Example sentences of "[noun prp] for [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Ermolov had been commanding Russia 's forces in the Caucasus for more than a decade ( and because he was something of a maverick ) , Paskevich had more friends in St Petersburg . |
| 2 | His appointment is part of the most radical restructuring of Whitehall for more than a decade , with the creation of two new ministerial posts . |
| 3 | She had worked in the supermarket off Mulfords Hill for five and a half months . |
| 4 | It was Scott who launched McWilliams on his Irish career after he had come home from England where he had made his start and Pat stayed with Scott for two and a half years before moving on . |
| 5 | Jacqueline has been employed by Basingstoke for two and a half years . |
| 6 | In London this weekend Robert described the revelations from the Clay trial as media sensation , Mr who is still on the payroll , he said has not lobbied for G Tec for more than a year . |
| 7 | The only people who did keep in touch with Ken for more than a block of years in which they were extremely close , only for it all to fade away , were Stanley Baxter and Gordon Jackson . |
| 8 | Ted will always be remembered at Selhurst Park for his full-back partnership with Fred Dawes for three and a half years before the war , when the pair played 106 matches together in the League and Cup for the Palace . |
| 9 | GEC , which has been making fibres for Telecom for two and a half years , says it is aiming to get the cost down to £100 per kilometre by the end of the 1980s . |
| 10 | On Wednesdays in July and August , steam to Levisham for 10.48 and a 3 mile walk with a pub stop , or Newtondale for 14.43 ( 15.14 green days ) and a different three miles — although your ticket is valid for both if you wish ! |
| 11 | you could eat at anywhere in Spain for less than a tenner any day |
| 12 | County secretary Philip August said : ‘ We do n't anticipate any problems after watching Kevin bowl in the nets at Lilleshall for more than an hour . ’ |
| 13 | No-one told him that BCR trains had already been working into Craven Arms for more than a fortnight . |
| 14 | Although Scotland has been a part of the United Kingdom for two and a half centuries , it has never lost its identity as a separate nation . |
| 15 | Whereas Guy had only arrived in the Middle East in 1180 and at the time of his defeat had been King of Jerusalem for less than a year , Saladin had ruled Egypt since 1169 and Syria since 1176 . |
| 16 | Fred Clasper may have moved on to a new fighting ground but he , and men like him , left behind their destructive trade-mark on Britain for more than a decade . |
| 17 | Bilsthorpe colliery , scene of the worst pit accident in Britain for more than a decade . |
| 18 | Oh we were in Catterick for two and a half , three years |
| 19 | The NCCSL works closely with other religious and secular organisations in its efforts to make a contribution towards encouraging and assisting individuals and communities whose lives have been devastated by the ongoing violence and ethnic conflict that have wracked Sri Lanka for more than a decade . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Tory backbenchers voiced their concern that speedy action should be taken over juvenile crime when about 25 MPs met Mr Clarke for more than an hour at a private meeting at the Commons . |
| 21 | And all four of them discovered the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his brand of Transcendental Meditation — and took it seriously enough to fly to India and study at his feet in Rishikesh ( John and George stuck it out for two months , Paul for one and a homesick Ringo for only ten days ) . |
| 22 | Anyway , I looked after Terry for two and a half years . |
| 23 | Watching her , Ross asked smoothly , ‘ Is it going to be a problem for you , staying away from London for more than a few days ? ’ |
| 24 | And she had been in London for less than a month . |
| 25 | Senior Accounts Clerk Elsa Faulds , who has worked with Douglas Reyburn for five and a half years was married to Jim Speirs on 14th September at Darvel Central Church . |