Example sentences of "for [adj] [subord] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The surprise is not that an accountant stands for Labour while an iron and steel worker is an Alliance candidate , but rather that the class basis of the two sets of candidates is so distinct . |
| 2 | An inquest has heard that a baby boy , who lived for less than an hour , could have died because of injuries caused by forceps used during his birth . |
| 3 | It is a play for only one performer , and it lasts for less than an hour . |
| 4 | For more than an hour , rockets exploded across the sky — an extravaganza that for many Peking residents recalled not so much the glory of the revolution as the tracer bullets and machine-gun fire of early June . |
| 5 | At Liben railway station in the northern outskirts of Prague , East Germans queued cheerfully in drizzle for more than an hour to enter the departure hall . |
| 6 | He sat for more than an hour alone before dragging himself to the room , shutting the doors loudly behind him as he went . |
| 7 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |
| 8 | Even the elements failed to subdue him — on one occasion he persisted in declaiming from the balcony overlooking the square at Samis for more than an hour , in the course of which a downpour cut the loudspeaker system dozens of times . |
| 9 | These new-look All Blacks , who have been told by management that the often churlish ungraciousness of other recent seasons is not acceptable , stayed for more than an hour . |
| 10 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |
| 11 | And for more than an hour they heard about the glory of steam and engines and old stations . |
| 12 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 13 | Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour , complaining it had not been made clear it was make believe . |
| 14 | For more than an hour he had crouched on the floor , bracing himself as the speed changes of the train and the unevenness of the track destroyed the momentum of his painstaking work . |
| 15 | In this article , by LTP we mean synaptic potentiation , which is both NMDA receptor-dependent and lasts for more than an hour . |
| 16 | MEDICS and police last night worked for more than an hour to rescue a teenage girl who fell 30ft down a railway embankment . |
| 17 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |
| 18 | But this did not delay the charge for more than an instant . |
| 19 | Do not leave the meat in the water for more than an hour or two , for it will soon begin to decay and pollute the water . |
| 20 | They trekked in single file for more than an hour , holding their rifles high in front of their chests , without sighting any animals at all . |
| 21 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 22 | Golding asked to speak to Charlotte alone and Derek was left on an uncomfortable chair in a busy corridor studying a LOCK IT OR LOSE IT poster for more than an hour before being summoned to join them . |
| 23 | It took him two weeks to die and for the second of those we spoke together every night by telephone , often for more than an hour . |
| 24 | So many and so extraordinary were the stories she told me that our trip around his tiny château lasted for more than an hour and a half , with not a boring moment . |
| 25 | Assuming your trip is for more than an hour , the following items are considered pretty indispensable by most mothers . |
| 26 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
| 27 | County secretary Philip August said : ‘ We do n't anticipate any problems after watching Kevin bowl in the nets at Lilleshall for more than an hour . ’ |
| 28 | Muhammad went up the mountain — ; He was up there for more than an hour — |
| 29 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |
| 30 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |