Example sentences of "[v-ing] for more than " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be hard , as only one in ten succeed in abstaining for more than a year . |
| 2 | Mineral extraction and quarrying were the only other enterprises producing for more than immediate local demand , though practical considerations must generally have limited the distances stone could be transported . |
| 3 | The retailers Carpenter 's have been trading for more than a century . |
| 4 | I 'm looking for more than a secretary , you understand . |
| 5 | David Linley , 31 , and 22-year-old Serena , who is the grand-daughter of wealthy Lord Harrington , have been dating for more than a year . |
| 6 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 7 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 8 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 9 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |
| 10 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 11 | I shall not strain the good will of hon. Members who have supported the Bill by speaking for more than a few moments . |
| 12 | Turnover rose 62 per cent from £120m to £193m , with sales of construction equipment accounting for more than half at £106m . |
| 13 | The plan is to create a market of 190m people , accounting for more than half the GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean . |
| 14 | As in previous years the largest single items of expenditure were debt service , accounting for more than one-third of the budget , and defence spending , accounting for 20 per cent . |
| 15 | In 1992 , achieved exports of £55.7m , accounting for more than half of the UK 's total malt exports . |
| 16 | Thus quantified , the environmental cost of oil comes to 5.56p per kilowatt-hour ( kWh ) , with corrosion and damage to buildings accounting for more than half the total and damage to crops from pollution for just under a fifth ; " old " coal burned in conventional power stations without emission controls has a cost of 5.00p/kWh ; " new " coal 1.18p/kWh ; combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations 0.45p/kWh ; nuclear pressurized-water reactors ( PWR ) between 0.32p and 0.37p/kWh ( not including effects on plants and animals ) ; and solar , wind and hydroelectric power between 0.04 and 0.07p/kWh ( not including visual impact or disruption caused by construction of dams , etc ) . |
| 17 | It was announced on April 18 that the Federal Collective Presidency had agreed to lift the " special measures " in the autonomous province of Kosovo , a part of the Serbian republic , where disturbances involving the ethnic Albanian majority had been continuing for more than a year . |
| 18 | I 'm not asking for more than any other 22-year-old — just the same . ’ |
| 19 | At first this was forthcoming , social stability mattering for more than religious principle , but the next forty years saw a growing split in the ranks of the Sussex leaders as Puritanism spread and the remaining Catholics came under suspicion for their dual allegiances . |
| 20 | Trainee dealers put on debt collecting for more than a day or two at a stretch would often walk out of Harvard from sheer boredom and frustration . |
| 21 | The environs of the waterfall are pleasant enough and there is no suspicion of the Peril 's dark secret unless a small opening under the overhang of the cliff alongside is noticed : this insignificant hole admits to the largest cave system in the valley , underground passages extending for more than half a mile below and far beyond the road in a succession of tight crawls and large caverns . |
| 22 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 23 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 24 | It has been playing for more than a year at the group 's Palace Theatre in Manchester , and the Playhouse has taken more than £1 million in advance bookings for it since the box office opened last week . |
| 25 | Football , and Swindon Town step up their promotion challenge at Southend tonight … and they 'll be hoping for more than Oxford and Hereford got last night … |
| 26 | The IRA statement of responsibility had incorrectly named another man , the brother of a well-known Belfast republican , as the victim of the shooting , accusing him of having a bizarre paramilitary career stretching for more than a decade . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 28 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
| 29 | Bosses at Reads in Bootle called in the liquidator after battling for more than a year against cash flow problems . |