Example sentences of "[vb pp] for several months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 2 | The other scandal is the doctrinaire attitude of Labour-controlled councils such as Plymouth city council which , when Labour took control in May this year , halted for several months the previous Conservative policy of selling land to housing associations at concessionary prices , enabling rents to be kept down and output to be increased . |
| 3 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 4 | This is usually about 18 days after infection , but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs . |
| 5 | A decision by the Environment Secretary is not expected for several months after the close of the inquiry . |
| 6 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 7 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains the polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 8 | It claims that the CSM said the change would be ‘ inappropriate ’ until further research had been done and the idea was dropped for several months . |
| 9 | Polar plants must be capable of being frozen for several months each year , and to undergo repeated freeze-thaw cycles throughout the growing season , even at the height of summer . |
| 10 | After a while I did something else I had n't done for several months : I began to rough out a poem . |
| 11 | The frequent complaint that ships , once requisitioned , were not actually used for several months , thereby denying their owners the use of them in between times , was not always the fault of the wind or weather . |
| 12 | She had the impression that she had n't smiled for several months . |
| 13 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 14 | The house was not vacated for several months . |
| 15 | Many parents comment that their child did the complete opposite of what was asked for several months and so the parents learned to say the opposite of what they wanted , for example , ‘ I really do n't want you to put your pyjamas on now ’ , or ‘ I do n't think you can eat all of that food ’ . |
| 16 | In 1918 , at the invitation of ( Sir ) Ronald Storrs [ q.v. ] , the military governor of Jerusalem , he was seconded for several months to Palestine to advise on the renewal of crafts and light industries destroyed during the war , and worked closely with C. R. Ashbee [ q.v. ] , the governor 's civil adviser and secretary to the Pro-Jerusalem Society . |
| 17 | The public inquiry is expected to last a week , but a final decision wo n't be taken for several months . |
| 18 | • In rare instances , new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward . |
| 19 | Information is also collected about the quality of teaching received , and although this has not yet been formally used in allocating money , one department did have part of its grant withheld for several months until it introduced clear teaching objectives . |
| 20 | However , the higher ground in Scotland and Wales is usually snow covered for several months in winter . |
| 21 | Recession is guaranteed for several months to come by higher taxes , higher interest rates and an exchange rate depressed both by a squeeze on the supply of local currency and by a surfeit of dollars from the booming trade in cocaine paste . |