Example sentences of "for more [subord] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |
| 2 | Even the biggest stars rarely sell 6m copies ( as Janet must do if Virgin is to make a profit ) for more than a couple of records . |
| 3 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 4 | Kelly liked the man but dreaded those rare occasions when their conversations lasted for more than a couple of sentences . |
| 5 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 6 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 7 | Her breezy smile left little room for more than a grin of agreement . |
| 8 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 9 | At one point the queue stretched four deep for more than a quarter of mile . |
| 10 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |
| 11 | One woman with this problem , whose rather self-absorbed elderly mother used to keep her on the telephone for hours with doom-laden conversations , solved it by telling her that she had developed migraine which was always triggered off by holding a phone to her ear for more than a quarter of an hour at a time ! |
| 12 | Schools and their children have suffered change after change for more than a quarter of a century , especially since the Tories came to power . |
| 13 | For more than a quarter of a million motorists , choosing a car can be an especially frustrating experience . |
| 14 | Runciman had sympathisers within the Federation in favour of a more liberal approach which , he believed , would bring a ready response from Wilson , but they were in a minority to those dominated by the formidable George A. and Cuthbert Laws , father and son , whose implacable anti-union line prevailed for more than a quarter of a century . |
| 15 | ‘ I doubt if Aldhelm would have lain helpless for more than a quarter of an hour from that blow on the head . |
| 16 | For more than a quarter of a century historians have been using computers to help analyse voting behaviour in English parliamentary elections . |
| 17 | There was no room in either of the two books for more than a suggestion of the way a woman might be changed by a complicated political and personal dilemma . |
| 18 | Yet it is very hard to believe that this sort of explanation can account for more than a handful of hoards , if any . |
| 19 | The only people who did keep in touch with Ken for more than a block of years in which they were extremely close , only for it all to fade away , were Stanley Baxter and Gordon Jackson . |
| 20 | Shrewsbury will never be Welsh again for more than a matter of days , and Llewelyn has the wit to recognise it . |