Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond the turn of the century , however , the forecast implies a rapid warming into conditions unseen on Earth for a thousand years or more , heralding a super dustbowl era far worse than the 1930s across the Great Plains of North America . |
| 2 | An isolationist king means that the land of Ulthuan can turn in on itself for a thousand years or more . |
| 3 | It rubs hoarding space with Howard Hodgkin , whose paintings sell for a million pounds and more . |
| 4 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 5 | There is evidence that , in living species too , ‘ fossil genes ’ occasionally come into their own again , and are re-used after lying dormant for a million years or so . |
| 6 | A local authority seeking leave to apply for a prohibited steps or specific issue order may therefore apply in the magistrates ' court , the county court or the High Court . |
| 7 | Certain other individuals are entitled to seek a residence or contact order as of right but must obtain leave to apply for a prohibited steps or specific issue order ( s10(5) ) . |
| 8 | A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment . |
| 9 | Lot number one O three Lot number one O three for a hundred pounds and ten , twenty one twenty , any more at one hundred and twenty pounds , at one twen anybody else at one hundred and twenty pounds , any more ? |
| 10 | That the cripple lived near the stream there was no doubt because his crutch prints were heavily marked on the path for a hundred paces or so as though he often came there , but beyond that point there were none . |
| 11 | He walked up the main street for a hundred yards and came to a road off on his right labelled Buller 's Hill . |
| 12 | Certainly , it was quite a strenuous walk — though I can say it failed to cause me any real difficulty — the path rising in zigzags up the hillside for a hundred yards or so . |
| 13 | Scientific and technological advances will help the world deal with greenhouse gases , but not for a hundred years or so . |
| 14 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 15 | For a hundred years or so before the birth of Jesus , Palestine had been under the rule of the Romans . |
| 16 | The wild boar had been hiding behind a large and actually rather unconvincing bush for a hundred years or so . |
| 17 | As this did not seem adequately to reach them , " In this country , we have only generally had waterborne sewage for a hundred years or so . |
| 18 | ‘ If you 're going to be difficult , ’ Adam said , ‘ I suggest that either you wait for a hundred years or agree to reduce the amount payable , by half . ’ |
| 19 | It is not like Hamburg , where they have had a tournament for a hundred years and people would go out and watch tennis at 7 am , even in the freezing cold . ’ |
| 20 | This lasted on and off , for a hundred years and gave the Korean church over 10,000 martyrs . |
| 21 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 22 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 23 | The next stretch northward for a hundred miles or more showed the variety of the Romanian countryside . |
| 24 | Well , for a hundred miles or an hour , but you did a tenth of a mile in a , a thousandth of an hour . |
| 25 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 26 | On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ . |
| 27 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 28 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 29 | When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course . |
| 30 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |