Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] months [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the following months the School managed to carry on , but the atmosphere must have been one of great despondency . |
| 2 | In elections held in May 1990 the NLD had won an overwhelming victory , but during the following months the ruling military junta ( the State Law and Order Restoration Council — SLORC ) had shown little indication that it was planning a transfer of power to civilian rule . |
| 3 | During the ten months the siege was to last , Richard 's road gangs were said to have shovelled nearly three-quarters of a million tons of metal on to the road . |
| 4 | This major display of maps and related map-making equipment not only aroused considerable public interest during the three months the exhibition was open , but also generated new links with individuals and institutions in Scotland and elsewhere . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After a few months the Girls would be sent to perform in casinos , mainly dotted round the south of France and Monte Carlo . |
| 7 | After a few months the three girls began to settle down . |
| 8 | After a few months the child 's speech improved but later a specialist advised there was need of a further operation . |
| 9 | Born in South Shields , Scott was one of the 12 months a year men who played League football and County cricket . |
| 10 | The demise of the 12 months a year man is due mainly to the extra pressure , and greater financial rewards , in both sports . |
| 11 | In a matter of a few months the firm moved from being an outsider in the specialist insurance audit market ( having about 15% of the top insurance companies , measured in terms of premium income ) to being one of the two market leaders . |
| 12 | In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins . |
| 13 | Throughout the first months a beginner learns that in executing the basic reverse punch and the lunge punch , his hands have to withdraw back to the body in order to repeat the procedure over and over again . |
| 14 | In the intervening months the Labour Party has built up a range of policies for education , science and industry which will help Britain build the strong , competitive economy it so desperately needs . |
| 15 | In the preceding months the PS had sought to step up pressure on the government ; it had joined with the PCP in tabling a censure motion in parliament in October 1989 attacking the government for its low ethical standards ; although the motion was defeated , attention was again turned to the then Finance Minister , Miguel Ribeiro Cadilhe , following allegations early in the year of his financial misconduct [ see p. 36945 ] . |
| 16 | In the first months the Provincial Juntas acted as independent sovereign states . |
| 17 | The Report of the Data Protection Committee was published late in 1978 , a bad time for political initiatives : within a few months the new Conservative Government was in office and contenting itself with a fresh and laborious round of further consultations — there seemed little likelihood of anything being done until , in 1981 , the Council of Europe , as part of its concern with human rights , opened its ‘ Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Data Processing ’ for signature by States which had appropriate legislation enacted . |
| 18 | Over the intervening months the Standard trickled a few reports including an extract from a glowing assessment made by Messrs. James Carter and Company , the Seedsman . |
| 19 | Over the ensuing months the Iranian government gained sufficient confidence to reassert itself in the disaffected province whereas the Soviets appeared to lose their nerve and sense of direction . |
| 20 | On some occasions over the three months the concentration of ozone fell by 95 per cent . |
| 21 | Over the next months the wild females produced babies on a 25–28 day cycle . |