Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attack was blamed on Muslim militants who have waged a campaign of violence for more than a year to overthrow the government and turn Egypt into a purist Islamic state . |
| 2 | The attack is being blamed on Muslim militants who have waged a campaign of violence for more than a year trying to undermine the country 's lucrative tourist industry . |
| 3 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 4 | ( The Figures opposite show that this is particularly true for those out of work for more than a year — the long-term unemployed . ) |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the number of people out of work for more than a year rose by 50,000 in the three months to October . |
| 6 | There was no reason , of course , why a strong-bodied man like Rourke Deveraugh should be out of work for more than a day or so . |
| 7 | Roger : It 's designed to help people who have been out of work for more than a year . |
| 8 | There 's been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work for more than a year . |
| 9 | THE number of people who have been out of work for more than a year broke through the one million barrier today for the first time in five years . |
| 10 | The figure for those out of work for more than a year rose from 73,800 at January , 1992 , to 85,300 at January , 1993 . |
| 11 | The number of people out of work for more than a year has more than doubled since long-term unemployment began rising in October 1990 . |
| 12 | Pigmented preservatives must n't be used when overpainting , as they can not hold a coat of paint for more than a few months . |
| 13 | It is no secret that the FFR has been crippled by a protracted civil war , raging with various degrees of intensity for more than a year . |
| 14 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |