Example sentences of "for [adj -er] [conj] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A study of people using a shelter in Boston found that although 30 of the 68 respondents were suffering from a psychosis , only five had been admitted to hospital for longer than a year in total . |
| 3 | A survey of 124 homeless men using a Salvation Army hostel found that over half were suffering from mental disorders but only seven had been admitted to hospital for longer than a year . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patients are waiting for longer than a year for treatment ; and what was the corresponding figure for 1979 . |
| 5 | Moreover , in July 1991 unemployment benefit was to be abolished and replaced by a short-term " job search " allowance and a " new-start " allowance for those unemployed for longer than a year . |