Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of improved reporting of unfit conduct by Official Receivers and insolvency practitioners , the number rose by 40% to 700 in the 12 months to 31 March 1992 . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the number of people out of work for more than a year rose by 50,000 in the three months to October . |
| 3 | However , the key quarterly average has dropped and is down to 33,700 over the three months to March . |
| 4 | Figures for people waiting between one and two years for treatment had also dropped by around 400 to 4,355 in the 12 months to the end of February . |
| 5 | In these circumstances it is not surprising that the number of repossessions has also increased sharply , from 2,530 in 1979 to 10,950 in 1984 and to over 24,000 in the twelve months ending in March 1988 , and that some local authorities who sold houses under the right to buy scheme are now reporting mortgage repayment problems among the new homeowners . |
| 6 | Nearly one million people have been JOBLESS for more than a year and personal BANKRUPTCIES soared by a third to more than 16,000 in the six months to June . |
| 7 | The number of people out of work for longer than six months increased by 100,000 in the three months to January this year , to 1,621,000 . |
| 8 | The 31-year-old from Malahide near Dublin lies 131st in this season 's money list and if he fails to move into the top 120 in the two months that remain he will have to go to the European tour qualifying school for the first time . |
| 9 | These snapshots , never previously exhibited , cover the period from Big Shot in 1971 until the final months of his life . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Britain 's current-account deficit of £20 billion ( $31 billion , or 3.6% of GDP ) in 1989 fell to an annual rate of only £4.1 billion in the six months to February , and the odd monthly surplus may soon appear . |
| 11 | TRADE , EXCHANGE RATES AND RESERVES Japan 's visible-trade surplus widened to $62.3 billion in the 12 months to November , but its current-account surplus fell to $37.7 billion . |
| 12 | Germany 's visible-trade surplus widened to $12.5 billion in the 12 months to January ; its current-account deficit narrowed to $14.2 billion in the same period . |
| 13 | After a series of acquisitions , its turnover reached $2 billion in the 12 months to September 1988 , with pre-tax profits of $360m . |
| 14 | HOSPITAL waiting lists jumped 11,000 in the three months after the general election , the Government revealed yesterday . |
| 15 | But with only 15 per cent of normal rainfall in January , usually one of the wettest months , and the rainy season drawing to a close , they are desperately short of water . |
| 16 | And whilst some villagers are a little cautious about one of the wettest months for some time . |
| 17 | ‘ Business started to improve again in November and February was one of the best months ever . |
| 18 | June is one of the best months for badger-watching . |
| 19 | IF IT were n't for the presence of two eclipses , December would be one of the better months of the year . |
| 20 | More probably it was to do with each member representing one of the lunar months of the year . |
| 21 | Of the remaining three practices , one contributed for all but one of the 12 months ' data collection period , one supplied data for 10 out of 12 months , and one supplied data for eight months only . |
| 22 | Born in South Shields , Scott was one of the 12 months a year men who played League football and County cricket . |
| 23 | JANUARY 1993 will be remembered as one of the stormiest months in living memory . |
| 24 | May is one of the quietest months here which gives us the chance to catch up with maintenance and work days only for a whole . |
| 25 | 3Com Corp has reported third quarter net profits of $10.2m against a loss last time of $4.4m , on turnover that rose 51.9% at $161.4m ; net profit for the nine months soared 1,100% to $25.3m on turnover up 50.8% at $449.7m ; net per share , $0.31 in the quarter , rose 1.030% to 0.79 in the nine months . |
| 26 | The group , that only last week was forced to replace its sick chairman , John West with the chief executive Maurice Warren , pushed pre-tax profits up 4.5 per cent to £56 million for the six months to end-December compared to £54 million in the equivalent period in 1991 . |
| 27 | CONTROL Securities , the debt-laden mini-conglomerate that owns the Belhaven Brewery , yesterday revealed taxable losses of £51.2 million for the six months to end-September after making massive property write-offs . |
| 28 | Reporting interim pre-tax profits which have fallen from £1.82 million to just over £1 million for the six months to 31 December , the chairman , Trevor Spencer , said the many favourable factors now relating to the housing market must contribute to buyers ' confidence . |
| 29 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 30 | On May 30 the Aid to Bangladesh Consortium ( a grouping of countries and multilateral agencies under the auspices of the World Bank ) announced that it was increasing longer-term assistance to Bangladesh by allocating US$2,300 million for the 12 months running to June 1992 . |