Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] months " in BNC.

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1 According to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities there was a massive 37.5 per cent increase in rent arrears in the six months immediately following the benefit changes in April 1988.37 Other benefit changes may have contributed to this increase in arrears : the change from supplementary benefit to income support ; the insistence that everyone should be required to pay at least 20 per cent of their rates ( community charge ) and all of their water rates ; and the replacement of urgent needs payments by social fund loans .
2 Patients were allocated randomly to receive chemotherapy or only supportive care in a ratio of 2:1 according to performance status , metastatic disease of the liver , and weight loss in the six months before entering the study .
3 The assignment was determined by randomisation in blocks of six ( as defined by a computer generated random number list ) according to performance status ( score 0–1 v 2–3 ) , metastatic disease of the liver ( assessed by ultrasonography or computed tomography , or both ) , and weight loss in the six months before entering the study .
4 The row over the titles was just one of several run-ins Verity Lambert had with her two department heads in the early months , particularly over the first episode .
5 None of the patients studied had received a blood transfusion in the 3 months before admission to the renal unit , and none had a history of diabetes mellitus .
6 Interest was that amount lower at £3.6million , offsetting most of the £2million mining and industrial hydraulics contribution in the six months to September last year .
7 Five or six other kids — who , says Grassmuck , would probably be called otaku today — carried out copycat crimes in the following months .
8 As a new father I am only too aware of the importance of expert guidance through the first months of parenthood .
9 The following is the operating ratio for the six months :
10 TULLOW Oil , which joined the Unlisted Securities Market on Thursday , yesterday announced pre-tax profits of Ir £41,000 for the six months to 30 June , against £18,000 last time .
11 Average prices decreased by 13.3 per cent in the South East during the twelve months prior to March 1990 , whereas the corresponding figure for the North of England was an increase of 25.2 per cent .
12 If you can help organise support for SWAPO and their election campaign fund in the coming months , please contact the NSC , PO Box 16 , London NW5 2LW .
13 A list giving likely publications by the Comptroller and Auditor General in the coming months will now be made available in the Library .
14 In January l9X1 they seek your advice and ask you to prepare a cash budget for the forthcoming months of April , May and June l9Xl .
15 None of the patients were alcoholic or had any history of small intestinal disease , gastric operation , or small bowel resection and had not lost more than 10% of body weight in the six months preceding the study .
16 A savage price war between European fresh food suppliers depressed a first-time contribution from meat group Sutherland in the six months to September .
17 With the first switch due for installation in Birmingham in August , there is to be a subsequent roll out in the other franchise areas in the following months .
18 The above results of the General Accident Group for the six months ended 30th June 1993 , estimated and unaudited , are compared with those for the similar period in 1992 , which are restated at 31st December 1992 rates of exchange .
19 The above results of the General Accident Group for the three months ended 31st March 1993 , estimated and unaudited , are compared with those for the similar period in 1992 , which are restated at 31st December 1992 rates of exchange .
20 EMPLOYERS are less pessimistic about job prospects in the coming months , according to a new survey today .
21 Despite his lame leg , he also served with the hajduk leader Veljko in the last months of the Karadjordje revolt , and fled across the Danube when the Turks recaptured Belgrade in 1813 .
22 Machines using the 80486SX accounted for 26% of the total , and saw dramatic price reductions over the 12 months — 60.3% in France to $2,446 , 67.8% in Germany to $2,567 , and 49.2% here in the UK to $2,421 .
23 The annual retail prices inflation rate for the 12 months ending April ( announced on May 17 ) showed a sharp fall to 6.4 per cent ( from 8.2 per cent a month earlier ) .
24 New Zealand improved on its excellent 1992 performance to produce an underwriting profit for the six months up from $5.4m to $6.2m .
25 He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job .
26 For example , they videotaped all TV news bulletins in the early months of 1975 , and then spent a year analysing the stories into categories such as parliamentary politics , Northern Ireland , terrorism , demonstrations , Labour Party internal , crime , economics ( currency ) , economics ( business ) , sport , and many more .
27 India 's trade deficit in the six months to September was US$2,620 million compared with US$1,020 million for the same period in 1991 .
28 Imports of passenger cars over the three months rose only two per cent by volume , whilst imports of capital goods were down six per cent .
29 The blast has led to concern that the bank might be forced to decamp to another set of temporary premises — its third resting place in the 18 months it has been in existence — although this now seems unlikely .
30 The band rejected almost all of Allison 's arrangement ideas during the two months recording the LP , but were more receptive to his view on studio craft .
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