five children aged 2 to 81 months ( median 13 months ) were enrolled in the study . |
| 30 | Every 2 to 3 months |