Example sentences of "be [adv] for [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 2 | This team have only been together for less than a year and it is getting better all the time . |
| 3 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 4 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 5 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 6 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 7 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 8 | No war correspondent , however , could have described the gloom that pervaded the air , or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days . |
| 9 | Er I myself and many others were here for two and a half years and I submit to you that this is a considerable portion of one 's adult lifetime and consequently , the experiences of the last three days have been very meaningful and very moving to those of us who did spend such a portion of our lives here in this place . |
| 10 | A relatively high proportion of those in other types of home were there for less than a month . |
| 11 | Someone , someone told me it 's on for three and a half hours ! |
| 12 | ( Died of Parkinson 's disease and pneumonia aged 73 within 24 hours of being readmitted to hospital after being in an old people 's home for less than a month . ) |
| 13 | I was out for four and a half months , then I gave myself up because I was carrying my daughter , Sasha . |
| 14 | ‘ I was there for two and a half years , now I would just like to keep my happy memories . ’ |