Example sentences of "stay [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , those who squeezed him out were at pains to say Young was staying on as Young Group chief executive . |
| 2 | The percentage of young people staying on in full-time education after the legal minimum leaving age has increased during the last decade , as Figure 12.1 shows . |
| 3 | Even Jenny — clever , perceptive Jenny — had been impressed by Damian Flint , had found him apparently irresistible , staying up till early morning with him , discussing love ; and how that galled her , how it angered her . |
| 4 | APRIL 1992 IT 'S four months ago and Johnny , working hard keep up his ‘ financial adviser ’ image , stays out of touching distance as he and Fergie walk out in public during their visit to Phuket in Thailand |
| 5 | Compared to our competitors , not enough of our young people stay on to post-compulsory education . |
| 6 | They 're waterproof , too , and stay on through vigorous activity . |
| 7 | Sixty per cent of 16 year-olds stay on in full-time education , up from only 40 per cent in 1979 . |
| 8 | 75 per cent of 16 year-olds stay on in full-time education or Youth Training schemes , up from 46 per cent in 1979 . |
| 9 | Only 35 per cent of young people in Britain stay on in full time education and training . |
| 10 | Several authorities increased their maintenance allowances , paid to the children of very poor families to stay on at secondary school , –5 to compensate for the failure to raise the school leaving age to fifteen , scheduled to take place in 1939 , but held back by the war . |
| 11 | O&M 's current chairman and ceo Graham Phillips is to stay on as vice chairman . |
| 12 | The general trend appears to have been towards making it more difficult for people to stay on in full-time employment after 65 ( Heron and Chown 1961 ) . |
| 13 | Andrew Stavanger stayed on as managing director of the shipping company , with a seat on the board of the group . |
| 14 | After his party 's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election , Ellis stayed on as chief whip . |
| 15 | In Moscow yesterday Mr Yeltsin — whose mother died at the weekend — stayed out of public view for the second day , letting his aides keep up the political pressure . |