Example sentences of "[noun] for [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , you must have been in charge of a yacht for at least a week , perhaps on Villa-Flotilla . |
| 2 | You will feel clumsy and inept at most of the manual skills for at least a year , ; confidence and speed will only begin to appear the second or third time round . |
| 3 | Despite having coached Northerns so well in tandem with Williams in the late Eighties , Eugene Van Wyk was refused and Ian Kirkpatrick , who has not coached at provincial level for at least a decade , has been named . |
| 4 | Mr Les Aspin , the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , warned that US military police units might be forced to stay in Panama for at least a year to help keep the peace . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , in spite of increasing requests in Parliament for at least an inquiry into family allowances schemes , the government did nothing , on the grounds that they ‘ were not aware of the widespread desire among [ employers and workers ] for a system of this kind ’ ( House of Commons Debates , Vol. 345 , col. 40 ) . |
| 6 | Maidstone had the best of the early exchanges but the Seasiders were under little real threat and seemed to be on course for at least a draw . |
| 7 | Another reason for the lack of interest in PEPS is that its benefits were predictable and it tied up clients ' money for at least a year . |
| 8 | But they postponed any decision for at least a month . |
| 9 | Escobar , accused of responsibility for the murder of hundreds of people over a 10-year period , including a Justice Minister , an Attorney General , at least one presidential candidate [ see p. 36844 ] and 107 passengers aboard a domestic flight [ see p. 37041 ] , was not expected to stand trial for at least a year . |
| 10 | In other words , the bulk of its plutonium is likely to remain stashed in potentially vulnerable stockpiles for at least a decade . |
| 11 | The last one 's meat had run out the previous day and if the new one 's meat was not salted within a day or two , there would be no pork or bacon for at least a month . |
| 12 | No problem whatsoever because even their current s The new system they 've adopted allows for P R for at least a quarter of the MPs that are being returned . |
| 13 | One thing I do remember was an occasion when the occupants of Hut 4 provided the whole camp , unwittingly , with a topic of conversation which went the rounds for at least a week . |
| 14 | A particular problem in Northern Ireland is the long-term unemployed — the 55,000 people who have been without work for at least a year . |
| 15 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 16 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 17 | Still in severe pain , Mick 's off work for at least a week , while he recovers at his sister 's house in Moredon . |
| 18 | It is always a good idea to keep cakes for at least a day before cutting them to allow the contents to settle . |
| 19 | He also promised unilaterally to reduce Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to 5,000 , rather than to 6,000 as required under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) [ see pp. 38320-21 ] ; challenged the USA to open negotiations to effect deeper cuts , i.e. a further 50 per cent reduction , in the strategic nuclear arsenal of both countries ; and called on the USA to join the Soviet Union in imposing a ban on nuclear testing for at least a year and to renounce the " no first use " nuclear strategy . |
| 20 | This week Japan 's four leading brokerages ( Nomura , Daiwa , Nikko and Yamaichi ) agreed to stop issuing and underwriting new shares , convertible bonds and warrant bonds by Japanese companies for at least a month . |
| 21 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 22 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |
| 23 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 24 | Such a change of emphasis and the need for at least a reduction in the rate of increase of energy consumption in agriculture would require quite different policies . |
| 25 | Japan 's four leading brokerages , Nomura , Daiwa , Nikko and Yamaichi , agreed to stop issuing new shares , convertible bonds and warrant bonds for Japanese companies both in Tokyo and in the Euromarkets for at least a month . |
| 26 | Campbell concluded that we may not see the effect of economic recovery for at least a year — perhaps not until 1993 . |
| 27 | Arsenal have slipped to sixth after three successive Premier League defeats , and they will be without England full-back Lee Dixon for at least a month after he was carried off with a knee injury . |
| 28 | The Department of Health states that it forms a valuable part of a baby 's diet for at least a year — so do carry on if you want to . |
| 29 | Stay on this diet for at least a month . |
| 30 | Again , you should stay on this diet for at least a month , and longer if you begin to feel partially better . |