Example sentences of "[adv prt] for more than " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
2 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
3 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
4 | This has always been strongest in the southern States , with their history of slavery and the implicit belief , well-established in the local culture , in black inferiority — a belief capitalized on for more than a century after the Civil War by the Democrats ( see below ) . |
5 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
6 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
7 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
8 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
9 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
10 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
11 | Having made it , that family was split up for more than a year , but was reunited after the Blitz and eventually settled in Torquay . |
12 | The back-to-back pair of dessert spoons riffled through his fingers , producing an intricate , staccato percussion which he was , however , unable to keep up for more than a few minutes together ; then he would get his fingers tangled up and the spoons would clang to a halt and he would shake his head furiously and begin all over again . |
13 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
14 | Thereafter the accelerating rate of population growth coincided with the ending of the bounty of generally good harvests to turn the trend in the cost of living sharply upwards , while in most regions the increase in the labour force changed a labour market in which wages had generally held up for more than half a century . |
15 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
16 | Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two . |
17 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
18 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
19 | NoS had mucked him about for more than a year . |