Example sentences of "be extended for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detective chief-inspector said he was aware a superintendent had authorised the defendant 's detention to be extended for a further 12 hours . |
| 2 | The government had originally announced on Feb. 14 that the election would be held on March 28-29 ; on March 28 it was announced that polling would be extended for a further day on account of heavy rains which had led to voters being discouraged by transport difficulties . |
| 3 | It was also reported in December that a 10 per cent wage reduction for public-sector employees , introduced in the 1989 budget and strongly opposed by the trade unions , would be extended for a further year . |
| 4 | After a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 21 it was announced that the mandate under which the multinational rapid reaction force was stationed in south-east Turkey was to be extended for a further 90 days from Sept. 30 . |
| 5 | The force 's mandate was for six month , and could be extended for a further year at most . |
| 6 | Again the nine children were absent , and the Place of Safety orders were extended for a further twenty-one days . |
| 7 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 8 | I am very pleased to announce that , thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation and family charitable trust , the museums and galleries improvement fund has been extended for a further two years to 1995-96 . |
| 9 | A state of emergency in the Dnestr Republic had been extended for a further two months . |
| 10 | The package , which applied to the current fiscal year ( ending in March 1993 ) , was finally passed on Dec. 10 , after the special session of the Diet had been extended for a further two days . |
| 11 | A SUCCESSFUL after-care scheme run for elderly people at Middlesbrough General Hospital has been extended for a further year , it was announced last night . |
| 12 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 13 | The ban on political activity imposed when the NRM came to power was extended for a further five years in March 1990 . |
| 14 | The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL ) , deployed in southern Lebanon since 1978 , was extended for a further six-month term on July 31 . |