Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] months [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the final months of his life Atwater expressed remorse for some of the methods which he had employed during his career . |
| 2 | Forced March To Freedom ( Ryerson Press , 100pp , illus , sbk , $12.95 ) by Robert Buckman is the Author 's story of PoWs of Stalag Luft III and their two forced marches across Germany in the final months of World War Two . |
| 3 | He had a scouting role with Manchester City in the final months of the season . |
| 4 | In the sixteen months between Britain 's application and its rejection by de Gaulle , a body of opinion was created in Whitehall and amongst the electorate that looked forward to Britain becoming more closely linked to Europe for a variety of reasons ; one of which was to reduce America 's dominance in the West 's military affairs . |
| 5 | In the five months of the review Mr Heseltine has been unable to come up with , as Labour pointed out , a single extra tonne of coal in terms of orders . |
| 6 | Despite a slight drop in new construction orders in May , compared with April , there has been an overall nationwide upward tend in the five months since last December , according to the latest figures prepared exclusively for Chartered Builder by Bournemouth based Glenigan Limited . |
| 7 | Proteus International , specialists in computer aided molecular modelling and drug design , announced a loss of £1.27m for the six months ended 30 September 1991 , compared with losses of £520000 in the five months to 30 September 1990 . |
| 8 | He said that in the five months to the end of January , the group had sold 223 houses — only two more than at that stage in the previous 12 months . |
| 9 | The volume of exports in the four months to November was up 4 per cent on the previous four months , while imports rose 1 per cent . |
| 10 | In Sewell 's time the course of instruction , lasting generally for two sessions of nine months each , was given in the cooler months of the year , the brief viva voce examinations qualifying for entry to the Royal College 's diploma examinations being held in the unsuitable surroundings of the Freemasons ' tavern . |
| 11 | Out of pre-tax profits that rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July , some £6.7m could be described as exceptional if not extraordinary . |
| 12 | Outlook page 25 Profits up : Pre-tax profits at Tootal rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July ahead of next week 's MMC report on Coats Viyella 's £395m bid . |
| 13 | Interim pre-tax profits rose by an estimated 10 per cent to £17m in the six months to 1 October . |
| 14 | In the six months to 30 June profit before tax was £3.7m , up from £3.2m , compared with analysts ' forecasts of about £4.5m . |
| 15 | With no volume gains and falling prices , like-for-like sales in shoes fell back by 1.5 per cent in the six months to 31 July . |
| 16 | This page and Outlook , page 27 Sears slows : Pre-tax profits at Sears , the retailing group , slumped by 10 per cent to £91.7m in the six months to 31 July as high street spending waned . |
| 17 | Outlook , page 27 Profits up : Pre-tax profits at Harrisons and Crosfield advanced 8 per cent to £65.2m , and there was a similar rise in earnings to 7p in the six months to 30 June . |
| 18 | PRE-TAX profits at Sears , the Selfridges , Dolcis and Olympus retailing group , slumped by 10 per cent from £102.3m to £91.7m in the six months to 31 July as high street spending waned . |
| 19 | ETAM , the fashion retailer , saw its profits before property income rise by 10.3 per cent to £6.3m in the six months to 12 August . |
| 20 | The Halifax estate agency revealed a £14.5m loss in the six months to the end of July . |
| 21 | AITKEN HUME International , the financial services group chaired by Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken , more than doubled pre-tax profits to £1.449m in the six months to 30 September . |
| 22 | In the six months to 25 April , the company recorded a loss of I£509,000 ( £461,000 ) , a turnaround from a pre-tax profit of I£362,000 ( £336,000 ) in the previous year . |
| 23 | Because of the Midland Bright Drawn Steel sale , after the Steel Stampings disposal to Parkland last year , turnover was reduced to £33.7million , from £636.2million in the six months to September 30 . |
| 24 | KENNING Motor Group , a subsidiary of Ron Brierley 's quoted UK motor dealership , Tozer Kemsley and Millbourn , achieved a slim increase in pre-tax profit to £1.6million ( against £1.59million last year ) in the six months to the end of June , although turnover fell from £96.5million in 1988 to £88.7million . |
| 25 | WHITBREAD Investment Company , the offshoot of the eponymous brewing empire , increased its income 9 per cent to just over £7million in the six months to the end of September . |
| 26 | AQUASCUTUM held sales only a hairsbreadth short of the corresponding figure at £23.6million in the six months to July 31 , but pre-tax profit slid to £616,000 , from £809,000 . |
| 27 | The rewards are just beginning to come through with Mercury 's contribution to C&W trading profit leaping from £4million to £14million in the six months to September 30 . |
| 28 | Marston 's pre-tax profits rose 17.5 per cent to £9million in the six months to September . |
| 29 | Christian Salvesen , the food process and distribution , generator hire and brick making group , raised pre-tax profits by almost 21 per cent to £32.6million in the six months to September . |
| 30 | Great Universal Stores , the biggest of the mail order firms , raised pre-tax profit by £8million to £171million in the six months to September , although catalogue sales and retail earnings slumped by £8million . |