Example sentences of "[noun] for more [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Stock Markets shrugged off yesterday 's worries and staged the best rise for more than 5 weeks . |
| 7 | Judge Richard Groves discharged the jury after it had considered the case for more than six hours . |
| 8 | Mr Tavernor has been fighting their case for more than forty years . |
| 9 | Rixi Markus was the author of a dozen books , and was bridge correspondent of the Guardian for more than three decades . |
| 10 | And socialist governments had worked well in West Germany for more than 10 years . |
| 11 | The Genc family , like the one in Mölln , had lived in Germany for more than 20 years . |
| 12 | CAPENHURST 's sports and Social Club committee has presented a cheque for more than £330 to the Good shepherd Hospice in Chester . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A police spokeswoman said a section of the eastbound carriageway of the A45 was cordoned off into one lane for more than two hours . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In the USA there has been a wide concern with the efficiency of government programmes for more than four decades . |
| 22 | A hundred percent funding for more than fifty percent of the day you know . |
| 23 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |
| 24 | TOPLESS model turned singer Sam Fox is suing her father Patrick for more than £1 million . |
| 25 | Prices plunged in October to their lowest level for more than 14 years ( taking the price of beans in London to £655 a tonne ) after the 74-country International Coffee Organization ( ICO ) failed to agree on a new price stabilization agreement favoured by the USA , the largest consumer , based on a greater allocation of the export market to some coffee producers , notably Colombia , at the expense of Brazil and the African countries . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , unemployment figures have risen to the highest level for more than five years . |
| 27 | The Treasury said that the growth of unit wage costs in manufacturing was at its lowest level for more than two decades while falling settlements pointed to ‘ continuing downward pressure on inflation ’ . |
| 28 | As far as I know , Sainsburys have n't yet taken that decision they 've they 've hung on the brink for more than six months now . |
| 29 | Despite this the symptom of urgency is invariably improved and all 81 patients with ulcerative colitis who have been followed up for more than six months state that they can defer defaecation for more than two hours . |
| 30 | A 34-YEAR-OLD man is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court today in connection with an incident in a house in Argyle Street , Glasgow , during which the police isolated the building for more than six hours . |