Those were really tough tours. They were kept out very often for up to three months, under some pretty grueling conditions.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The dollar is plunging, -and the dollar is plunging perhaps maybe just around a little bit -- That's been sinking for some months now-- -because America has been living beyond her means borrowing 2 billion a day from foreign nations.

美元大幅走低，-我插一句，美元确实下跌了一点点,且几个月来持续疲软-,-原因在于美国长久以来一直入不敷出,财政赤字每天增长20亿。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

A few months ago, some former students of mine -former colleagues of mine -gave this very nice party at the Yale Club.

数月前,我以前的一些学生,还有以前的同事,在耶鲁俱乐部举办了一次精彩的派对

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Doctor Lind thought the sailors were getting sick because they failed to eat some kinds of foods when they were at sea for many months.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

After we took some from these guys, we decided that it is OK to go a few months in cash flow negative while... But very barely cash flow.

当风险投资资金到位之后，有几个月现金流出现负值也可以接受,但其实没有什么现金流。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

But some take effect quickly. For example,in six months the new law will bar insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing health conditions.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

And nine months later, they leave honor above great level, begging for some more work and wanting to hang out with you on the weekend.

九个月后，他们成绩优异，恳求更多作业,希望与你共度周未。

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Heavy snow forces some of the roads into Yosemite to close during the winter months.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

In fact,some Microsoft stores could open right next to Apple stores in the coming months.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Freezing can keep some foods in good condition for months after the growing season.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

As Andrew Johnson prepared to leave the White House a few months after Grant's election, he would look back on some successes during his time as president.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Within a few months,some forests in the area were gone.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

But some go for weeks or even months.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

"But the folks who have been looking for work without any luck for months and,in some cases,years, cannot wait any longer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Some analysts predict that the discontent among liberal Democrats over the war will grow in the months ahead.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

He says some items in his store have gone up as much as 50 percent in recent months.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

But a little more than two months into 2010, some analysts say the U.S.recovery is losing steam.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Leavitt says some flowers can last several months and that vanilla comes from an orchid.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

He described the call as "gracious". Franken conceded that he will have some catching up to do, coming in six months after the Senate session began.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

"We're probably,it looks now, like we'll continue to bump along maybe even have some bad months and unemployment is not going to recover as it has in some past recessions."

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

When completed in several months time, the Mombasa port will join some 20 others in the world participating in the so-called Megaports Initiative set up by the U.S.government in 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

The rights groups say at the request of the United States, Kenya sent many of the detainees to Somalia and Ethiopia, where some of them were tortured and held incommunicado for months.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

On their part, multiplex cinema owners are hoping that theaters will be packed when new films are screened so they can recover some of the losses incurred in the last two months.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

Silvia expects the situation to improve soon. "I would suspect that the jobs numbers would turn positive by the second quarter of this year, so probably another two or three months out we'll get some positive jobs numbers."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

The chairman of the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan, Ahmad Nader Nadery,tells VOA that resolving the issue of the disputed ballots could delay certifying the election by weeks, but should not take months as some are suggesting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

U.S.officials acknowledge that, even if the situation in Afghanistan begins to turn during the next 12 months, the U.S.withdrawal will likely be very gradual, and some number of international troops will be needed in Afghanistan for many years to come.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"If he does not show some progress and it just seems like we are getting deeper and deeper into an occupation and a counter-insurgency effort without any positive news for a number of months, I think he could face some real opposition,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

"Those are the complaints that we are actually dealing with at this point in time." VOA News asked Kippen if the on-site investigations of massive ballot box stuffing and other acts of election fraud will take weeks or,as some predict, months to complete.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Does it need refinement in some way?" "And if it does need some adjustment in light of the events that have taken place over the last number of months, including the election and so on, and then what are the implications of that in terms of General McChrystal's resource request?" The secretary said the United States will not abandon its core mission in Afghanistan, which President Obama described as the destruction of the al-Qaida terrorist network, because it is "critical" to U.S.national security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23