Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |
| 2 | As it is , a large part of the caring that is carried out for older people , both those living at home and those living with relatives , is carried out by women , mostly daughters and daughters-in-law . |
| 3 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year . |
| 4 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 5 | ‘ The higher risk prisoners are locked up for longer . |
| 6 | Your Royal Highness , it follows to me er Council have debated the Riding Report er a lot of it they did not accept , many of the ideas were referred back for further reconsideration and that is in the hands of the Central Management Committee at the moment and we are proposing to develop the ideas and come back to Council and the wh whole report is not forgotten . |
| 7 | In Wales the club-v-country argument has gone on for longer even than the locust years — a constant , nagging reminder of the manifold and manifest divisions that have wrought such damage on Welsh rugby . |
| 8 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 9 | But a third group , induced to feel purringly happy , remained blocked up for longer than patients who had no treatment at all . |
| 10 | She 's cut out for better things than wasting her time on some blue-eyed , grease-stained English Romeo . ’ |
| 11 | If , however , a relatively minor matter is left over for later agreement it does not necessarily follow that there is no contract . |
| 12 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 13 | Dramatic African-inspired prints are toned down for softer , everyday wear . |
| 14 | If he did that , some of our constituents might receive benefits , and the people involved in crime might get sent down for longer periods . |
| 15 | However , it was disappointing that a new international instrument on ‘ disappearances ’ was held over for further study . |
| 16 | Accepting the logic of this situation the matter was held over for further review at a later Department Head meeting . |