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

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1 In this period of the first twelve months of the life of the new church we experienced doubt , uncertainty and spiritual attack .
2 For the first time in his life , he really looked at his son , weighing up this product of the first six months of marriage before disillusionment set in .
3 The House of Commons Social Services Committee has reported on the operation of the first twelve months of the new social security system .
4 I want to ensure that we build on the success of the first six months of NHS reforms so that no one will want to go anywhere but to his or her most immediately available hospital to receive NHS treatment .
5 The Gulf crisis had an immediate negative effect on the economy , reversing the strong growth of the first eight months in all sectors , denting local business confidence , causing the cancellation of large-scale development projects and provoking the flight abroad of capital estimated at 20 per cent of all bank deposits .
6 Very much a rubber stamp exercise in those days and as a result of that only one in four of the businesses that were supported was actually surviving at the end of the first twelve months .
7 Er , well , the extra costs was two million a year er , and at the end of the first six months in the first year we 'd , we 'd , we 'd achieved a million extra revenue , so it looks as if we 've paid for it .
8 The difficulties in assessing the internal market already identified did not deter the NHS Management Executive from attempting an evaluation of the first six months of operation .
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