Example sentences of "[vb base] for [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other costs seem equally hard to cut ( staff costs account for less than a third of the total ) . |
| 2 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 3 | Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur . |
| 4 | Such comparison can not justify that performance — nothing can justify leaving 20,000 properties empty for more than a year . |
| 5 | The total number of people waiting for NHS treatment in the UK rose to more than one million in March 1990. 25% of inpatients wait for longer than a year for treatment . |
| 6 | The identities of chemical units that normally exist for less than a microsecond are important clues to how reactions take place . |
| 7 | In semelparous forms , which breed only once , there is often a sudden loss of function after reproduction ; adult mayflies live for less than a week , and male Pacific salmon show catastrophic senescence after their single breeding attempt . |
| 8 | If your symptoms persist for more than a few days , then contact your doctor for advice . |
| 9 | Call your doctor for advice if symptoms persist for more than a few days . |
| 10 | If your symptoms persist for more than a few days , then contact your doctor for advice . |
| 11 | Call you doctor for advice if symptoms persist for more than a few days . |