Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adj -er] than a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I never stayed in one job for longer than a month .
2 Bellsdyke unit requires nursing staff to inform medical staff and the ICN if three or more patients have symptoms of enteric illness , or if an individual has diarrhoea for longer than a day .
3 A study of people using a shelter in Boston found that although 30 of the 68 respondents were suffering from a psychosis , only five had been admitted to hospital for longer than a year in total .
4 A survey of 124 homeless men using a Salvation Army hostel found that over half were suffering from mental disorders but only seven had been admitted to hospital for longer than a year .
5 Alamena knows we ca n't stay in each other 's company for longer than a minute or two without quarrelling . ’
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