Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] [conj] a quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Runciman had sympathisers within the Federation in favour of a more liberal approach which , he believed , would bring a ready response from Wilson , but they were in a minority to those dominated by the formidable George A. and Cuthbert Laws , father and son , whose implacable anti-union line prevailed for more than a quarter of a century . |
| 2 | It stretches for three and a quarter miles from Leven to the river Hull . |
| 3 | Needing to score quickly , West Indies made 176 at nearly five an over , despite some fine bowling from Snow , when Lloyd declared with five wickets down , setting England the task of surviving for five and a quarter hours or scoring 339 to win . |
| 4 | Now it accounts for less than a quarter . |
| 5 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 6 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |