Example sentences of "[num] month [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | EIGHT months ago the conservative Daily Telegraph seemed a happy media parable of modern Britain . |
| 2 | Eleven months later the new Secretary of State said that he was equally committed to a very substantial expansion in student numbers , and stated that the government 's plans were for an increase of 50,000 by 1993 . |
| 3 | This is to prevent the offeror from acquiring more shares than he bid for under the partial offer , and shareholders in the target from receiving more favourable treatment from the offeror by selling in the market during the 12 months following the partial bid . |
| 4 | However , six months later the scheme was revised . |
| 5 | Six months later the conversion was complete . |
| 6 | Six months later the advertising agency was taken over by its successful rivals ; two months after that they were both incorporated in De Chavigny ( Advertising ) , a new company with offices in London , Paris , Zurich , Milan and New York , registered in the Balearic Islands , and with sole responsibility for the marketing of all de Chavigny products and investments , from steel to hotels and property , world-wide . |
| 7 | Six months later the policy shift that the FDP had sought was endorsed by the voters . |
| 8 | Six months later the Campaign was ready with a formidable opposition case to make . |
| 9 | Six months later the Great War had broken out and she had found a new cause . |
| 10 | Despite all this and more we decided that the asking price of £28,000 was about right and six months later the purchase was completed and we moved in . |
| 11 | Six months ago the auctioneers were showered with bids from rich Mexicans . |
| 12 | I shop there a lot as it 's so handy for my offices , and I seem to recall that about six months ago the floristry section was moved from an upper floor where no one ever saw it right on to the Oxford Street frontage . ’ |
| 13 | Six months ago the council called in the police to investigate claims that building materials had been misappropriated for private use . |
| 14 | Symptoms of sickle cell anaemia are seldom manifest before the age of six months when the level of circulating fetal haemoglobin falls to the adult level . |
| 15 | Her father , a driver , was sent to Chernobyl for six months when the plant exploded . |
| 16 | According to the US Department of Agriculture , American apple growers lost $125 million in the six months following the scare over the preservative Alar , which was claimed by the Natural Resources Defence Council ( NRDC ) to cause cancer . |
| 17 | We have n't got to the reselling stage with these yet because we 've been going about six months so the first resale is eighteen months away . |
| 18 | It is possible that three months later the spot rate could be DM3.88–3.92 ( dollar weaker/DM stronger ) in which case the contract value will be DM38.8m ( alternatively the spot rate might be DM4.08–4.12 , therefore the contract value is DM40.8m ) . |
| 19 | Three months later the three older children were told they could go to Britain . |
| 20 | Three months later the picture is in limbo , believed still to be in Sotheby 's storage . |
| 21 | Three months later the company folded up . |
| 22 | Three months ago the firm announced a £300m reorganisation , sorting the group into seven different areas . |
| 23 | So three months ago the club ended up with an efficient and honest chairman and secretary . ’ |
| 24 | Mayor , three months ago the E I D sub-committee Labour members rejected the Employment Action Scheme . |
| 25 | If three months thereafter the landlord has not replied in writing to the tenant objecting to the proposed alterations , the tenant is entitled to presume that the landlord consents to the alterations . |
| 26 | NEARLY 2,000 businesses went bust in the three months following the Tories ' election victory . |
| 27 | We focus our attention on the three months following the eruption , when the SO 2 -induced perturbations are expected to be the most significant . |
| 28 | In spite of the fact that trade increased by 50% in the three months following the ‘ big bang ’ the rise in costs associated with both increased labour and capital costs caused reductions in rates of return on capital for many firms . |
| 29 | All were thought to be victims of the fierce military repression which took place in the first three months following the military coup of September 1973 . |
| 30 | In children older than 11 months both the univariate and multivariate analyses suggest that a respiratory rate of 60/min is preferable to the suggested 70/min as a cut off value for the prediction of hypoxaemia . |