Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] six " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much so that , although it had not been mentioned at all in the advance publicity , it was given no fewer than 87 times that season and remained in the programmes for the next six seasons , by which time the company had danced it more often than any other work in their repertory except Les Sylphides and two of Ashton 's ballets , Façade and Les Rendezvous . |
| 2 | Janet gave up her secretarial job , and devoted herself to caring for Lisa for the next six months . |
| 3 | Patients who start out using high levels of gum — about one piece every waking hour for the first six weeks of quitting — do better than half-hearted chewers . |
| 4 | 1991 saw total Unix systems revenue in Europe climb to $6.9bn from $6bn in 1990. 1991 's growth of 15% is two points up on 1990 's 13% — IDC predicts a mean compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 14% for the next six years , by which time it believes the European market will be worth some $16.3bn . |
| 5 | Finally , one look at the South Africans ' itinerary for the next six months — tests against Romania , Italy , then New Zealand , Australia , France and England — is enough to make you break out in a cold sweat . |
| 6 | The AirBreak group , which also includes Next Holidays , Peter Pan Ltd and Suntan Tours , revealed a £2.9 million loss for the first six months of this year . |
| 7 | Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months ! |
| 8 | The quotas cover 39 species ; the National Marine Fisheries Service can halt fishing if it finds the catch has reached the quota for the first six months of the year . |
| 9 | She says she wept nonstop for an hour during which she gradually began to realize that she had been out of her mind for the last six weeks . |
| 10 | We no longer wear mourning clothes for a fixed period of time , we do n't refuse to go to parties for the first six months after the death of someone close to us , we do n't take time immediately after the death for intensive grieving . |
| 11 | A new budget of £1,500 for the next six months should be enough for local advertising . |
| 12 | Terence Flanagan , who has been principal of the flagship college for the last six years , takes up his new post in September . |
| 13 | Anyway the workload gradually increased until I found I could n't continue any longer and have been off work for the last six months . |
| 14 | At present , patients are prevented from receiving the benefit for the first six months of a terminal illness . |
| 15 | His position as gérant commandité in a mixed liability company arrangement means that he will be unbudgeable from the head of Matra-Hachette 's management for the next six years , though his personal assets will be exposed if the group suffers any setbacks . |
| 16 | Izvestiya reported on July 20 the conclusions of the State Statistics Committee for the first six months of 1992 . |
| 17 | The 2nd cellos here play in unison with the double basses for the first six bars , and after that in the octave above , the double basses being more effective if kept in the lower octave . |
| 18 | ULSTER Television has reported increased pre-tax profits of £1.96m for the first six months of 1993 , up 10pc on the same period last year . |
| 19 | The summit was originally called by Charles Haughey , the Irish Prime Minister and President of the Council for the first six months of 1990 , to discuss the Communities ' response to the prospect of German unification and to the rapid changes in the rest of Eastern Europe . |
| 20 | She had been so thrilled too at the discovery that her home for the next six months was to be such an unconventional one . |
| 21 | According to a report in the Financial Times of Jan. 16 the decline in the manufacturing sector for the first six months of the financial year was 1.9 per cent , while production in mining and quarrying fell 2.6 per cent . |
| 22 | It was solved by moving the DO section leader , complete with drawing board , next to the project leader in the new lab for the first six months of the project . |
| 23 | It was solved by moving the DO section leader , complete with drawing board , next to the project leader in the new lab for the first six months of the project . |
| 24 | Mr Parker , who announced his resignation last week , unveiled pre-tax profits of £2.3m for the first six months of 1993 . |
| 25 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 26 | Adding the quoted margin to the average gives a coupon for the next six months of 7.78125 per cent . |
| 27 | There are now 34 owner-members each with one share and one vote , paying a membership fee for the first six years . |
| 28 | It 's erm I 've got I mean I 've got a job for the first six weeks already set up with |
| 29 | So I 'm a lady of leisure for the next six weeks ! ’ |
| 30 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |