Example sentences of "months [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes all that is needed is for the smear to be repeated in 6 months or a year . |
| 2 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 3 | Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis . |
| 4 | You became decently engaged and made plans to get married six months or a year ahead , and in the meantime you lived decorously at home with your parents . |
| 5 | Sometimes all that is needed is for the smear to be repeated in 6 months or a year . |
| 6 | and as he 's quality only run on perhaps another nine months or a year or whatever , and then revert to the same job description as John |
| 7 | But er I would warn you about er er accounts which obviously tie your money for a lot longer than maybe six months or a year because you 're always at the mercy of the er of the er building society then if their rates turn down or if you want access , you 've got penalties , and I think if , there 's no point in chasing interest rates through building societies generally , because if you take an average over five years , there is n't a lot of difference between one society and another . |
| 8 | The maximum penalty for the offence is now three years ’ imprisonment or a fine , or on summary conviction , imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine up to the statutory maximum . |
| 9 | The offence carries a power of arrest where a constable reasonably suspects that a person is committing an offence under the section , is triable summarily only , and punishable with six months or a fine to level 5 . |
| 10 | And in a way er and this is a story I think is gon na develop over the next six months or a year . |
| 11 | The fans will want to see him again , not four months or a season from now , but soon . |
| 12 | If I wanted to squander the money in six months or a year , I could do that too , but if I did he would haunt me . ’ |
| 13 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 14 | A young German student who finishes her school studies in June this year , is anxious to come to England as an au-pair for six months or a year . |
| 15 | be developed by people who go to study childhood societies over the other side of the world and er you know , you stayed there , several months or a year or two , so it 's not just for a a brief visit . |
| 16 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
| 17 | All are influenced by a strongly seasonal climate with abundant rainfall during the summer months and a dry period of between 4 and 8 months . |
| 18 | Forward rates can be quoted for various delivery dates but the most common time intervals are one month , three months and a year . |
| 19 | February and March look to be the most volatile months and a stringent cutback or a rationalisation of your financial situation could be essential . |
| 20 | Similar problems may also be experienced when an accounting reference period is changed , since s 225(6) of the CA1985 provides that : ‘ An accounting reference period may not in any case ( exception if administration order is in force ) be extended so as to exceed 18 months and a notice under this section is ineffective if the current or previous accounting reference period as extended in accordance with the notice would exceed that limit . ’ |
| 21 | The existence of the tape has been known for months and a copy of it was made available to a newspaper many weeks ago . |
| 22 | I was engaged to Simon for six months and a virgin when I married . ’ |
| 23 | Eighteen months and a judicial review later ( ‘ Consultation in Practice ’ Community Care , 11 February ) the closure programme is well under way . |
| 24 | Erm , quite how we arrange cos this , as Margaret says there 's a lot of business to get through on occasions , but er , this , this meeting seems to had a lot , but , you know , er whether we could alternate er a business meeting with a , a , a speaker so I thought functional meeting every two months and a speaker attending er , er the other month , erm , I 'm really sussing it open for ideas , what , what do other people feel and |
| 25 | The ancient art of coracle fishing can be seen on the River Towy during the summer months and a visit to the Museum at Abergwili , just east of Carmarthen , is strongly recommended with the Roman Amphitheatre located en route at Priory Street . |
| 26 | nervosa which essentially means , er loss of body weight or fifteen percent your normal preoccupation with weight , and loss of your periods for three months and a morbid fear of gaining weight . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only five years , nine months and a few days now ! ’ |
| 28 | Karsten foresees a mass culling of products in the next six months and a polarisation into four big brands : Guinness ' alcohol-free lager Kaliber , Bass ' low-alcohol market leader Tennents LA , Whitbread 's White Label low-alcohol bitter and his own Clausthaler as the ‘ premium imported ’ brand . |
| 29 | ‘ Between about three months and a year , I should say . ’ |
| 30 | Each of the offences is triable either way and punishable with imprisonment for two years on conviction on indictment , and summarily with six months and a fine to the statutory maximum . |