Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Scientists monitoring the level of solar radiation have warned people not to sunbathe without protection for more than forty minutes . |
| 3 | A company is often in danger of losing the expertise for ever if the expert retires , dies or changes employment . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | The Stock Markets shrugged off yesterday 's worries and staged the best rise for more than 5 weeks . |
| 6 | Judge Richard Groves discharged the jury after it had considered the case for more than six hours . |
| 7 | Mr Tavernor has been fighting their case for more than forty years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Rixi Markus was the author of a dozen books , and was bridge correspondent of the Guardian for more than three decades . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | CAPENHURST 's sports and Social Club committee has presented a cheque for more than £330 to the Good shepherd Hospice in Chester . |
| 12 | A police spokeswoman said a section of the eastbound carriageway of the A45 was cordoned off into one lane for more than two hours . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A hundred percent funding for more than fifty percent of the day you know . |
| 17 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , unemployment figures have risen to the highest level for more than five years . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It also creates a new framework for further and continuing education where marketing , effective performance and an appropriate response to community needs are increasingly important . |
| 23 | I 'll speak to Bonard before we go about a refund for tomorrow and Friday . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Geoff Boucher has been running this unofficial sanctuary for more than four years . |
| 27 | He had been a Member of Parliament for more than two decades . |
| 28 | F-one-eleven fighter bombers have been flying from the base for more than twenty years . |
| 29 | Michael Holly had been a prisoner of the camp for less than one month , and already he believed that he could walk this path with his eyes closed . |
| 30 | The college also has a course for physically or mentally handicapped students which is free to those registered disabled , Ribber Courses for double bed machines and another on panelled skirts and shadow pleats . |