Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Premium income for the six months was down marginally at [ 1,011.9m ( 1992 : [ 1,021.9m ) as the impact of rate increases across all classes was again more than offset by a lower policy count . |
| 2 | The season was short for tourists in Green 's time and he said that the expensively equipped inns made a frugal living in the two months of the year when they were busy , while for the rest of the year , no one came . |
| 3 | I believe it 's the intention of the authorities to try and do some very detailed work over the coming months , then armed with that detailed assessment and hopefully armed with your recommendations they may aim to be pr proceed to the modification step of the structure plan in a way that which will lead to a speedy conclusion . |
| 4 | As anyone with regular access to the colour supplements knows , the human embryo and foetus display marked changes during the nine months of gestation . |
| 5 | This can be expressed very physically in the way breasts are now regarded as being for feeding babies rather than for making love , and most couples experience tensions over their sexual relationship in the early months and even years of parenthood . |
| 6 | Exclusion criteria were as follows : ( 1 ) age under 18 or above 85 years ; ( 2 ) pregnancy ; ( 3 ) albuminuria greater than 500 mg per 24 hours ; ( 4 ) acute myocardial infarction in the three months before the study ; ( 5 ) a history of asthma or allergy to drugs . |
| 7 | Numerous reports from all over Germany make clear how little the German people in the last months of the war was attuned to the heroic strains of the message preached above all by Goebbels . |
| 8 | Paykel ( 1979 ) pointed out that events are also more common in the lives of schizophrenic patients in the six months before their first admission and in the six months prior to suicide attempts . |
| 9 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 10 | On Jan. 25 , 1990 , Bhutto gave birth to a daughter ( thereby becoming the first head of government to give birth while in office ) ; the withdrawal of the Prime Minister from public life during the latter months of her pregnancy increased the aura of indecisiveness surrounding the government , particularly as the Cabinet had offered its resignation in mid-November ( see p. 37043 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Detailed analysis over the past months has indicated that the Brunner Mond cost structures could be improved . |
| 12 | When the next version arrives , you might want to install it in a separate subdirectory ( in case it has a hidden bug ) and keep the old version for a few months . |
| 13 | Mr Roberts 's narrative account of the crucial months grips and convinces . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It does not take much imagination to appreciate that maintaining a safe environment in high latitudes and high altitudes with the long months of snow , ice and subzero temperatures will differ from maintaining a safe environment in the humid heat of a tropical forest . |
| 16 | The depletion of the ozone layer over Europe and North America is set to reach a dangerous level in the forthcoming months , according to the results of separate atmospheric surveys by Nasa and the European Stratospheric Ozone Experiment . |
| 17 | Average shipments for the three months to April were up 3.5% on the March figure at $1,919m , and up 34.3% on the year ago figure . |
| 18 | February orders in the US , based on the usual three-month moving average , rose 0.8% on the average figure for the three months to January , to $2,065m and shipments on the same basis rose 2.2% to $1,750m . |
| 19 | This is probably just as well , as France 's new electoral law imposes strict limits on a candidate 's campaign expenditure ( maximum £60,000 ) and bans all publicity outside the official quotas during the six months preceding an election . |
| 20 | In May 1991 the Bangladesh aid Consortium increased longer-term assistance for the 12 months running to June 1992 [ see p. 38177 ] . |
| 21 | The growth in average earnings over the 12 months to February remained constant at a 12-year low of 7.25 per cent , but Mrs Shephard said the rise in manufacturing unit wage costs was at its lowest level since 1989 . |
| 22 | The question of how to deal with errors was at the heart of the debates in the central commission in the twelve months that preceded the Council . |
| 23 | Average orders for the three months to March in the US market rose 5.4% at $2,194m compared with the figure for the three months to February , and were 46.5% higher than the figure compiled a year ago . |
| 24 | The time of harvesting also affects the final quality of the tea , the best teas being collected during the peak season and the more standard teas during the remaining months of the year . |
| 25 | You can expect to see a visible improvement within a few months of regular practice . |
| 26 | Professor Bernard Wasserstein of Brandeis University is shortly to publish a new biography of Herbert Samuel , who was , in effect , leader of the Liberal party for the crucial months of 1931 , during Lloyd George 's illness , and a central figure in the crisis . |
| 27 | ‘ We are going to see a year of unparalleled crisis in the 12 months ahead . |
| 28 | Children with considerable learning problems were removed from mainstream classes for a few months and taught by a specially appointed additional teacher . |
| 29 | The Central Office of Statistics says that savings and debt repayments accounted for 12.5% of disposable income in the three months to end-September , compared with 11.4% in the previous quarter . |
| 30 | An FAO statement said that " a major and immediate relief effort is required to avert large-scale food shortages and human suffering in the coming months " . |