Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] for [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | The layer should not be disturbed for 12 months . |
| 2 | If the water flows into the shaft of an adjoining mine , with the result that the mine can not be worked for six months , the mine owner may recover damages , but the miners who lose their wages during that period probably have no remedy , not because the loss is ‘ unnatural ’ or ‘ unforeseeable ’ but because it is a loss of a type for which the law restricts recovery . |
| 3 | The decision wo n't be announced for 6 months . |
| 4 | ‘ The hospital say he ca n't be moved for two months yet , ’ said Annunziata , picking up the tray again , ‘ but then il dottore will arrange everything . |
| 5 | The public inquiry is expected to last a week , but a final decision wo n't be taken for several months . |