Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for another [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intermittent series based on 50 year averages have also been calculated for another 50 items , and a large number of individual valuations for items which occur only rarely have also been collected . |
| 2 | They are looking for another 90 agents nationwide . |
| 3 | Erm Steve and Mark and I are definitely interested so that 's three people so we 're looking for another three people to share . |
| 4 | The group are staying for another 24 hours , during which they 're hoping whatever did go bump in the night will make a return appearance . |
| 5 | ‘ I have an arrangement to print thousands more , ’ he says , adding , ‘ I hear the HMSO edition will be delayed for another six weeks . ’ |
| 6 | I was to be incarcerated for another two days and nights on a diet of three assorted pills and a curious fizzy powder in a paper wrapper , presented every few hours with instructions in mime . |
| 7 | The main offenders here are non-indigenous natives who have cleared areas ad acres of the best soil , farming it very poorly and working it as though it were a private farm … there is no rotation of crops and no manure applied which means he will soon be looking for another 100 acres of good soil to ruin . |
| 8 | Great Stainton Pub closed : The Kings Arms pub will be closed for another three weeks while internal alterations are carried out . |
| 9 | THE RESULT of a post-mortem examination on a man who died after collapsing at a rave party will not be known for another 48 hours , police said yesterday . |
| 10 | On two occasions we were called into the hospital in the wee small hours , expecting the end — but the dear old rogue had nine lives and , at seventy-nine , he seemed to be negotiating for another two . |
| 11 | One interpretation of the foregoing could be that the red jackets which should have been issued in 1820 were not to be issued for another three years , and the soldiers dressed in white clothing ( and shell jackets ) as much as possible . |
| 12 | It was still early ; the tourist train from Cuzco would not be arriving for another two hours . |
| 13 | With this in mind the Canadian Rugby Union has confirmed that Ian Birtwell 's appointment as national coach will be extended for another four years , placing him in firm control of the key decisions relating to player selection as he looks ahead to 1995 . |
| 14 | Western science — like our medicine — is notoriously dismissive of anything that smacks of the spiritual life that our civilisation seems so carelessly to have thrown away.Yet if we are to survive for another thousand years , we desperately need to rediscover this aspect of being human ; not only as a reaction to the yuppie ‘ me first ’ generation of the Eighties but as the only means of re-establishing the synergy between man and planet.This requires a radical shift in our attitudes . |
| 15 | The emergency import restriction on cultural artifacts from El Salvador has been extended for another three years . |
| 16 | Anyway here 's hoping for another 3 points tomorrow 2–1 will do nicely ( Shame about Manchester not getting the Olympics : - ) ) |
| 17 | Now he 's been banned for another 12 months at Banbury , Oxfordshire . |
| 18 | Co-ordinator Pam McHale said £14,500 had been made available for the Streetlink scheme and that approval was expected for another nine schemes over the next week . |
| 19 | Fifty ( 2.6% ) patients were poorly motivated and information was lacking for another 60 ( 3.1% ) . |
| 20 | Although the Labour Party adopted a policy of ‘ comprehensive education for all ’ in 1951 no political action to implement it was taken for another 14 years . |
| 21 | The strike was continued for another four days , partly to show that it had not been panicked by the killings into throwing up its responsibilities and partly to ensure that persons on unemployment insurance and social benefits received payment for a full week . |
| 22 | The perfusion was continued for another four hours . |
| 23 | After incubation on ice for five minutes with intermittent swirling , another 19 µl aliquot of 0.1% H 2 O 2 was added , and the reaction was continued for another 10 minutes . |
| 24 | Following the re-election of President Junius Jayawardene in October 1982 for a further term , the current term of Parliament , due to expire in August 1983 , was extended for another six years under a constitutional amendment approved by Parliament , the government and a national referendum in late 1982 [ see pp. 32076-78 ] . |
| 25 | Well , she was to dance for another twenty years . |
| 26 | He was banned for another three years . |