Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 2 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
| 3 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 4 | He had been in the States for only a few months . |
| 5 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 6 | In all this time Kiev itself was in the hands of the short-lived Ukrainian Republic for only a few months . |
| 7 | Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months , in 829 – 30 . |
| 8 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 9 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 10 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 11 | Mr Kim , a former dissident who had been jailed by a military regime , was reluctant to pick a fight with the brass after only a few months in office . |
| 12 | Samantha Ward Tadman , 10 , of Rhyl , has just taken up the cello , and after only a few months , the prize-winning pianist has passed her first cello exam Picture : PHIL MICHEU |
| 13 | And Cantona himself suggested in a French newspaper interview that he might be on the look-out for a new challenge after just a few months at any club . |
| 14 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 15 | He could hear the loud yet muffled interchanges between his father , John Carter , and his stepmother of only a few months , Rhoda . |
| 16 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 17 | In one case , a man was interviewed twice weekly for an hour , over a period of eight months , until only a few months before his death . |
| 18 | Average age for the ceasing of menstruation is around 50 , but the hot flushes and sweating that can accompany it are more common after the periods have ended , and may last from just a few months to more than five years . |
| 19 | According to the event , the duration of this state may last from just a few months to many years . |
| 20 | This example might seem unrealistically pessimistic , as a new band may feel confident of being able to record and release their album in just a few months , with money from sales and royalties quickly starting to now in . |
| 21 | ‘ It may be impossible for him to get home in just a few months . ’ |
| 22 | It 's the fourth attack on the very old in the Milton Keynes area in just a few months . |
| 23 | That decision may be taken instead by the EC summit due to be held in Rome in 12 months ' time — although the practical effect will be to delay the start of the intergovernmental conference by only a few months to early in 1991 . |