Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adults may remain -5 months without feeding or notably moving in their winter aggregation site . |
| 2 | Salmon and sea trout enter throughout the year and may remain 10 months before spawning , during which time they do not feed . |
| 3 | Jacques Delors , the President of the EC Commission , cautioned against this on the grounds that political discussions might impede progress on monetary union , and advised that EC leaders should wait several months before calling a conference , to " strengthen the Communities ' political dimension " . |
| 4 | I 've been told I should wait three months before trying for a baby again — but why is this advice given ? |
| 5 | In order to redeem , the mortgagor must give six months ’ notice or pay six months ’ interest . |
| 6 | It is , nevertheless , pretty easy for a solicitor to transfer to the Bar : the most onerous requirement is that he must spend six months in pupillage . |
| 7 | It simply set out some crude ideas on how public spending could be reduced and suggested that ministers should have six months to come up with more refined views . |
| 8 | The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin . |
| 9 | Information should arrive three months prior to the desired month of publication . |
| 10 | Information should arrive three months prior to the desired month of publication . |
| 11 | Examination papers should be approved four months before students are due to sit the examination and centres should allow three months for the moderation process ( to allow for any resubmission ) . |
| 12 | ‘ If he said to me , he 'll stay 12 months , he 'll stay 12 months . |
| 13 | ‘ If he said to me , he 'll stay 12 months , he 'll stay 12 months . |
| 14 | The length of that sort of letter hardly matters — one sentence might give six months ' nourishment , or a paragraph may become food for reflection . |
| 15 | And you 'll spend three months of your life like that . |
| 16 | Mr Edwards said : ‘ There was a time when bonuses would be generous and the person might work several months notice . |
| 17 | Well I 'm making arrangements to pay mine er but when I get paid on Friday it were going through , got ta pay him twenty five pounds and then fifteen pounds every fortnight thereafter and it 'll take seven months to pay but that 's all he can get off us . |
| 18 | It 'll take 9 months to get back to normal . |
| 19 | He 's been taken to Pentonville Prison where he 'll serve four months . |
| 20 | One month you might get the beans , they might get through , another month , the rice might get through , another month you might get two months of oil . |
| 21 | He might last ten years … might last ten months or days . ’ |
| 22 | He could wait six months could n't he ? |
| 23 | The judge asked if he 'd like 12 months . |
| 24 | The half life of the parietal cell is 23 days in rats and presumably much longer in man and therefore it could take many months for resoluion of an increased parietal cell mass . |
| 25 | But most seemed intitially content to accept the restructuring which could take six months to negotiate . |
| 26 | The declared aim of re-establishing Kuwaiti sovereignty , it was suggested , would be accomplished by an economic blockade of Iraq , and could take some months to achieve . |
| 27 | The Board of Inquiry could take 12 months to report back . |
| 28 | The appeal could take several months , particularly in cases where a local inquiry was held . |
| 29 | In the event of serious damage to the building which could take 6 months or more to repair , consideration should be given to renting a property on a short term basis . |
| 30 | At worst it could mean many months in hospital . |