Example sentences of "for [num] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | For eleven more days Coleridge remained at Shrewsbury , elated by his sudden freedom from ‘ all pecuniary anxieties ’ , and longing to be home in Somerset . |
| 2 | Although he lived for eleven more years , he did not stand again . |
| 3 | An order from American Airlines worth $3 billion for 75 Fokker 100s ( plus options for 75 more ) may take it further abroad . |
| 4 | This is the fifth home visit , and on-call duty does n't finish for eight more hours . |
| 5 | I stayed for eight more years , for the last two as a teacher . |
| 6 | The dis-used brick pit has been a tip for 10 years and will continue as one for 30 more . |
| 7 | Cook for 2 more mins then add the lemon juice , mint and parsley and season generously . |
| 8 | Finally add the courgette , cover , and cook for 2 more minutes . |
| 9 | Now they 're being allowed to keep their jobs for 2 more months , while the Council tries to find a private company to run the workshop on its behalf . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the same music had to serve for six more stanzas — Pisano wrote fresh music for the short final one and therefore could not reflect details of the text . |
| 11 | The election date announcement on April 12 included confirmation of postponement to an unspecified later date , for security reasons , of polling in Punjab ( where president 's rule was formally extended on March 13 for a further six months — see above for need to pass constitutional amendment allowing this before Parliament was dissolved ) , in Assam , where president 's rule was also extended on March 13 for a further six months from the end of May , and in Jammu and Kashmir , president 's rule there having been extended for six more months from March 3 , as approved by Parliament on Feb. 27 . |
| 12 | President 's rule was extended for six more months from early March 1991 [ see p. 38101 ] and again in September [ see p. 38392 ] . |
| 13 | Mr Rifkind said he had told the UN that the Cheshire Regiment would be in Bosnia for six more months . |
| 14 | However , Leech took over the site and in 1991 won permission for 44 more homes , some of them two-storey houses . |
| 15 | In September 1943 , an additional requirement was put forward for 10 more identical trains , the LMS to provide four . |
| 16 | But there is scope yet for hundreds more such stories , ingenious variants of the basic few , achieved frequently by the process we have talked about , telling the reader something while apparently telling something else . |
| 17 | Orrell 's basic requirement is to go on winning for three more games because if they do not , either Northampton or Bath , each with a match to play after today , will nip in for the prize , just as Wasps did on the final day of the 1990 league season . |
| 18 | There are proposals for three more nuclear power stations to be built in Britain during the next decade : Hinckley Point C , Wylfa B and Sizewell C. And there may be plans to build a total of ten extra nuclear power stations by 2010 . |
| 19 | Number forty-seven was a huge red-brick house in gracious grounds , with a double garage and parking space for three more cars . |
| 20 | TANDY LOOKING FOR THREE MORE BUYERS |
| 21 | For three more years , Masada continued to hold out , but its fall was a foregone conclusion . |
| 22 | For three more weeks at the clinic , Sylvie kept Ivan company . |
| 23 | In May 1988 , the team of home-school liaison officers was augmented by two additional members and the LEA applied to the Home Office for funding for three more posts under Section 11 of the Local Government Act of 1966 . |
| 24 | Antoinette gripped the thread of her life for three more years . |
| 25 | But all the speculation ended when he re-signed at Anfield for three more years — effectively until the end of his top-class career . |
| 26 | The Declaration of Puntarenas contained joint commitments to ( i ) strengthen the mandate given to the Central American Security Commission in Antigua , Guatemala [ see p. 37526 ] , on arms limitation and troop numbers while recognising the " specific tasks " of armed forces in supporting the civilian authorities for the implementation of " social and environmental protection programmes " ; ( ii ) to establish a five-member committee of eminent Central American civilians appointed by " national reconciliation commissions " to verify the political commitments made as part of the Esquipulas II or " Arias " peace process [ see pp. 35440-42 ] , and to seek multilateral and bilateral support to establish an Association for Democracy and Development in Central America to promote regional peace , democracy and economic development ; ( iii ) to build on the progress made under the Economic Action Plan for Central America ( PAECA ) [ see p. 37526 ] , extended by the UN General Assembly for three more years , in order to realize a Central American common market ; ( iv ) to begin talks on a comprehensive Central American customs and tariffs policy by March 31 and to have a regional " anti-dumping code " in place by Dec. 31 , 1991 , and an effective and uniform custom and tariffs system by Dec. 31 , 1992 ; and ( v ) to persuade multilateral lending agencies to promote increased regional development and integration programmes , to write off significant portions of debt and reschedule the remainder in line with the " economic realities " of the region 's countries and to simplify mechanisms for the negotiation of and disbursement of future loans . |
| 27 | The organisers have obtained a licence for three more events at the same venue . |
| 28 | Then the winning shot , plumb through to cow corner for 4 more . |
| 29 | At the meeting federation vice-chairman Richard Coyles called for 3,000 more beat bobbies throughout the country to prevent ‘ anarchy ’ in cities . |
| 30 | Mr Major , EC president for 11 more days , has to wrestle with difficult issues like Denmark , which voted against Maastricht in a referendum , and plans from Brussels for a massive increase in spending . |