Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [art] longer [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Patten is looking at plans for a longer school day after a Government probe into 15,000 schools in England found youngsters are not getting enough tuition . |
| 2 | Young people from working-class backgrounds , for instance , are more likely to spend time with a boy/girl-friend whereas young people from G middle-class backgrounds continue to move around in mixed sex groups for a longer period , perhaps anticipating an extended period of dependence on parents as they head for further or higher education . |
| 3 | An intensive marketing campaign early in the year encouraged more small and medium sized Glasgow companies to offer training and employment opportunities for the longer term unemployed . |
| 4 | Two CDU politicians , in comments seen as trial balloons for a longer debate , argued at the weekend that Bonn 's laws should allow dual citizenship to extend full rights to foreigners living in Germany for decades . |
| 5 | The group left with tearful farewells for Plymouth where they 'll be spread amoung different families for a longer stay . |
| 6 | You need to know what you are suffering from in case you will have to make arrangements for a longer stay at home in bed . |
| 7 | Similar strategies have been pursued in most Western European and Australasian democracies for a longer period , notably in the UK , where limits on what parties can spend in local constituencies are remarkably stringent . |
| 8 | The small girl who was once told to be a little lady need now only be a girl and , indeed , boyish behaviour is smiled upon in girls for a longer period than the opposite is approved in boys . |