Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terry Venables has sold his twenty-three per cent holding in Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for more than three million pounds and resigned as a director of the club . |
| 2 | This includes sharing ‘ works ’ to inject a drug , repeated use of medical injection equipment for more than one patient , and re-use of acupuncture , tattooing , or body piercing needles without proper sterilization . |
| 3 | ‘ I WILL be back at work for my shift tonight at 10.30 ’ — miner Bernard Amos after being trapped by a roof fall for more than eight hours . |
| 4 | helping someone with an entrance exam for there and it 's very very stiff competition |
| 5 | They would n't need to use speed control for long because most phrases and names are frequently repeated . |
| 6 | specialist or something or , or training to do , and I says well what , what do you pay his car insurance for then if his working ? , oh well he does n't earn enough |
| 7 | Antinou can turn out boxer shorts for less than 50p a unit . |
| 8 | Since the implementation of this legislation in 1978 , only married women and widows already paying reduced contributions could continue to do so , provided they did not leave the labour market for more than two years . |
| 9 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 10 | True drama unfolded in the third round of the Men 's Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy for more than one reason , as reigning champions David Lloyd , Slazenger Heston were almost certainly dethroned by event newcomers Royal Berkshire , and Team Excel Bath missed out on a golden opportunity to displace last year 's Area 8 champions West Hants . |
| 11 | Newcraighall was a mining village for more than 150 years up to 1968 . |
| 12 | On the basis of the present study , patients with two or more of the following risk factors — prior slow healing , smoking , a large ulcer , prior complications , and multiple ulcers — should receive treatment with a histamine H 2 receptor antagonist for more than four weeks . |
| 13 | Kepler Wessels leads out his young South African side for the Republic 's first official Test match for more than 22 years . |
| 14 | Mr Clark Hutchison , known as an opponent of the European Community and Scottish devolution , represented the Edinburgh South constituency for more than 22 years after winning the seat in 1957 . |
| 15 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 16 | Later she transferred to BNFL where she was secretary to Con Allday for more than 16 years and then to Sir Christopher Harding . |
| 17 | It is gratifying to see such a reference book for less than thirty pounds , another factor that should prompt members to invest in this handy anatomy guide . |
| 18 | Its the first new release of the expert system for more than two years and Perez promises updated versions every twelve months from now on . |
| 19 | The opposition of knitters to increasing mechanization was to be a continuing theme in the hosiery industry for more than two centuries , culminating in the so-called Luddite Rebellion . |
| 20 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 21 | In 1970 the first Congressional reform bill for more than two decades was passed — the Legislative Reorganization Act . |
| 22 | In all cases , hypoxaemia ( defined as <90% saturation , measured by pulse oximetry ) occurred when the patients breathed room air for more than 5 min . |
| 23 | Rice — the staple food for more than two billion people — is a monocotyledon , one of the hardest types of plant to manipulate genetically . |
| 24 | Before you move on , I 'd like to introduce you to Maggie who will be one of the role play customers for today and tomorrow . |
| 25 | Editor 's note : The 21 hour rule says that anyone attending a further education course for more than 21 hours a week is not entitled to Income Support . |
| 26 | She has now been a ticket collector for more than 15 years and has won a radio and a newspaper award for her personality and popularity with passengers . |
| 27 | The National Council of Industry Training Organisations — NCITO — are the umbrella body for more than 100 industry training organisations , responsible for the training of 22 million people . |
| 28 | A Women 's Royal Voluntary Service organiser for more than 38 years , Eileen says : ‘ Honours should be given to people who decide to work voluntarily in the public interest . |
| 29 | A typical print-order for an OFT credit booklet would be in the region of 150,000 — that is to say , one credit booklet for more than 200 people of credit-using age . |
| 30 | TOPLESS model turned singer Sam Fox is suing her father Patrick for more than £1 million . |