Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Cosmological Pictures ’ , which have been winding through West and East European cities for more than a year , arrive at the Tate Gallery , Liverpool , at the end of next month , and Gilbert & George will be pioneering in China with exhibitions in Shanghai and Peking next autumn . |
| 2 | THE Egyptian government has declared open war on Muslim militants , ordering police to shoot to kill and plunging the country into its worst political violence for more than a decade . |
| 3 | The smaller the unit , the shorter should be the stay inside it — there are very few patients who need to be contained within a locked unit of this kind for more than a few days . |
| 4 | Their success attracted a worldwide following as the Lisbon Lions and their successors dominated Scottish football for more than a decade . |
| 5 | Magistrates in Bootle heard that library staff had attempted to retrieve some books for more than a year . |
| 6 | As Becky drew her bath , she thought about Daphne 's words , delivered with humour and affection but still highlighting the problems she faced when trying to cross the established social barriers for more than a few moments . |
| 7 | Though the campaign scarcely gripped the imagination as the victories in the west had done — some reports hinted that the significance of the campaign had not been properly grasped , and that the victories had been unable to affect the popular mood for more than a very short time — it seemed to provide yet another example of Hitler 's strategic genius . |
| 8 | Their swollen feet had bled profusely and they had hobbled painfully among the rubber trees for more than a month before they recovered . |
| 9 | It was also frustrating for the scientists who 'd been working on this project for more than a decade . |
| 10 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
| 11 | You can see there has n't been a woman in this house for more than a week . |
| 12 | Omagh boss Paul Kee had been chasing the tall Limerick central defender for more than a fortnight . |
| 13 | When Mr Bush lost and Mr Clinton became the first Democratic president for more than a decade , the much-valued special relationship between Britain and America suddenly looked decidedly shaky . |
| 14 | TONY Greener , who took over as chairman of Guinness last year , has presided over the first fall in its annual profits for more than a decade , reflecting the effects of the recession on sales and margins and the high marketing spending necessary to support the group 's premium brands . |
| 15 | In Bucharest 's university square , scene of anti-front demonstrations for more than a month now , the debate continued with more accusations of electoral malpractice by the front . |
| 16 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |
| 17 | The metal road that left the highway twisted between pine-clad hills for more than a mile before it dropped to the lower level of a wide plateau that stretched along the river cliffs . |
| 18 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |
| 19 | Her breezy smile left little room for more than a grin of agreement . |
| 20 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |
| 21 | They had been moving steadily through a very thick part of the forest in which it was impossible to maintain a constant direction for more than a few paces . |
| 22 | Draft evasion had already been going largely unpunished by Lithuanian authorities for more than a year , and had been steadily increasing : on Feb. 16 more than 5,000 conscripts attending independence day rallies had publicly returned their call-up cards . |
| 23 | Some authorities now favour homes taking fifteen to twenty children , particularly for the difficult medium-term cases where the child is away from their natural home for more than a few months . |
| 24 | Former air-stewardess Jane Thornton , 32 , has been his constant companion for more than a year and shares Mark 's passion for horses . |
| 25 | The upper octave of the passage is divided between the two pairs of horns , it being impossible to maintain such rapid tonguing for more than a very short time . |
| 26 | A battery 's charge-holding capacity can also be seriously reduced if it is kept in a discharged state for more than a few hours . |
| 27 | We will legislate to bring into use dwellings left empty without reasonable cause for more than a year . |
| 28 | To date the representation of detailed clinical descriptions for more than a narrow area of medicine has never been achieved by use of an enumerative approach . |
| 29 | She breastfed her first child for more than a year . |
| 30 | Pupils got on so well with the decorators when the school got its first brush-up for more than a decade that they decided to remember them in a life-size painting . |