Example sentences of "[noun] lasts for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lightstick lasts for up to six hours sometimes longer you tee up the ball on every shot so that you ca n't hit the light stick out when this game is played the flags are all lit up with bigger lightsticks . |
| 2 | This effect lasts for about four weeks ! |
| 3 | No deal lasts for ever and not even the most skilful draftsman can cater for every eventuality when drawing up a service contract . |
| 4 | If isolation lasts for long enough , they may become so different that , if they meet again , they behave as distinct species . |
| 5 | However , in panic attacks the fear lasts for many minutes compared with only seconds or minutes in complex partial seizures ( unless status develops ) . |
| 6 | The fighting lasts for three long hours . |
| 7 | Cos if your washing machine machine lasts for thirty years they 'd go out of business would n't they ? |
| 8 | The exercise lasts for five days . |
| 9 | As we have seen in previous chapters , a karate bout lasts for two or three minutes . |
| 10 | Copyright in a work lasts for fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which its author or composer dies . |
| 11 | The presidential election campaign lasts for nearly a year ; with all the preplanning , advance publicity , and fund raising it lasts for much longer . |
| 12 | Winter lasts for nine months of the year , when temperatures can fall as low as - 50 ° C , and conditions are made worse by the deadly wind-chill created by high winds . |
| 13 | Each session lasts for four hours ( in two blocks of two hours each ) . |
| 14 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 15 | The right lasts for 5 years initially from the date of registration but may be renewed in 5 year stages up to a maximum of 25 years . |
| 16 | Effectively , and in a commercial sense , the right lasts for 10 years with the owner being given a five-year breathing space within which to bring articles made to the design to the market place . |
| 17 | Membership lasts for one full year from the date you join . |
| 18 | The Flora Macdonald section of Boswell 's Journal lasts for over three thousand words , and in the detail of any one single meeting or encounter enjoyed throughout their whole journey , nothing else compares with it . |
| 19 | The initial period lasts for 20 working days . |
| 20 | Luckey , an expert on East African folklore , was reminded of the Masai proverb , ‘ Human life is short , but a ruby lasts for thousands of generations . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I tell them that acting is the burning of life — and the inner conflict lasts for a month … ’ |
| 22 | The powder lip colour lasts for ages and the top gloss seals the colour , but the great thing about it is that you can use different combinations for different effects . |
| 23 | This relationship lasts for the duration of the Course , unless either party seeks a change . |
| 24 | Diacolor lasts for about 15 to 20 washes , adding a healthy sheen as well as colour , which is beautifully illustrated by Aimee 's hair ( right ) . |
| 25 | The period is 27 years , and the eclipse lasts for a long time ; the last began on 22 July 1982 and did not end until 25 June 1984 , though it was total only for a year ( January 1983 to January 1984 ) . |
| 26 | Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time , then you will have to reapply . |
| 27 | Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time , then you will have to reapply . |
| 28 | Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time , then you will have to reapply . |
| 29 | A finance lease lasts for a substantial portion of the life of an asset . |
| 30 | An operating lease lasts for a much shorter period of time than the economic life of the asset and the lessor retains the risks and rewards of ownership . |