Example sentences of "continues for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The search continues for a practical solution .
2 Global ventricular dilatation , which results from a progressive increase in myocyte length with sarcomere recruitment and resulting hypertrophy of the non-infarcted myocardium , continues for a long time .
3 Terrace chanting begins even before support band , the undervalued Wonky Alice , have left the stage , and continues for a solid 20 minutes until the Sultans finally strut out to the opening strains of ‘ Land Of Hope And Glory ’ ( very Gary Glitter ) .
4 This regular pattern only continues for a short time , and after about eight hours , the embryo is a blastula comprising a hollow ball of about 1000 cells .
5 The route continues for a short way beside the beck , crossing it and turning right to head first slightly north-east and then north-west until a small beck is crossed , and then another by the Cortina Bridge — named after a Ford Cortina crashed here in one of the Lombard RAC rallies .
6 Enthusiasm should not he allowed to overrule common sense : beyond the point of return , the cave continues for a further half — mile , dropping in pitches to a depth of 250 feet .
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