Example sentences of "be [adj] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer printed report should be annotated to indicate those problems which are outstanding for more than five days or which led to a Change Request . |
| 2 | As I enjoyed the stew I looked at my watch , it was just after mid-day ; I had been asleep for nearly four hours . |
| 3 | The heavy lunch and the wine had made her sleepy , and she took to her bed the minute they returned , only awakening when the hunger pangs assaulted her stomach , to see that she had been asleep for over three hours . |
| 4 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 5 | But it 's been unused for more than two years and is now derelict . |
| 6 | Paula had been dry for almost a year before the taxi fracas . |
| 7 | His father had been right for once : she would make him the perfect match . |
| 8 | problems which have been outstanding for more than five days |
| 9 | West Indian cricket has been strong for so long principally because it is looked upon almost as a religion in the Caribbean . |
| 10 | Writing on a touch sensitive computer screen with a ‘ stylus ’ just like using a pen and paper has been possible for quite some time now . |
| 11 | Few people are offended today , as they were in the last century , by the thought of man and the chimpanzee being classified together by virtue of a common ancestor which has been extinct for probably more than three million years ! |
| 12 | ‘ Whatever intrigue there was between Lotta Petterson and myself died slowly and painfully and has been extinct for much longer than the six months we have gone our separate ways . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Whatever intrigue there was between Lotta Pettersson and myself died slowly and painfully and has been extinct for much longer than the six months we have gone our separate ways … ’ |
| 14 | Car production at Tatra has not been profitable for more than 40 years . |
| 15 | They are triangular in shape with their distal ends in contact , sometimes they are contiguous for slightly more than half their length . |
| 16 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 17 | They had been free for nearly a month . |
| 18 | The army might have been different for here was one ‘ duty ’ I thought I would enjoy , or at least understand . |
| 19 | The lucky ones have found jobs , of course , but many others have now been unemployed for over a year — or even two years in a significant number of cases . |
| 20 | It guarantees a place to anyone aged 18 to 25 who has been unemployed for over six months , and attempts to offer a place to anyone up to 50 who has been unemployed for over two years . |
| 21 | It guarantees a place to anyone aged 18 to 25 who has been unemployed for over six months , and attempts to offer a place to anyone up to 50 who has been unemployed for over two years . |
| 22 | Those currently in receipt of Unemployment Benefit , in other words those who have been unemployed for less than one year , can reopen rights to a further year of unemployment benefit if they work in insured employment for at least eight weeks . |
| 23 | It appears that the unemployed are segmented into two groups each of which is accorded different treatment : those who have been unemployed for more than six months and those who have not . |
| 24 | Roger : Yes , in the ES , East Kent will be running a pilot of people who have been unemployed for more than two years . |
| 25 | Both are doubtful for tomorrow 's trip to Nottingham Forest , along with John Fashanu , Neil Ardley and Lawrie Sanchez . |
| 26 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 27 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 28 | Third , visit popular attractions during lunch ( 12 to 2 ) , or when the afternoon or evening character parades are on ; these are entertaining for very small children , but a bit slow for adults . |
| 29 | The bungalow , in a pretty Worcestershire village , has been empty for nearly a year . |
| 30 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |