Example sentences of "[prep] six months of the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The season lasted for six months of the year and entailed about 14 hours per week .
2 Much of the country was covered by snow for six months of the year .
3 Chezery and Brenod were high in the mountains , at 5,000 and 4,000 feet respectively , and had to contend like Norway with snow cover for six months of the year .
4 He was reluctant to take the post for two reasons : he felt that the salary was not high enough , and he did not like the idea of being confined to one place even for six months of the year .
5 Thus it is explained why the sun reigns supreme for six months of the year , followed by deadly winter until such time as the god of Spring blinds him again .
6 It sounds a trivial thing — this common pasture right for six months of the year — but it had the most devastating effect on town development , in the Midlands above all .
7 Er it 's a fifty percent uptake but it co and he says , Do n't you can ch you can just do it for six months of the Year .
8 flooded for six months of the year was n't it ?
9 For six months of the year it was under water !
10 If , within six months of the request , the parties can not agree on an arbitration procedure , either party may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice .
11 the tenancy must not contain any provision allowing the landlord to terminate the tenancy within six months of the beginning of the tenancy
12 8.1 In the event that the Secretary of State shall reject the Proposal either generally or as respects the proposed funding or participation of any proposed Party in the Project or if the Grant Offer Letter shall not have been issued and accepted by the Parties within six months of the date of execution hereof , then upon such rejection or the expiration of such six month period the Project shall , unless otherwise agreed , be deemed abandoned , the Proposal shall be withdrawn and any rights hereunder shall be deemed to have been terminated and each Party shall be entitled to require each other Party forthwith to deliver up and return to it all Technical Information and all other information supplied by it in connection with the Proposal together with all copies thereof in any form in the possession of such other Parties or any of its Related companies .
13 The Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981 stipulates that prosecutions must be brought within six months of the discovery of a carcass .
14 But shortly afterwards , er , I was in confrontation with the chairman the basis of my contract with was such that it was not to his liking and I was not prepared to give way in the matter and was dismissed within six months of the acquisition of by .
15 2.1 The Publisher agrees to provide statements of sales twice a year and to render this statement with a cheque within six months of the accounting dates .
16 2.1 The Publisher agrees to provide statements of sales twice a year and to render this statement with a cheque within six months of the accounting dates .
17 They are elected by the council from among its members at a meeting held within six months of the AGM .
18 A , the landlord , having ( by conduct ) told B , his tenant , ‘ You need not fulfil your contractual duty to repair the premises within six months of the notice I have given you , ’ could not forfeit the lease ( that is , terminate the contract ) on the ground that B had broken his contract .
19 The Institute also calls for legislative changes that would require companies to hold an agm within six months of the end of the accounting year ( as opposed to nine months ) .
20 In a county court , unless a hearing date has already been fixed , the plaintiff should request the court to fix a day for the hearing within six months of the close of pleadings ( CCR Ord 17 , r11(3) ( d ) ) .
21 Within six months of the blitz which had devastated the city centre , an exhibition of sketches and plans outlined a redesigned city centre , based on the principle of pedestrian shopping precincts , zoned development and an inner ring road .
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