Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In cold temperatures the eggs are very resistant and can survive for over a year in soil . |
| 2 | If unopened , perfume will keep for about a year . |
| 3 | It is made from fermented soya beans and the whole process of producing the sauce should take at least a year . |
| 4 | Mr Graham White , of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust , said : ‘ It will take at least a year or 18 months of continuous rain to bring this river back to what it once was , and persuade the swans to stay . ’ |
| 5 | According to one estimate in the Financial Times of Feb. 28 , it would take at least a year to restore full electricity supplies to the capital . |
| 6 | It can thus invest on the assumption that the contract will not last for merely a year . |