Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] for the [num ord] six " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients who start out using high levels of gum — about one piece every waking hour for the first six weeks of quitting — do better than half-hearted chewers . |
| 2 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |
| 3 | Sotheby 's reported an increase of 5.8% in auction sales for the first six months resulting in sales of $567.7 million ( £317.5 million ) and pre-tax auction profits of $9.1 million ( £5.08 million ) . |
| 4 | He planted Fleming over the square-leg boundary for the first six of the day , and hit two fours in his brisk 25 . |
| 5 | She had been amassing clothing coupons for the last six months and was determined that Constance would have a magnificent dress from one of the London stores . |
| 6 | Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months ! |
| 7 | There are now 34 owner-members each with one share and one vote , paying a membership fee for the first six years . |
| 8 | Now just going on products , off the compost plant for the last six months , I 've gone through , I 've taken I 've noted down the number of samples taken , each month by month . |
| 9 | Terence Flanagan , who has been principal of the flagship college for the last six years , takes up his new post in September . |
| 10 | According to a report in the Financial Times of Jan. 16 the decline in the manufacturing sector for the first six months of the financial year was 1.9 per cent , while production in mining and quarrying fell 2.6 per cent . |
| 11 | The horses oggled back , equally bemused — especially the stallion , who would have failed dope tests for the next six months . |
| 12 | The society 's bad debt charge for the first six months of this year was £29.7 million compared with £7.2 million for the same period in 1991 . |
| 13 | The scheme , along with other CAP reform details on sheep and suckler cow quota , as well as new stocking density calculations , was explained to the meeting by a senior Meat and Livestock Commission economist , Mrs Lesley Greene , who has been monitoring CAP changes for the last six months . |