Example sentences of "stay [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to our competitors , not enough of our young people stay on to post-compulsory education . |
| 2 | They 're waterproof , too , and stay on through vigorous activity . |
| 3 | Sixty per cent of 16 year-olds stay on in full-time education , up from only 40 per cent in 1979 . |
| 4 | 75 per cent of 16 year-olds stay on in full-time education or Youth Training schemes , up from 46 per cent in 1979 . |
| 5 | Only 35 per cent of young people in Britain stay on in full time education and training . |
| 6 | But those who stay only for short periods of weeks or months are much more likely to be suffering from serious mental disorder than long term residents . |
| 7 | Usually , I stay away from other Dreamers . |
| 8 | If she sat beside him her head would loll onto his shoulder and stay there for long moments . |
| 9 | Within five years , half of all non-custodial parents ( usually fathers ) have remarried , creating some full-time and some part-time step-families where children visit or stay overnight for short periods ( Leete and Anthony , 1979 ) . |