Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to last for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be wrong for water users in the next five to ten years to be asked to finance the whole cost of projects which have been neglected in the past and which may be expected to last for 30 , 50 or even 100 years . |
| 2 | This has since been supported by an important report from the Battelle Institute in Geneva which broadly suggests that if products such as cars or powerpacks were designed to last for 20 years not only would energy and materials be conserved , but about 65 per cent more work would be created and the jobs would be the interesting , fiddling , diagnostic type jobs that human beings love doing . |
| 3 | The trial is expected to last for two weeks . |
| 4 | Sheriff Andrew Bell adjourned the trial , which is expected to last for two to three weeks , until tomorrow . |
| 5 | The hearing is expected to last for three days . |
| 6 | Mr Goldring told the jury on the second day of the trial , which is expected to last for three months , that Bradley had been put on an intravenous drip but in the early hours of the next morning he shouted out , complaining of pain around the drip site . |
| 7 | John Davies , secretary of the No Fazakerley Prison Action Committee , is confident protesters will win the public inquiry , which is scheduled to last for five days . |
| 8 | John Davies , secretary of the No Fazakerley Prison Action Committee , is confident protesters will win the public inquiry , which is scheduled to last for five days . |
| 9 | The intermediary stage was intended to last for three to five years . |
| 10 | I know sometimes erm people when they got their benefit , would try and do shopping for two weeks , but even that was unrealistic of how long they were , what they were buying was going to last for two weeks . |