Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] a few months " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , Linnaeus , who had visited Chelsea a few months earlier , came in for severe criticism : ‘ … he has demolished not only Species but Genus without the least reason for so doing but that of having his method establish 'd and made universal , which I venture to affirm will be of very short duration ’ .
2 Those who advocated it argued that it was of no use to abolish selection at 11 + , in the name of justice and fairness , and then reintroduce selection a few months later , by streaming children once at school .
3 Another common advance ordering practice is that of selecting books a few months before publication , after scrutiny of information provided by library suppliers or ( in the case of academic libraries ) by specialized alerting services which have been set up for this purpose .
4 He rejoined Schering a few months ago , after a break of more than 29 years .
5 The hydrogen fuel leak is similar to one which grounded Columbia a few months ago .
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