Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I have been a member of the board for less than a year , and chairman but a few weeks , I believe I have now been accepted into the bosom of the Athletico family . |
| 2 | They had been moving steadily through a very thick part of the forest in which it was impossible to maintain a constant direction for more than a few paces . |
| 3 | Other nearby springs supplied Frogwell below the Town Hall and the conduit which ran from Springfield into the brewery for more than a century on the perhaps appropriate site of the new Health Centre . |
| 4 | Oh , that 's called a howler , that 's a howler , if you leave your handset off the hook for more than a minute , 25 seconds , or is it 60 I ca n't remember , for a length of time you get the howler . |
| 5 | Mr McDonald no longer drinks but has been an alcoholic for more than a decade . |
| 6 | Schools and their children have suffered change after change for more than a quarter of a century , especially since the Tories came to power . |
| 7 | Inflation is at its lowest level for three and a half years . |
| 8 | His family has been involved in braiding and ropework for more than a century , and four years ago he came to Newtonmore to set up a small , high quality production facility for climbing ropes . |
| 9 | The smaller the unit , the shorter should be the stay inside it — there are very few patients who need to be contained within a locked unit of this kind for more than a few days . |
| 10 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 11 | She suffers from deterioration of the spine , but her family claims she was left sitting on a bed without any back support for three and a half hours . |
| 12 | The effect of Christian Democrat hegemony for four and a half decades has been the perpetual incumbency of a small circle of politicians . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Crawford , who stayed in the play for more than a year before handing over to David Jason , said during its run , ‘ All your career as an actor you dream of having the things written up outside the theatre which are there about me — but now that they 're there it 's in a way the worst thing that could happen to me . |
| 16 | When the judge called the jury back this afternoon they 'd been considering their verdict for one and a half days . |
| 17 | I was with Suu for two and a half weeks in April and I was able to tell her that this was going to happen today . |
| 18 | On the questions of prevention and punishment of crime , the Government have taken committed and sustained action for more than a decade . |
| 19 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 20 | Their success attracted a worldwide following as the Lisbon Lions and their successors dominated Scottish football for more than a decade . |
| 21 | When Mr Bush lost and Mr Clinton became the first Democratic president for more than a decade , the much-valued special relationship between Britain and America suddenly looked decidedly shaky . |
| 22 | The company , which is projecting a $80m to $100m loss for 1992 and a sizeable loss for first quarter of 1993 ended October 31 , also cut another 200 workers before Christmas . |
| 23 | A breathless , pervasive sense of heat possessed her body at every return of the memory and she was unable to remain settled and at ease in her seat for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 24 | What happened was a mixture of biochemical hubris and technical muddled thinking which between them were to confound memory research for more than a decade . |
| 25 | Nigel Gibbon has worked for the Government Legal Service in the Customs and Excise Department for three and a half years . |
| 26 | The Insolvency Act 1986 , which became law on 29 December 1986 , brings about the greatest changes in bankruptcy law and practice for more than a century . |
| 27 | Prices will be announced at Motorfair , but as with Skoda and Lada you should be able to buy this Escort-size car for less than a Fiesta . |
| 28 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 29 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 30 | Omagh boss Paul Kee had been chasing the tall Limerick central defender for more than a fortnight . |