Example sentences of "at [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
2 | Between 1713 and 1763 they paid little attention to the colonies in America , and at least for the first half of the period it was hard to see what else could have been done . |
3 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
4 | The imaginary war , at least for the first 20 years after the war , reproduced the solutions of the second world war . |
5 | Consequently , they are best advised at least for the first two years of recovery to concentrate primarily on just the one relevant Anonymous Fellowship . |
6 | At least for the first year ( 1st April 1993–31st March 1994 ) , the vast majority of residential care places in voluntary and private sector residential and nursing homes , and registered supported accommodation , will be purchased on an individual place-by-place basis for each user . |
7 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
8 | ‘ The plates at least for the first four courses are washed as they come out of the dining room . ’ |
9 | My arrival put paid to her travels — at least for the first couple of years . ’ |
10 | Not that she was destined to get any practice at such a mega-speed , since Downes , at least for the first half of the interview , was to enunciate his words with the slow deliberation of a stupefied zombie . |
11 | For some sections of the labour force , prosperous years which had begun in the 1780s continued at least for the first part of the war . |
12 | However , the scientists say they believed the layer would continue to thin every winter at least for the next eight years , after which a ban on use of certain gases will start to have a beneficial effect . |
13 | This further increased its authority and enabled it to keep control over events , at least for the next few months . |
14 | By comparison , the risks of ‘ doing nothing ’ , at least for the next three or four years , are less acute . |
15 | At least for the next few days , allow yourself to be more impulsive . |
16 | For your own good , at least for the next year or so , I think you 'd be best out of the way . |
17 | Prices for Vines 5.50 , which includes StreetTalk , remain unchanged , at least for the next few months . |
18 | ‘ Roger , Roger , ’ he whispered , ‘ I am the Cardinal 's man in peace and war , at least for the next ten years . |
19 | ‘ I 'm here , ’ Robbie snapped , side-stepping him and moving further into the galley , ‘ because I 'm going to live here — at least for the next six months . ’ |
20 | the farmers will hope it holds off at least for the next few weeks . |
21 | SHIPPING giant ACL today pledged to stick with Liverpool at least for the next four years after a new contract was hammered out between the Swedish-owned company and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company . |
22 | She may even concede that hospitalisation is best , at least for the last trimester . |