Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Institution of Civil Engineers said in evidence to the Lords : ‘ The fact that there has been no major disaster in the United Kingdom for more than 50 years should not be allowed to obscure the ever-increasing danger in the future . |
| 2 | Phil Richardson , who died at King 's Norton , Birmingham on April 18 , aged 64 , was a stalwart of Moseley Ashfield for more than 25 years after the Second World War . |
| 3 | And socialist governments had worked well in West Germany for more than 10 years . |
| 4 | Anthony Bowles , 61 , known as Ant to his friends , was a familiar face in London 's West End for more than 25 years . |
| 5 | He warned that the project would change the character of the West End for ever and lead to a ribbon of development between Darlington and Croft . |
| 6 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 7 | In the Squidgy tapes , the Princess talked fondly of Mara , who has run the restaurant with her husband Lorenzo Berni for more than two decades . |
| 8 | TWA 's marketing senior vice president , Bob Cozzi , said : ‘ TWA has served Great Britain for more than 40 years and looks forward to providing the only service by a major U.S. carrier to Stansted . |
| 9 | Buccaneers have been serviced at RAF Abingdon for more than twenty years . |
| 10 | Splendid beaches , clean and sandy , breast the Indian Ocean for more than 20 miles , all within easy reach of central Perth . |
| 11 | Galal , from Egypt , has fetched and carried goods round Le Sentier for more than three years . |
| 12 | Sir Patrick Mayhew , the new Northern Ireland Secretary , said in Belfast yesterday that people in Britain would have to face terrorist attacks with the same resilience , stoicism and bravery shown by the people of Northern Ireland for more than 20 years . |
| 13 | I add my voice to the condemnation of the activity of the Provisional IRA which has pertained in Northern Ireland for more than 20 years and which in this case was clearly sectarian as it killed seven Protestant workers . |