Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] month ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | AN all-weather soccer pitch made of supertough plastic is out of action after only six months ' use . |
2 | After just 12 months ' training , they will be able to teach nursery and infant pupils . |
3 | Nearly three months ' worth of them — nothing before that — then , as soon as exams began : every single night I had them , and every single morning I wrote them down . |
4 | According to ICCO figures , the accumulated world surplus of cocoa beans , including the ICCO 's own buffer stock , reached a record 1,200,000 tonnes in March , equivalent to nearly seven months ' world consumption . |
5 | The elegant Gower had rediscovered his appetite to be both combative and successful in the Test arena and had celebrated his return after nearly 20 months ' absence by eclipsing Geoff Boycott 's long standing English Test runs aggregate . |
6 | Detractors of what has been achieved so far in Docklands , 10 years after the LDDC 's inception , fail to remember that there is one other artery into the area that will have a positive effect on commercial property : the underground road tunnel known as the Limehouse Link , which is expected to open in about eight months ' time , eliminating tedious congestion at Tower Bridge and Wapping . |
7 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
8 | in about six months ' time |
9 | And , after he completed his report in about three months ' time , it would be published , she said . |
10 | In his opening speech to Congress , Yeltsin put forward a six-point plan , aimed at strengthening presidential powers temporarily , at the expense of those of the legislature , until the promulgation of a new Constitution for the Russian Federation in about 18 months ' time . |
11 | It is preferable to arrange to visit in about 6 months ' time for a general discussion on how they are getting on . |
12 | I mean I know in about four months ' time I 've got a meeting in my diary with Alan . |
13 | After about two months ' work on the picture , including four days ' shooting , Ronald Neame — a veteran cinematographer , producer and director of British films — left , claiming too much interference from Zanuck . |
14 | The prospect of community punishment or even six months ' imprisonment did not deter the thief in that case . |
15 | farms with more than 20 head of cattle must have access to stores for slurry and effluent with at least six months ' capacity . |
16 | Daniel 's work in 1974 showed that though 50 per cent of managers and professionals were given at least three months ' notice by their employers , the corresponding proportion for the unskilled was a mere 9 per cent . |
17 | There were 229 new referrals from general practice , most of whom had previously received one or more courses of antibiotic treatment ; 155 existing patients who showed little or no clinical improvement after at least three months ' antibiotic treatment ; and 84 patients sampled for other reasons ( mainly anxiety and screening after treatment with isotretinoin ) . |
18 | That in fact we were looking at almost two months ' work erm for project engineering , when in fact that scheme would have been condensed down into project engineering . |