Example sentences of "[noun pl] for more than a " in BNC.

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1 Bruce Springsteen has been pulling in crowds for more than a decade .
2 ‘ The Cosmological Pictures ’ , which have been winding through West and East European cities for more than a year , arrive at the Tate Gallery , Liverpool , at the end of next month , and Gilbert & George will be pioneering in China with exhibitions in Shanghai and Peking next autumn .
3 This is a scandal not merely because police stations are not equipped to hold prisoners for more than a day or two — everyone from Lord Justice Woolf to the Inspectorate Constabulary has condemned the present arrangement — but because police cells are now being used as a convenience to enable the Prison Department and the Home Secretary to claim that overcrowding in prisons is diminished .
4 Although Mexico accounted in recent times for more than a third of the world 's production of silver , the extraction and working of the metal began there only late in the first millennium A.D.
5 Draft evasion had already been going largely unpunished by Lithuanian authorities for more than a year , and had been steadily increasing : on Feb. 16 more than 5,000 conscripts attending independence day rallies had publicly returned their call-up cards .
6 I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe .
7 There was no room in either of the two books for more than a suggestion of the way a woman might be changed by a complicated political and personal dilemma .
8 Magistrates in Bootle heard that library staff had attempted to retrieve some books for more than a year .
9 As Becky drew her bath , she thought about Daphne 's words , delivered with humour and affection but still highlighting the problems she faced when trying to cross the established social barriers for more than a few moments .
10 The Phnom Penh government has been fighting the Khmers Rouges for more than a decade , but now it needs its old enemy .
11 To date the representation of detailed clinical descriptions for more than a narrow area of medicine has never been achieved by use of an enumerative approach .
12 The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Alan Smith had preyed on youngsters for more than a decade .
13 The Blackbird Leys estate , together with others in Oxford , has been plagued by joyriders for more than a year .
14 The famous Plitvice Lakes — a national reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site — have been in the hands of terrorists for more than a year .
15 If you 're Toronto based , The Briars , a 200 acre world class resort on the south shores of Lake Simcoe , has welcomed guests for more than a century .
16 Thirteen thousand of them were commanded by a helmsman who had n't steered anything without wheels for more than a year .
17 Burnham-on-Sea 's period charm has attracted families for more than a century and offers modern and traditional facilities .
18 If the buyer retains the goods for more than a reasonable length of time without informing the seller that he rejects them .
19 An island of Czech reaction can not survive among its metamorphosed neighbours for more than a geopolitical instant .
20 An island of Czech reaction can not survive among its metamorphosed neighbours for more than a geopolitical instant .
21 Their swollen feet had bled profusely and they had hobbled painfully among the rubber trees for more than a month before they recovered .
22 TONY Greener , who took over as chairman of Guinness last year , has presided over the first fall in its annual profits for more than a decade , reflecting the effects of the recession on sales and margins and the high marketing spending necessary to support the group 's premium brands .
23 Needless to say , the sight of such impressive architecture stimulates me , and I begin to contemplate on how rail travel has been a source of artistic inspiration to passengers for more than a century .
24 It was noted that Stefan did not play with his toys for more than a few seconds before leaving them , so she was advised to reward him for playing longer ( so that he would have less time for wandering out of the house ) .
25 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 .
26 Though the making of contracts with crews had been required of shipowners and masters for more than a century , these had , it seems , been corrupted by the inclusion of conditions which even the courts regarded as outrageous .
27 A cyclist held in prison in Nepal on forgery charges for more than a month has been released .
28 Bosses at Toys R Us , which has been opening on Sundays for more than a year , say the extra day is a definite boost to sales .
29 In 1985 , a primary school headmaster in Cornwall was found , in an inquiry published by the County Council , to have been sexually molesting his pupils for more than a decade .
30 The metal road that left the highway twisted between pine-clad hills for more than a mile before it dropped to the lower level of a wide plateau that stretched along the river cliffs .
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