Example sentences of "several months ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did an eight month fitter/armourer course ending up his training with top marks and a corporal 's stripes , and then did several months ' instructing before being sent to a ground crew on a Bomber Command airfield . |
| 2 | The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness . |
| 3 | The project consists of several months ' fieldwork carried out during the summer term and long vacation of the Junior Honours year . |
| 4 | Some companies are also reported to be paying several months ' salary in advance of the election . |
| 5 | PRESIDENT Yeltsin neutralised the Russian opposition yesterday and gave his government several months ' leeway to press ahead with radical economic reforms . |
| 6 | After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof . |
| 7 | The spring , he says , is a particularly perilous time in adder-land : as they emerge from hibernation , adders are too groggy to slip away from potential threats but their fangs are filled with several months ' worth of venom . |
| 8 | The unspoken concern of West Germany and France is that if sterling joined the ERM at its present exchange rate , a devaluation might still be required in several months ' time . |