Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for more than [art] " in BNC.

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1 Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur .
2 It 's a whirlwind ride which rarely lingers for more than a minute on individual songs until we reach the '90s and the Zoo TV extravaganza .
3 Temperature tolerance to higher temperatures by even the hardiest rockpool creatures is within such narrow limits that if the water warms up to over 2° above that in which the animal is naturally found for more than a few hours , the animal will surely die .
4 He said quite , quote , in my experience people who have access to , or are offered this level of care , even if it 's even if it is started , it is rarely continued for more than a few months .
5 Policies were issued from the 1720s by both Royal Exchange Assurance and the London Assurance — the only two survivors of the South Sea Bubble — but these were few in number , rarely issued for more than a year at a time and based on uniform rather than on age-related premiums .
6 All records were of single birds which rarely stayed for more than a day .
7 The ‘ patchwork pieces ’ could never be economically viable because they took time to cut , arrange and bag , yet were never sold for more than a few pence .
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