Example sentences of "last few months " in BNC.

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1 Cutting down on your drinking , even during the last few months of your pregnancy , will help your baby to be healthy at birth .
2 British Rail had introduced new safety measures over the last few months , but they could not legislate against criminal vandalism
3 Most of the swing to the Conservatives between the summer of 1986 and the summer of 1987 occurred during the winter of 1986–7 , and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election .
4 Most of the swing back to the government occurred during the winter of 1986–7 and there was relatively little swing in the last few months before the election .
5 The River Nene around Peterborough has really come on form for roach in the last few months , despite the weather , with double-figure hauls of quality fish commonplace .
6 Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor .
7 If a girl is lucky and her parents are alive , she goes to her mother 's house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby 's life .
8 The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story .
9 The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story .
10 Over the last few months the republic had been buoyed by waves of euphoria .
11 He had grown a lot in the last few months .
12 One newly-qualified accountant , who is considering a trip to the Far East for a few months , said winter was traditionally a busy time for accountants because companies are preparing for their financial year-ends but the last few months had been very quiet .
13 Out of 12,000 mostly unskilled workers taken on to staff the park , of which two thirds have been French and the rest from abroad , as many as 4,000 are thought to have quit in the last few months , prompting worries about mounting costs on the operators ' training and employment budgets .
14 Moulvi ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered by the Muslims ' breaking open the doors of the mosque , which had been kept locked for the last few months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas .
15 Over the last few months , those who have paid up have been given the VIP treatment at JaguarSport 's purpose-built factory at Bloxham , near Banbury , where the first production XJ220s are now under construction .
16 These last few months of building a new identity had enabled him to relax for the first time in years .
17 The last few months of her journal witness a severe crisis in her life when , having produced a scientific paper on lichen ( nowadays considered ahead of its time ) , her researches were dismissed in a high-handed and sexist way by the Director of Kew Gardens to whom she presented her work .
18 ‘ Bit off colour these last few months , ’ he 'd tell visitors , ‘ but I 'll soon trot out sound . ’
19 In fact , we only meet this good man in the last few months of his life .
20 A downstairs room , once his study , had been turned into a bedroom for the last few months , and his bed faced the french windows leading into the garden he loved so well .
21 Anyway , talking about changing tempers , yours has been in and out with the tide these last few months .
22 THE bottom has dropped out of morality , according to Lord Hailsham , who added that the ‘ last few months have been particularly difficult to bear . ’
23 ‘ You ca n't imagine , ’ she choked , ‘ the hell that girl has been goin' through these last few months .
24 He also expressed irritation about the way Tony seemed to have let himself go in the last few months , since he had become unemployed .
25 Australian mining companies have been pressing hard for the upgrade for the past 18 months but , ironically , demand for Landsat data in the last few months has dropped by 60 per cent .
26 That their father 's death must be a relief to her elder sister was obvious , for Major O'Brien had been hopelessly paralysed for years , and during the last few months of his life had been unable to speak .
27 And she had made Paddy happy in the last few months of his life .
28 But for some reason , Tina had adopted him in her rough , kindly way , and for the last few months school life had been bearable .
29 ‘ In the last few months , we have seen more managers taking advantage of the bottom of the economic cycle to buy into businesses .
30 Only over the last few months had she noticed the subtle swing of attention away from her towards medical students , or the younger female doctors .
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