Example sentences of "of work [prep] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 2 | ( The Figures opposite show that this is particularly true for those out of work for more than a year — the long-term unemployed . ) |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the number of people out of work for more than a year rose by 50,000 in the three months to October . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Roger : It 's designed to help people who have been out of work for more than a year . |
| 6 | There 's been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work for more than a year . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |