Example sentences of "in the [noun] to christmas " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 2 | Sales are usually much bigger in the run-up to Christmas than in the rest of the year , and low sales would indicate that consumer 's confidence is broken and would also harm business confidence . |
| 3 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 4 | COURTROOM drama A Few Good Men starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore , above , took £7 million in three days to beat off opposition from Mel Gibson , Steve Martin and Robin Williams to be No 1 in America 's movie top 10 in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 5 | Anti-terrorist squad officers have been on maximum alert for several months and have been expecting ‘ a spectacular ’ IRA bomb in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 6 | In the run-up to Christmas , their games are selling faster than ever . |
| 7 | Despite medical advice about sensible drinking , many people still over-indulge , particularly in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year . |
| 8 | HEALTH and safety campaigners yesterday launched a major drive to fight stress in the run-up to Christmas by urging people to smile . |
| 9 | ‘ I saw both of them at club functions in the run-up to Christmas , and there was no hint of this . ’ |
| 10 | Consequently , many retailers in the run-up to Christmas were looking at poor weekly sales figures when compared with the same week in 1991 . |
| 11 | Erasure and Cher are just two among the onslaught of Greatest Hits which has begun to assault us as marketing replaces music in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 12 | RETAILERS hope the interest rate cut may boost shoppers ' confidence and High Street spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 13 | ‘ After a slow start to the month trade really began to improve in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 14 | A similar campaign was launched in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman is right , too , to tell the House of the warning that the Chief Constable of the RUC gave at the end of last week about the potential level of terrorist violence in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 16 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 17 | Your article also reported that a record number of stores are opening on Sundays in the lead-up to Christmas . |