Example sentences of "[prep] more [subord] a month " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | They reembarked and returned to the UK after more than a month at sea . |
2 | TRAINS moved vital supplies into Soviet Armenia yesterday , ending a blockade of more than a month by workers in neighbouring Azerbaijan , Reuter reports . |
3 | This may mean they have been going together for as little time as a few weeks , and a relationship of more than a month or two may be regarded as serious . |
4 | The Russian plan , probably inspired by the offer of £200,000 from British conservation groups to buy Brightness and his beluga comrade , Gorgeous , who is still free , prompted a furious reaction from British campaigners who fought for more than a month to have the beluga airlifted from Turkish waters to the Arctic . |
5 | Ginseng is another alternative , but it is expensive and should not be taken for more than a month , as doctors suspect it is harmful to those who have high blood pressure . |
6 | And since this means that at least 20 per cent of the captive-bred animals ( with no experience of the wild ) have been shown to be able to hunt for themselves , find shelter from the freezing conditions and evade predators for more than a month , Bob Oakleaf of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department considers the release a success . |
7 | To let them stay — well , not for ever , but for more than a month . |
8 | If we were not away by sunset , there would not be another appropriate departure date for more than a month . |
9 | So I put very little energy into my criminal case partly because I did n't think I would go to prison , and certainly not for more than a month or two . |
10 | Their swollen feet had bled profusely and they had hobbled painfully among the rubber trees for more than a month before they recovered . |
11 | ‘ I had a bite on the top of my head for more than a month . |
12 | If they 've had it for more than a month , encourage them to get out for some fresh air but not too much vigorous exercise . |
13 | Hardly enough to keep a man alive for more than a month or two . |
14 | US State Department official Margaret Tutwiler stated on March 5 that the US government had insisted for more than a month on a public inquiry into the current political violence and had offered technical assistance in its investigations . |
15 | A cyclist held in prison in Nepal on forgery charges for more than a month has been released . |
16 | The attack took place on April 30th and was not reported for more than a month . |
17 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
18 | In Bucharest 's university square , scene of anti-front demonstrations for more than a month now , the debate continued with more accusations of electoral malpractice by the front . |
19 | Quinn said : ‘ I 'm not interested in more than a month on loan here . |
20 | Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour . |