Example sentences of "[adj] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It appears that the unemployed are segmented into two groups each of which is accorded different treatment : those who have been unemployed for more than six months and those who have not . |
| 32 | Roger : Yes , in the ES , East Kent will be running a pilot of people who have been unemployed for more than two years . |
| 33 | In the TEC network , Tyneside TEC will run a pilot for people unemployed for more than two years , and Devon and Cornwall TEC will run one for those out of work for more than four years . |
| 34 | The number of Scots unemployed for more than six months is 132,900 — an increase of 10,700 or 8.8 per cent , which represents half of the nation 's jobless total . |
| 35 | Those currently in receipt of Unemployment Benefit , in other words those who have been unemployed for less than one year , can reopen rights to a further year of unemployment benefit if they work in insured employment for at least eight weeks . |
| 36 | It was funny for awhile but the novelty soon wore off . |
| 37 | But about 200 have spent some time in detention , some for more than four months . |
| 38 | Since 1981 hundreds of people have been detained under this law , some for more than eight years . |
| 39 | The building was in use for its original purpose until the early 1960s , but by the time it was acquired for conversion into dwellings in 1977 , it had lain empty for more than ten years and was decaying rapidly because the upper floors and roof covering of the mill had been destroyed in a fire . |
| 40 | Meanwhile John Arlott 's birthplace , Cemetery Lodge in Basingstoke , has been restored after standing empty for more than three years . |
| 41 | Yet after the end of the Franco-Prussian War ( 1871 ) , none of the great powers fought one another for more than forty years , although these years were full , if not of wars , at least of rumours of wars . |
| 42 | This was done , and a connection which had existed unbroken for more than four centuries was at an end . |
| 43 | The assessment of this module lends itself readily to an integrated assignment where evidence may be generated which is appropriate for more than one outcome . |
| 44 | Britain 's 12-month rate of consumer-price inflation fell to 6.4% in April , its lowest for more than two years . |
| 45 | Add the two factors together , and the average mortgage payments of a first-time buyer have fallen from 30% of earnings in 1990 to 12% today — the lowest for more than 20 years ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 46 | Information is available only for the Yorkshire and Humberside region , where 55,000 working days were lost during 1991 , the lowest for more than 25 years . |
| 47 | Penalties were levied for putting diseased or unbranded cattle on to the fen , leaving animals unburied for more than three days , and allowing dogs to harass cattle on the moor . |
| 48 | Andy 's getting eight cans of Strongbow three for tonight and five for tomorrow . |
| 49 | ‘ Music got neglected for more than two years , ’ he says . |
| 50 | If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate . |
| 51 | The majority of leg ulcers ( 291 : 62 per cent ) had been present for under two years , 48 per cent ( 141 ) of these for less than six months . |
| 52 | I have been making notes on these for more than seventy years in the interest of my work as a cataloguer and expert at the Print Department . |
| 53 | 6.6% ( 125 ) men and 14.0% ( 297 ) women had been incontinent of urine at some time — 2.8% ( 52 ) men and 7.5% ( 159 ) women in the previous two months and 61% ( 124 ) of these for more than four years . |
| 54 | Moreover , it has been obvious for more than 50 years . |
| 55 | It is unusual for more than five birds to be found in any winter , but an exceptional record was of 24 in the lower Rother valley on 13 January 1946 . |
| 56 | Spraying methods have remained basically unchanged for more than 100 years . |
| 57 | Virtually unchanged for more than 3,000 years , the language has given cohesion to India 's spiritual lineage . |
| 58 | Called Boar-Mate , it is available from farm suppliers at about Pounds 2.50 a tin and is good for more than 100 matings — just do n't take your girlfriend for a romantic walk near a pig farm . |
| 59 | The principal debate about mode of origin initially centred upon the subaerial or marine hypothesis but it was later deduced , in the light of studies of contemporary shore processes , that marine planation could only be effective for less than one kilometre unless sea level was rising ( Bradley , 1956 ; King , 1963 ) . |
| 60 | Although married for more than forty years , both partners are very independent . |