Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] month [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past month the Clintonians have been working with opinion polls and focus groups , all the paraphernalia of selling soap , to devise exactly the policy the public will accept . |
| 2 | At Gallery Lelong for the whole month the recent paintings of Konrad Klapheck give life and individuality to objects of everyday use . |
| 3 | For the next month the front on this approach to the Mort Homme barely shifted . |
| 4 | During the following months the School managed to carry on , but the atmosphere must have been one of great despondency . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | During the same month the men of Essex agreed to pay 500 marks and five palfreys for the disafforestment of Essex north of the ‘ Stanestreet ’ . |
| 8 | During the same month the Young Republicans barricaded themselves into a house in Harvey Street to resist the eviction of a family that had been on the housing list for eighteen years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | France went to war with less than 150 planes , and Germany few more ; nevertheless , after the first month the Commandant 's opinion had already been refuted by Galliéni 's use of aircraft to spy out von Kluck 's classic mistake on the Marne . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After a few months the Girls would be sent to perform in casinos , mainly dotted round the south of France and Monte Carlo . |
| 13 | After a few months the three girls began to settle down . |
| 14 | After a few months the child 's speech improved but later a specialist advised there was need of a further operation . |
| 15 | At the end of the fifth month the length has grown to around 250 millimetres about half the length of a full-term baby but the weight is still only about a tenth of what it will be at birth . |
| 16 | The Conference was according to The Deaf and Dumb Times of the following month a brilliant success . |
| 17 | By the end of the third month the foetus ( no longer the embryo ) is 70–80 millimetres long . |
| 18 | On the 28th of the same month the list was altered in a new agreement , with Richard Windle joining the " team " . |
| 19 | Born in South Shields , Scott was one of the 12 months a year men who played League football and County cricket . |
| 20 | The demise of the 12 months a year man is due mainly to the extra pressure , and greater financial rewards , in both sports . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When for a stagnant month no call has broken |
| 25 | ‘ But if any man will read aloud on alternate mornings for a single month a page of Pindar and a page of the Psalms in any translation he chooses , I think I can guess which he will first grow tired of . ’ |
| 26 | The Jewish Year has 12 months with an extra month every Leap Year . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ] . |
| 29 | In the first months the Provincial Juntas acted as independent sovereign states . |
| 30 | In the following month the Eliots travelled to the United States , primarily so that he could introduce his wife to his numerous relatives and friends . |