Example sentences of "[prep] up [prep] [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police courts could impose sentences of up to six months , and district courts of up to two years . |
| 2 | The civil service has a generous sickness absence policy , and civil servants receive full pay for sickness absence of up to six months in any 12 months . |
| 3 | One notable exception was a provision in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 compelling courts to suspend all sentences of imprisonment of up to six months . |
| 4 | An escape clause was , however , built in whereby in emergencies short-term capital movements could be controlled for periods of up to six months . |
| 5 | The entire parasitic life cycle usually takes three weeks , but under certain circumstances many of the ingested L3 become arrested in development at the early fourth larval stage ( EL4 ) for periods of up to six months . |
| 6 | The relocation allowances package covered such items as : legal expenses ; the cost of a structural survey ; stamp duty ; estate agents ' fees ; removal expenses ; the cost of two visits by the family to view accommodation ( this covered travelling and accommodation costs ) ; and a disturbance allowance of up to two months ' salary . |
| 7 | Infringement of the hospital rules , or quitting without medical consent , carried penalties of up to two months imprisonment . |
| 8 | Females give birth to as many as five offspring in late winter , after a gestation period of up to 10 months . |
| 9 | On Aug. 30 five of the remaining seven fishermen were sentenced to prison terms of up to 14 months after being found guilty of " violation of freedom " . |
| 10 | The establishment fee is £250 with an early redemption charge of up to five months . |
| 11 | The hotelier is required to keep a record of this information which is open to inspection by the police for a period of up to twelve months . |
| 12 | The research concentrates on 40 Protestant and Catholic , skilled and semi-skilled , married men in two age groups ( 25-35 and 40-50 ) who will be ‘ followed ’ from the start of their spell of unemployment for a period of up to 17 months ( or until they regain paid work ) , interviews being conducted at approximately 5 month intervals . |
| 13 | The offenders , aged between 16 and 19 , received sentences of up to 27 months at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 14 | ‘ To meet the case where an owner-occupier puts his house up for sale and moves into a new house but can not at once find a buyer for his old house , the 1965 Finance Act provides for exemption or relief from capital gains tax even though the owner did not actually live in the house for a period of up to 12 months immediately preceding the date of sale . |
| 15 | Under the RSC ( Amendment No 4 ) Order 1989 which amends Ord 6 , r8 , writs issued on or after 4 June 1990 may only be renewed by the court for a maximum of four months at any one time , unless the court is satisfied that it may not be possible , despite all reasonable efforts , to serve the writ within four months , in which case renewal of up to 12 months may be ordered . |
| 16 | In some cases of urgency he can introduce regulations with a shelf life of up to 12 months without consultation ( s11(5) ) . |
| 17 | This study focuses upon a number of children over a period of up to 40 months beginning early in their final year at school and covering the transitional period that follows . |
| 18 | Serum samples were obtained both before treatment and at regular intervals during follow-up of up to 15 months . |
| 19 | In international trade , short term finance is considered to cover a period of up to 6 months from the date of invoice or shipment and can therefore be considerably longer than the 30 , 60 or 90 days credit extended to buyers in the home market . |
| 20 | The essential difference between these two types of rights is that options are short-term , having lives of up to 9 months in the case of traded options and 3 months in the case of non-traded options . |
| 21 | They come in suspicious and uncertain and are given an adjustment period of up to 3 months . |
| 22 | In response to the changes in Eastern Europe the Danish and East German governments each lifted visa requirements for a visit of up to three months to the other country as from May 15 , 1990 . |
| 23 | This form of infection occurs regularly only in dogs of up to three months old . |
| 24 | That means often a period of up to three months . |
| 25 | In January and May 1992 , 10 other leftists had received sentences of up to 19 months for similar activities . |
| 26 | Several have been kept alive for up to eight months . |
| 27 | A rechargeable battery protects the stored programme data for up to eight months in the event of the programmer being unplugged . |
| 28 | One in six firms has deferred settlements for up to six months because of the profits squeeze produced by recession , and more are planning a freeze . |
| 29 | • And if you yourself are in hospital for 10 or more consecutive nights in any 30-day period , your monthly payments will be refunded , for up to six months in any year . |
| 30 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |