Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , in his final years before retirement , Pepler contributed to procedures , bringing his experience to bear for over a quarter of a century on government departments and officials in them , and between local and central government . |
| 2 | The fuel would have been sufficient to keep the boat going for only a couple of hours , he added . |
| 3 | If you 're travelling at two hundred miles an hour and your mind wanders for even a fraction of a second , it can be fatal . |
| 4 | If the wind died for just a moment ; if she could just get a clear sight of the cockpit … |
| 5 | Why does the snow settle for only a short time on the north west coast ? |
| 6 | In the first Whitehall study risk factors such as age , smoking , systolic blood pressure , height , and plasma cholesterol and blood glucose concentration accounted for about a fifth of the twofold to threefold grade differences in mortality from coronary heart disease . |
| 7 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 8 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 9 | The futuristic hopper calls for quite a bit of disguising . |
| 10 | One such person who a number of us were worried about just did not answer letters or telephone calls for over a year . |
| 11 | The presidential election campaign lasts for nearly a year ; with all the preplanning , advance publicity , and fund raising it lasts for much longer . |
| 12 | If you have not worked regularly at some time since 1978 because you have had to stay at home to care for either a child or a sick or elderly person you may have protected your right to a pension by claiming HRP . |
| 13 | This has been attempted with some success using the gene for human factor IX , though synthesis continues for only a short time , and immune response in the mouse receipients proved a problem . |
| 14 | In the Whitehall II study , differences between subjects in health , health related behaviours , psychosocial aspects of the work environment , and social circumstances outside work accounted for about a third of the threefold to sixfold differences in sickness absence by grade . |
| 15 | The band plays for quite a bit . |
| 16 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 17 | Social security accounts for about a third of total public spending in most western states . |
| 18 | Although cardboard accounts for only a small fraction of waste produced by the company , it has the advantage of being easily recycled . |
| 19 | The strike lasted for virtually a year , ending in April 1985 . |
| 20 | Scotch Whisky accounts for over a third of UK food and drinks exports , and its contribution limited the total food and drink ( F&D ) trade deficit to £4 bn in 1991 . |
| 21 | From forty thousand pounds worth of designer garden to patio displays for just a few pounds — there 's something for everyone . |
| 22 | Also the grass grows for only a short-season , and the amount of hay which can be cut and dried varies from one year to the next . |
| 23 | Control of the existing social machinery counted for quite a lot in this battle ; the reformers forced some concessions but failed to topple the existing hierarchy . |
| 24 | Groundwater accounts for about a third of the public water supplies in Britain ; in the south and east of England dependence on supplies from groundwater is locally much greater . |
| 25 | The ground heaved for about a hundred metres , more turf broke through and the smell increased . |
| 26 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 28 | men who have accepted a system of values by which to live , can not without courting in-efficiency and chaos keep for long a fenced-off portion of their lives where they think and behave according to a contrary set of values . |
| 29 | The Society has for over a year objected strongly to the plan under which the current arrangements for remunerating solicitors on the basis of work actually done are to be replaced by a standard fee scheme from April . |
| 30 | But the illness lingered for over a year , and in the end the doctor decided that she must be suffering from depression . |