Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] months [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the view of the assessment panel that a few months of reasonably stable attendance could be of great help to Jim when he left school and they decided that a flexible arrangement might encourage attendance where previous efforts had failed . |
| 2 | In kung fu one can not train for more than a few months without hearing the phrase ‘ chi kung ’ , repeated time and time again . |
| 3 | It is rare for a tribe to spend more than a few months in any one place ; consequently , any rug that is unfinished when the tribe moves has to be fastened tightly to the loom and transported in its entirety to the next encampment . |
| 4 | Not bad for four and a half months of the University 's time , I suppose . |
| 5 | Immediately before the summer recess , and as one of his last acts before his two and a half months of asylum , Baldwin had devoted two days to receiving an almost unprecedented deputation on the subject . |
| 6 | After four and a half months of deliberation , the committee presented its report . |
| 7 | Two and a half months of a ‘ non-campaign ’ had changed nothing , and few expect much to change after the election either . |
| 8 | His emissary , Menshikov , spent two and a half months at the Turkish capital and succeeded in reversing the Turks ' decision on the Holy Places . |
| 9 | Compare that attendance figure with the 248,000 visitors over two and a half months to the ‘ Masterworks from Lille ’ exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum , an only averagely successful exhibition by their standards ; the 204,000 to ‘ Sisley ’ at the Royal Academy over two and a half months , and even the 52,000 to ‘ Royal Treasures of Sweden ’ over three months , considered a flop by the R.A. |
| 10 | I think we had something like eight and a half months without rain and there 's the feeling , quite often , that when we get a good summer in this country , people assume that the next summer will be just as good . |
| 11 | I spent the next four and a half months in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Saddam Hussein 's human shield , with nothing except my hand luggage and the clothes ( and shoes ) that I was wearing when the flight left London . |
| 12 | I did seven and a half months in prison : that was more than enough . |
| 13 | However , the damage was done at the discontinued line which simply reflects the fact that we had er , Elserver in for two and a half months in nineteen ninety one , as opposed to twelve months the year before . |
| 14 | His was not the look of a man who vacationed for three and a half months in a place where bird-watching was high on the entertainment list . |
| 15 | Mr Nichol , now 24 , was charged in February last year and spent four and a half months in custody before being released on bail . |
| 16 | He spent a total of four and a half months in custody for a crime he did not commit . |
| 17 | Thus PPB was adopted on a totally unrealistic time-scale of some five and a half months from the date of the original instructions . |
| 18 | Two and a half months after his inauguration , journalists asked the governor what his legislative programme was and were stunned by his reply . |
| 19 | Val with Matthew and William took the train to Auckland — a trip they recommended so much that I did it as well , 5 weeks later — and after staying overnight with the Hartleys they flew out on 23rd March — five and a half months after our arrival . |
| 20 | ROGER LINTON , 27 , is manager of Dunbar 's tourist information centre and was unemployed for three and a half months before finding a job . |
| 21 | She brought her haul of county match appearances up to 99 , while the number of times she played for her club — she was playing for Ganton up until a few months before her death — must have constituted a record . |
| 22 | But a few months before its off-Broadway opening , Eh ? had had its successful American premiere at the Playhouse in the Park in Cincinnati , Ohio , in which 26-year-old Sam Waterston played the lead to the author 's supreme satisfaction . |