Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] a few months " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new urgency came when the depressed labourers exploded into protest in the autumn of 1830 , part of troubles that swept much of England in a few months . |
| 2 | Like no way I 've been out of work for a few months |
| 3 | His recall of the Parlement of Paris within a few months of his accession , his failure to support his radically reforming Controller-General Turgot ( 1774–76 ) , showed that he was no more able than his grandfather to withstand the opposition of the privileged groups . |
| 4 | THE 13-year-old airliner — the newest in El Al 's jumbo fleet — carried hundreds of passengers until a few months ago . |
| 5 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |
| 6 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 7 | The world record for economic inflation was probably Germany after the First World War , where the price of a loaf of bread went from under a mark to millions of marks in a few months . |
| 8 | ( Busch-Petersen , a lawyer by profession and still in his twenties , was mayor in his home district of Pankow for a few months after the revolution , before being asked to head the east Berlin retailers ' association . |
| 9 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 10 | Julie Godwin , pictured above with Sophie at a few months old , was raped and killed with her holiday pal Elizabeth Over as the pair sunbathed on a beach in South Africa . |
| 11 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 12 | So get your orders in well in advance for when the putter goes into production in a few months ' time … . |
| 13 | Parvis Yousefi could be ordered to leave his home in Southfield Crescent , Norton , Stockton , when he becomes eligible for parole in a few months ' time . |
| 14 | J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build . |
| 15 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 16 | For the Reaganites , economic policy was the legislative priority ; first came budget cuts and then tax reduction and it was essential that these should be in place within a few months , before the end of the honeymoon period . |
| 17 | Dare I say that a set of vintage pickups and a lick of conductive paint would almost complete the sonic illusion , in the same way that burying the neck and body in peat for a few months would crown the guitar 's appearance ! |
| 18 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 19 | The kit is going on sale in Britain in a few months for around £14,000 and takes between 500 and 1,000 hours to complete . |
| 20 | Inflation , if unchecked , can result in economic and social disorder , as conditions akin to hyper-inflation ( a thousand-fold rise in prices over a few months ) make bank savings worthless . |
| 21 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 22 | You 'll see there that like most of his kind he was detained without trial for a few months under Regulation 18B-in nineteen forty . ’ |
| 23 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 24 | Your lender and insurance company may put your endowment on ice for a few months . |
| 25 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 26 | They have long incubation periods , often measured in years , but once manifested the disease usually progresses swiftly , without remission and uninfluenced by treatment , to death within a few months . |
| 27 | It 's been there er , for sale for a few months and sold it by February at a |
| 28 | The first version of this system is planned for release in a few months . |
| 29 | After had been at U.C.L. for a few months , the C.R.C . |
| 30 | The steps would be : ( i ) the drafting by CODESA within a few months of a constitution for a transitional government ; ( ii ) a national referendum on the transitional constitution , probably before the end of the year ; ( iii ) a general election to choose a new multiracial parliament and government , the composition of both to be determined by the transitional constitution [ see p. 38422 for NP 's views on composition of both bodies ] ; ( iv ) the commencement of rule by the transitional government , on the authority of the transitional parliament , which would take over from CODESA as the negotiating forum for the " final " constitution ; and ( v ) adoption of the final constitution , probably with another referendum . |