Example sentences of "their [noun sg] for [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily stared at them in horror but then a few bills did n't mean anything , most people hung on to their money for as long as they could , it was simply the way of businessmen . |
| 2 | The resources , powers and energies of older people need to be positively harnessed and policies should be geared to sustaining their independence for as long as possible . |
| 3 | This , then , was their home for as long as the war lasted . |
| 4 | Correspondingly the Anonymous Fellowships enable recovering people to surmount their handicap for as long as they continue to follow the recommendations of the Fellowships and not believe that they are " cured " for all time and can handle " responsibly " the substance or process of addiction once more . |
| 5 | Starfield and Mellits ( 1968 ) were successful in teaching 5-year-olds to hold on to their urine for as long as possible once a day for six months and enabled one-third of the children to become dry . |
| 6 | The government stated its willingness to abide by the UN sanctions policy , but sought to postpone their application for as long as possible . |
| 7 | In this way , Franco could secure their cooperation for as long as the war might last . |
| 8 | So the measures that John and Nora now took — to disguise their ruin for as long as possible — could be passed off as acts , not of desperation , but of shrewdness . |