Example sentences of "for up [prep] [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several have been kept alive for up to eight months . |
| 2 | A rechargeable battery protects the stored programme data for up to eight months in the event of the programmer being unplugged . |
| 3 | One in six firms has deferred settlements for up to six months because of the profits squeeze produced by recession , and more are planning a freeze . |
| 4 | • And if you yourself are in hospital for 10 or more consecutive nights in any 30-day period , your monthly payments will be refunded , for up to six months in any year . |
| 5 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 6 | Finding a new childcarer is so traumatic that 80% of the mothers surveyed admitted they did n't have the courage to give an inadequate nanny the sack immediately ; 60% of those who were unhappy carried on with their carer for a month , and 35% for up to six months . |
| 7 | However , many 16-year-olds who give birth or have a termination are still of compulsory school age for up to six months after their birthday and their pregnancy occurs while they are still schoolgirls . |
| 8 | The tissue was then snap-frozen by immersion in liquid nitrogen before storage at -70°C for up to six months . |
| 9 | Of managerial and professional workers unemployed in 1985 , 18.1 per cent had been without work for up to six months , compared to 12.2 per cent of those who had been without a job for between two and three years . |
| 10 | While 39 per cent of those unemployed for up to six months were manual workers , this group made up almost half the unemployed who had been without work for between two and three years . |
| 11 | A farmer could apply to a county court for a possession order and evict his former employee , though the court was empowered to suspend the order for up to six months . |
| 12 | The notice will prohibit the trader from supplying specified goods for up to six months . |
| 13 | Of those arrested for forcing their way into the NSF headquarters , 38 were convicted on Feb. 23 of public order offences ; 11 were imprisoned for up to six months and the rest were fined . |
| 14 | Marzipan can also be frozen for up to six months . |
| 15 | Having said that , the landlord may accept that there is more certainty in serving a s 146 notice with a short period of notice , leading to re-entry , rather than to run the risk that the tenant may subsequently utilise the Common Law Procedure Act 1852 which permits the tenant to apply for relief for up to six months after judgment in respect of forfeiture for arrears of rent . |
| 16 | Journalists who may be minded to look at court or police records should bear in mind that an official persuaded to show them a spent conviction is liable to a fine , and if they make their persuasion more persuasive by a bribe , or obtain access to the record dishonestly , they themselves are liable to imprisonment for up to six months . |
| 17 | Suspension notice Under s14 of CPA 1987 , an enforcement authority which has reasonable grounds for suspecting that any safety provision relating to any goods has been contravened , is empowered to serve a notice prohibiting the person for up to six months from supplying , offering or exposing for supply those goods . |
| 18 | The current aid-to-recruitment scheme includes : 100% of removal costs plus storage expenses for up to six months . |
| 19 | And now GPs in affected areas are advising patients to consider having a vaccine , which would give immunity for up to six months . |
| 20 | What I 've said is that I 'd like to see the existing C P O's become divisional staff at the division that they are working now so that the divisional commander can allow them to stay there holding hands with the new civilian C P O for up to six months if necessary because it then becomes a local decision as to when the when the two have that umbilical cut . |
| 21 | This support was available for up to eighteen months , after which time the local service agency assumed full responsibility for the service . |
| 22 | It anticipated that business failures of established companies will continue to rise into the first quarter of 192 and did not expect to see a significant fall in the level of failures for up to 18 months . |
| 23 | It has been found that taking them away from the contamination and giving them a healthy diet for a month can boost their damaged immune systems for up to 18 months . |
| 24 | Their holiday will sustain them for up to 18 months . |
| 25 | The first council meeting is planned for early summer , when the first project grants , for up to 18 months , are expected to be made . |
| 26 | MINISTERS fear that unemployment , which has hit a six-year high at over three million , will continue to rise for up to 18 months and could delay economic recovery . |
| 27 | This naturally cured beef comes from only the finest fillets and is matured for up to five months . |
| 28 | Companies hit by labour disputes were to be granted emergency loans and allowed to postpone tax repayments for up to nine months . |
| 29 | Eggs may survive for up to nine months in soil and L3 for years within the earthworm or other transport hosts . |
| 30 | Zidovudine does consistently provide a time-limited benefit for up to 12–18 months in such patients . |