Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phil Richardson , who died at King 's Norton , Birmingham on April 18 , aged 64 , was a stalwart of Moseley Ashfield for more than 25 years after the Second World War . |
| 2 | And while Britain accepted the rise of Ibn Saud in the new country of Saudi Arabia , she also kept faith with the tiny emirates along the western flank of Arabia from Kuwait to Oman , over which she had exercised protection for more than a hundred years . |
| 3 | Scientists monitoring the level of solar radiation have warned people not to sunbathe without protection for more than forty minutes . |
| 4 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 5 | A great day out for all the family , the Centre for Alternative Technology is a living and working community which has been promoting and displaying sustainable technologies for more than 16 years . |
| 6 | Travel Delay — If your arrival in the resort on the outward journey , or at your UK destination on the return journey , is delayed for any of the specified reasons for more than 8 hours , you may claim £30 plus £15 for each subsequent completed 8 hour period up to a maximum of £105 in all . |
| 7 | A company is often in danger of losing the expertise for ever if the expert retires , dies or changes employment . |
| 8 | Once love has become your property you will be a lover always , in the grave , at the resurrection , and in Paradise for ever and ever . ’ |
| 9 | The Stock Markets shrugged off yesterday 's worries and staged the best rise for more than 5 weeks . |
| 10 | Judge Richard Groves discharged the jury after it had considered the case for more than six hours . |
| 11 | Mr Tavernor has been fighting their case for more than forty years . |
| 12 | Here and there a regular path of some animal helped them but it rarely ran in one direction for long and they were unwilling to lose contact with the water which they would eventually have to cross . |
| 13 | Rixi Markus was the author of a dozen books , and was bridge correspondent of the Guardian for more than three decades . |
| 14 | At the bottom of page six , top of page seven I think that issue there requires a resolution from you in that we have , the officers have suggested that we spend er six hundred thousand pounds out of the minor works budget on those four schemes but we should reserve the remainder of that minor works budget for approximately and er that report should be put to the March Committee . |
| 15 | And socialist governments had worked well in West Germany for more than 10 years . |
| 16 | The Genc family , like the one in Mölln , had lived in Germany for more than 20 years . |
| 17 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 18 | CAPENHURST 's sports and Social Club committee has presented a cheque for more than £330 to the Good shepherd Hospice in Chester . |
| 19 | The government , in an effort to tighten the grip on Gen Aoun , dismissed Lebanon 's ambassador to the US , Mr Abdallah Bouhabib , who has been supporting the general 's policies for more than 15 months . |
| 20 | This will mean an immediate reduction in premium for those members who have not made claims under their policies for more than 12 months with effect from their renewal date on and after 1st July next . |
| 21 | two pages of activities for before and after viewing plus further activities for detailed work while reviewing the episode in four sections |
| 22 | A police spokeswoman said a section of the eastbound carriageway of the A45 was cordoned off into one lane for more than two hours . |
| 23 | The council has been trying to sell the half-timbered historic mansion in Royden Park for more than two years and has put a £1m price tag on it . |
| 24 | The council has been trying to sell the halftimbered historic mansion in Royden Park for more than two years and has put a £1m price tag on it . |
| 25 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 26 | The Starlight Foundation grants wishes for critically/chronically and terminally ill children . |
| 27 | The Starlight Foundation grants wishes for critically/chronically and terminally ill children . |
| 28 | By all means make plans for tomorrow but try not to spend so much time engrossed in those plans that you forget to live today . |
| 29 | He was fascinated by the corset which gave her a youthful figure and set about reproducing it.In 1968 , they invented the Wonderbra which has been a best-seller for more than 20 years . |
| 30 | On 11th March the merchant bank Kleinwort Benson announced on behalf of its brand new client , Fayed , that they had acceptances from House of Fraser shareholders for more than fifty per cent of the issued share capital . |