Example sentences of "for [prep] [adv] a month " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the weekend , Ankara revealed plans to divert the water for at least a month from January 13 to begin filling the huge Ataturk dam . |
| 2 | This week Japan 's four leading brokerages ( Nomura , Daiwa , Nikko and Yamaichi ) agreed to stop issuing and underwriting new shares , convertible bonds and warrant bonds by Japanese companies for at least a month . |
| 3 | Japan 's four leading brokerages , Nomura , Daiwa , Nikko and Yamaichi , agreed to stop issuing new shares , convertible bonds and warrant bonds for Japanese companies both in Tokyo and in the Euromarkets for at least a month . |
| 4 | ‘ Nobody has seen hide nor hair of you for at least a month , ’ he was saying . |
| 5 | Stay on this diet for at least a month . |
| 6 | Again , you should stay on this diet for at least a month , and longer if you begin to feel partially better . |
| 7 | Any abdominal operation will leave you with an inability to lift or carry things for at least a month . |
| 8 | Unless you can arrange for someone to come and stay with you for at least a month after your operation , you will not be able to cope . |
| 9 | For at least a month before Christmas we were subjected to an endless barrage of ads for fattening festive foods . |
| 10 | And for at least a month afterwards we 'll be pummelled by a series of commercials for regimes and products guaranteed to take off ‘ at least seven pounds in seven days ’ . |
| 11 | ACTOR Mickey Rourke has been separated from his model wife for at least a month by her drug habit . |
| 12 | ACTOR Mickey Rourke has been separated from his model wife for at least a month by her drug habit . |
| 13 | Arsenal have slipped to sixth after three successive Premier League defeats , and they will be without England full-back Lee Dixon for at least a month after he was carried off with a knee injury . |
| 14 | But St Helens winger Anthony Sullivan damaged knee and ankle ligaments and will be out for at least a month . |
| 15 | Probably he was already dressed for the part in a brown peat-carrier 's suit : he had been anticipating the trip for at least a month . |
| 16 | Now , no more than three of these in a day , and you must stay on it for at least a month . |
| 17 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 18 | A 2.25 cu m ( 500 gallon ) cesspool could fill up in as little as a week with a family of four living in the house ; a 18 cu m cesspool would last for at least a month and is the minimum size recommended . |
| 19 | In a related development , agriculture minister Adam Tanski called on banks to suspend for at least a month legal proceedings against private farmers who were unable to pay back credit . |
| 20 | But they postponed any decision for at least a month . |
| 21 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 22 | The three two lurchers and a Staffordshire bull terrier are being cared for now by the RSPCA workers who believe they had n't eaten for at least a month . |
| 23 | He says the sun will only shine on him if it rains for at least a month . |
| 24 | The last one 's meat had run out the previous day and if the new one 's meat was not salted within a day or two , there would be no pork or bacon for at least a month . |