Example sentences of "[det] months [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he resigned from Stowe in 1936 in order to become a full-time writer , White spent some months in a cottage near the school experimenting with falconry , later describing the episode in his most successful book , The Goshawk ( 1951 ) . |
| 2 | His was not the look of a man who vacationed for three and a half months in a place where bird-watching was high on the entertainment list . |
| 3 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | According to s.6 , as amended by the FSA 1986 , the practice of price stabilisation ( ie. trading activities geared towards stabilising share prices , especially in the first few months of an issue ) , if done in conformity with the rules made under s.48 of the FSA 1986 , can take place despite the fact that such activities would ordinarily be in breach of the insider dealing prohibitions . |
| 6 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 7 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 8 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 9 | ‘ The details of how the teams from both organisations will integrate will be decided over the next few months by a project team made up of staff from AEA and Warren Spring . ’ |
| 10 | The Israelites were a warrior-race long before the Romans came to Europe to control the barbarians ; a handful of Jewish men , women and children held a whole legion of Roman troops at bay for many months at a place called Massada . |
| 11 | I once spent many months as a student using the papers of Francis Place , the radical reformer of early nineteenth-century Westminster . |
| 12 | After several more months as a prisoner of war , he escaped again and this time succeeded in making his way to England in a small boat . |
| 13 | His was the first reported execution in several months for an offence related to the ‘ counter-revolutionary rebellion ’ . |
| 14 | Second , many informals continue to work in the formal sector for several months at a time . |
| 15 | Children 's feet often stay the same size for several months at a time , then move up a size almost overnight . |
| 16 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 17 | Some of the organisations which had been utilising temporary workers for a number of years had people in their temporary workforce who had been employed by them several times , sometimes for several months at a time , who had not worked elsewhere in the interim . |
| 18 | His tenure of the post was short : his health had been declining progressively for several months as a result of overwork , and he died 5 February 1882 at his home at 7 Cornwall Street , Edinburgh . |
| 19 | Before that , I had spent three years as an education officer at Marwell Zoo Park , followed by several months as a wildlife officer at Lilongwe Nature Sanctuary in Malawi . |