Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [num] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talented female star headed for a welcome rest after a hectic six months that 's seen the release of her first solo LP and current hit single Walking on Broken Glass . |
| 2 | After a hectic three months ' work load , by a small but willing group of members , the BCRS Museum is up and running |
| 3 | Seven years is the rehabilitation period for prison sentences of six months or under ; five years for all other sentences which fall short of imprisonment , save for an absolute discharge which is " spent " ( not that is should carry a blameworthy connotation in any event ) after a bare six months . |
| 4 | So , it seemed that Scotland had got rid of her usurper , after a bare three months . |
| 5 | Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion 's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs . |
| 6 | [ See p. 37138 for this Aden meeting and publication on Dec. 1 of a draft joint constitution , requiring ratification by both parliaments within six months , and then endorsement by referendum after a further six months ; see p. 37266 for progress on unity in February 1990 . ] |
| 7 | After a further two months , Iran conducted another advance west of Mehran , which Baghdad duly reported as having been crushed . |
| 8 | A LEANER , fitter Novaceta faces a year of consolidation after a difficult 12 months since the Anglo-Italian joint venture was established . |
| 9 | So after a brief twelve months in existence , ACE has paddled itself up the Swanee , its dream of emulating the success of the personal computer revolution now just a pipe-dream . |
| 10 | My puzzled parents welcomed me home and , after a reassuring three months tearing up confidential papers for the Civil Service , I joined the staff of Emanuel School , London , in January 1954 . |
| 11 | Much laughter , jollity , and anticipation of a successful 12 months ahead with a government on the run . |
| 12 | She had had a gruelling day on top of a gruelling six months . |
| 13 | This is the culmination of a unique 18 months engineering programme which achieved its objective on 23rd December when Consent to Start-up was obtained from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) . |
| 14 | Parkland Textiles , the Bradford-based woollen yarn spinner and clothing maker , yesterday showed a small increase in profits , despite a difficult six months trading . |
| 15 | He was sure it would work for him and his doggedness was rewarded , when , after using the new tool for a mere six months , he retained his Ryder Cup place and ended the 1989 season in 11th place on the money list with more than £188,000 . |
| 16 | Similar fates were to befall those children called Charles : Charles Thynne Titford ( the influence of the Carpenter family at work here in the choice of a second Christian name ) survived for a mere 11 months , and a further Charles was dead and buried within three weeks of his birth . |
| 17 | However , after the Commissioner had been in office for a mere three months the Government introduced a Green Paper which proposed to extend her powers significantly , and under the Employment Act 1990 , section 10 , she was given power to assist members in enforcement of their common law contractual rights against the union . |
| 18 | For a frenzied seven months in 1944 , Raoul Wallenberg , special envoy of the neutral Swedish government at its embassy in Nazi-occupied Budapest , waged a perilous struggle on behalf of the city 's Jews . |
| 19 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
| 20 | If the toll-road is not manned , that will almost certainly be because the road is closed by snow , as it normally is for a good seven months out of the twelve . |
| 21 | Despite being hit by the recession slightly later than their auditing colleagues , the recruitment market for general taxation specialists has now been stagnant for a good 12 months . |
| 22 | is holding a contract of service for a specified three months or less |
| 23 | In 1298 – 99 the English withstood siege by the Scots for a remarkable 14 months , though few survivors remained when the garrison finally surrendered . |
| 24 | The changes , effectively extending military rule for a further eight months , were not unexpected in the wake of the annulment of presidential primary elections on the grounds of widespread electoral malpractice , and the subsequent dissolution of the leadership of the two political parties [ p. 39130 ] . |
| 25 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 26 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 27 | in another few weeks hard work and you 'll feel very What I 'll do is if I give you a note for a further two months , and we can Is your job safe ? |
| 28 | In January 1990 the UN Security Council agreed to extend the mandate for a further two months of the detachment of 40 officers from 10 countries making up the UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan ( UNGOMAP ) , created to monitor the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan as well as other aspects of the Geneva Accords of 1988 . |
| 29 | A state of emergency in the Dnestr Republic had been extended for a further two months . |
| 30 | In Britain most people who are in full-time contracted employment receive full pay for six months , followed by half pay for a further six months , if they have a serious illness or accident which prevents them from working . |