Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be encouraged to sit for gradually longer and longer periods of time until they can finish their meal in one sitting . |
| 2 | Richard Baxter continued to write and to preach for as long as he could . |
| 3 | But he told the Legislative Council : ‘ We do recognise that the current uncertain situation can not be allowed to continue for much longer and that we will need to gazette the bill if a decision on talks ca n't be reached imminently . ’ |
| 4 | So far about 400 hectares of land have been reclaimed and the programme is to continue for as long as is necessary . |
| 5 | I decided to try for as long as he was trying . |
| 6 | Stereotypes , however false , tend to persist for as long as the social differences and inequalities they reinforce . |
| 7 | While the EEC did not disintegrate under the conflicting pressures , by the end of 1965 the stalemate could not have been permitted to persist for much longer lest the Community itself be endangered . |
| 8 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 9 | She had to talk for as long as he wanted and it was a long time . |
| 10 | It is perhaps surprising , with Healings ' huge mill in nearby Tewkesbury , that a few mills such as Northway and particularly Aston , managed to function for as long as they did . |
| 11 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 12 | Where the court is satisfied , on the application of the official receiver , that the bankrupt has failed to comply with any of his obligations under the Act , it can order that time shall cease to run for as long as or subject to such conditions as it thinks fit ( s 279(3) ) . |
| 13 | I 'm going to live for as long as this forest remains standing . |
| 14 | These penalties , to be sure , fell far short of what she might have expected for speaking out in Stalin 's Russia , which she had continued to admire for far longer than many people . |
| 15 | ‘ Normally you are welcome to stay for as long as you like , ’ he said quietly . |
| 16 | You 're willing to , you 're welcome to stay for as long as you wish or to leave when you wish to leave . |
| 17 | It is an enormous task with over 3700 kms of roads and footpaths to care for as well as around 380 sets of traffic lights , 120,000 street lights , and around 100,000 road gullies . |
| 18 | He admitted : ‘ It 's a nice problem but one I will try to ignore for as long as possible . ’ |
| 19 | Feeding takes place at night and toads continue to forage for as long as conditions are reasonably humid , sometimes for as long as two months . |