Example sentences of "for long than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 2 | Although this is a fair wage , it is n't going to sustain a rock ‘ n ’ roll superstar lifestyle for longer than a few weeks , so it is only by sensible use of budgets that the real size of the advances can be put in context . |
| 3 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 4 | She had always been too conscientious , never spared herself , been afraid to leave him for longer than a day , she deserved a rest , a holiday . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If you want to head off into the higher mountains , cross-country skiing is n't the best sport for children : the effort , though not strenuous , is constant , and children under ten could tire if asked to ski for longer than a half-day . |
| 7 | When the AccuCard detects an interruption in power , it warbles , gives you the ‘ brownout ! ’ message , and if the condition continues for longer than a second it 'll save the disk . |
| 8 | Bellsdyke unit requires nursing staff to inform medical staff and the ICN if three or more patients have symptoms of enteric illness , or if an individual has diarrhoea for longer than a day . |
| 9 | Spiders can live for several days without food , but if you keep a spider for longer than a few days , you must feed it . |
| 10 | Unlike in certain other European countries , British labour law sets no maximum duration to a temporary employment relationship , whereby all persons employed for longer than a certain period of time automatically have permanent status . |
| 11 | I did manage to lose half a stone ( 7lb/3kg ) , but I was so hungry all the time that I would not keep the diet up for longer than a month . |
| 12 | I never stayed in one job for longer than a month . |
| 13 | Even if her scheme permits her to make additional pension contributions to make up for missing years of service , such payments will cost her more than would be the case for a man of the same age and salary status , since the arrangements assume that a woman will live longer and therefore claim benefits for longer than a man . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Alamena knows we ca n't stay in each other 's company for longer than a minute or two without quarrelling . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , Griffin et al found in 10% of their patients that oxygen saturation dropped below 90% for longer than a minute even when supplementary oxygen was used and only modest doses of sedative had been given . |
| 20 | But she knew that telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they were did n't change anything for longer than the moment of the lie . |
| 21 | The landaus have been part of the scene for longer than the trams . |
| 22 | In fact at room temperature a diamond will survive for longer than the present age of the Universe . |
| 23 | THE drivers of three 30-tonne lorries were able to stay behind the wheel for longer than the legal limit because they managed to cheat the ‘ spy in the cab ’ . |
| 24 | THE drivers of three 30-tonne lorries were able to stay behind the wheel for longer than the legal limit because they managed to cheat the ‘ spy in the cab ’ . |
| 25 | Although it is the Lord Chancellor who makes orders closing records for longer than the normal thirty year period , in practice he is bound to rely on the advice of other departments . |
| 26 | But the existing offspring may benefit more , may need a little bit of extra milk , so the existing offspring may try to erm , demand more milk , or at least milk for longer than the mother to supply . |
| 27 | On May 5 Mujjaddedi , who had already indicated that he might remain as interim president for longer than the specified two months , appointed a Cabinet ( most members in an acting capacity ) in a move regarded by some commentators as a violation of the Peshawar Accord . |
| 28 | Even if they were noted , they might not survive for longer than the solution of the particular case or point . |
| 29 | Time spent outside this range for longer than the 90th percentile in normal subjects implies an abnormal pH exposure . |
| 30 | A shame , a shambles , a fiasco and a farce ; that 's the damming verdict on this year 's Grand National and the arguments about what went wrong and why will be running for longer than the race . |