Example sentences of "a few months [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shy young hairdressing assistants rapidly become bold and cheeky after a few months of work . |
| 2 | After its recognition in 1936 and its description as a clinical entity in 1938 , the prognosis has improved from a few months of life to a median age of survival of over 20 years . |
| 3 | erm and just being , being prepared to su suffer a few months of building |
| 4 | After a few months of wrestling unsuccessfully with the strong weeds , the house was delighted to see activity in the grounds . |
| 5 | The possibility of a title going ‘ out of print ’ if selection decisions are delayed must also be considered — though this is unlikely if orders are placed within a few months of publication . |
| 6 | Within a few months of publication , however , Sony unveiled the first handheld , self-contained CD-ROM system , launching it first in Japan and then in Europe and the United States . |
| 7 | ‘ And we 'd only had a few months of marriage . ’ |
| 8 | After a few months of therapy it is usual for even the most intense form of cat phobia to disappear . |
| 9 | ( After quite a few months of use , I still think these to be the best settings for ploughed land . ) |
| 10 | Within a few months of Labour 's election victory , Herbert Morrison , who had overall charge of labour 's nationalisation programme , confirmed the Government 's intention of nationalising electricity and other fuel industries . |
| 11 | If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted . |
| 12 | Following a few months at University College London , in 1932 he went to Emmanuel College , Cambridge , where he received a double first in the natural sciences tripos , 1934 and 1935 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Those few studies [ … ] that have reassessed parental characteristics at various ages of the child have shown that even in the course of a few months during infancy there may be drastic changes in a mother 's behaviour-sometimes resulting from changes in the infant 's behaviour , sometimes brought about by extraneous factors . |
| 15 | He also said that " we are going to show how a revolution can be enacted through democratic principles , how democracy can be practised with one party " and announced that the National Assembly would reassemble within a few months in order to approve an electoral law which would lead to the holding of direct legislative elections in 1993 . |
| 16 | A few months in gaol is the very least you deserve for what you 've done . ’ |
| 17 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
| 18 | After a few months in jail for manslaughter , Tepilit could be released : the war effort encouraged flexibility . |
| 19 | Mr Kim , a former dissident who had been jailed by a military regime , was reluctant to pick a fight with the brass after only a few months in office . |
| 20 | Ian Dair , who led the writing of the book for the NCC , was quite chuffed a few months after publication when the American Association of Golf Course Architects requested a copy . |
| 21 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
| 22 | ‘ Ideally we would like to go back to a site a few months after installation , for a meeting with senior management to show them how they can take advantage of the system , ’ Chudley says . |
| 23 | It is possible for the advanced stage to supervene a few months after infection , but it would normally take ten or fifteen years to develop . |
| 24 | However , in February 1925 , only a few months after entry to the rue d'Ulm , he was suffering from nervous depression and planned a trip to a Swiss sanatorium . |
| 25 | Another common advance ordering practice is that of selecting books a few months before publication , after scrutiny of information provided by library suppliers or ( in the case of academic libraries ) by specialized alerting services which have been set up for this purpose . |
| 26 | Instead he had worked for several years for Lintas , the advertising agency owned by Unilever , only abandoning this job a few months before war broke out in order to concentrate for a period entirely on his painting . |