Example sentences of "[adv prt] for at [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems like overcrowded home conditions or a husband 's alcoholism , which had been going on for at least two years and which were rated as major difficulties ( 1–3 on a 6-point scale of severity ) , were found to occur in the lives of a great many more psychiatric cases than normal women . |
| 2 | Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the United States and at the Medical Research Council Unit for Applied Psychology in Cambridge simultaneously identified the tasks sensitive to the effects of even one night 's loss of sleep as those which were not self-timed , which went on for at least ten minutes and which were not intrinsically motivating . |
| 3 | Zyglo® Penetrant is sprayed on the surface until completely wet , and allowed to soak in for at least 10 minutes . |
| 4 | Your supply will not be cut off for at least fourteen days ( 21 in the case of gas ) to give the council time to help . |
| 5 | All have been followed up for at least 5 years . |
| 6 | In this study , the highest figure for gall stone recurrence is 26 ( diagnosed by either oral cholecystectography or ultrasonagraphy ) of 82 patients followed up for at least six months ( 60 of whom were followed up for not less than two years ) giving a crude recurrence rate of 31.7% which correspondes , by LTA , to a cumulative actuarial rate of 41.0 ( 7.2 ) % at 3.5 and subsequent years . |
| 7 | All have been followed up for at least two years . |
| 8 | Most wo n't pay up for delays unless your flight is held up for at least 12 hours — 10 with Thomas Cook . |
| 9 | Its fixed-interest bond pays 11.50 per cent net provided the money is tied up for at least 12 months .. |
| 10 | Indeed , to get the best return , you should be prepared to tie your investment up for at least three years . |
| 11 | To get the best return , you should be prepared to tie your investment up for at least three years . |
| 12 | Patients were usually followed up for at least 6 months after the last event . |
| 13 | ‘ The boy has viral meningitis and will be out for at least two months , during which he will do nothing else but rest . |
| 14 | He will be out for at least four weeks . |
| 15 | The Liverpool manager was seething with rage after his defender David Burrows was carried off in this Coca-Cola Cup tie with a severe knee injury that will keep him out for at least three months . |
| 16 | ‘ Burrows will be out for at least three months with detached , possibly torn knee ligaments and he may have cartilige damage as well . |
| 17 | Bjornebye , signed by manager Graeme Souness for £600,000 last month , will be out for at least three weeks after he was carried off on a stretcher with concussion while on international duty against China . |
| 18 | Leave to dry out for at least 48 hours . |
| 19 | Leave the marzipanned cake to dry out for at least 48 hrs . |
| 20 | The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food . |
| 21 | ‘ Fuck ’ has been around for at least 500 years ( it was listed synonymously with ‘ sard ’ , ‘ swive ’ and ‘ occupy ’ in John Florio 's Worlde of Words in 1598 ) , but the supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary protests that its etymology is unknown . |
| 22 | Criteria for membership of the association — consultancies must have at least 10 members of staff , have been around for at least three years and earn most of its income from environmental management — have understandably caused controversy . |
| 23 | The concept has been around for at least 30 years ; the American Hospital Supply Corporation was receiving electronic purchase orders from the hospitals it supplied in the early 1960s . |
| 24 | Brittle bone disease , or osteogenesis imperfecta , has been around for at least 4,000 years . |
| 25 | I want to put you under for at least forty-eight hours . |