Example sentences of "may last for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time-out may last for five minutes ( no more ) . |
| 2 | A properly conducted Proving may last for many months . |
| 3 | Ants such as leaf cutters , which use reliable supplies of food , lay more permanent scent trails and these may last for many months . |
| 4 | The second interim order may last for six weeks . |
| 5 | If you are having a baby for the first time : Your labour may last for 24 hours . |
| 6 | These effects may last for 3–4 hours post-operatively . |
| 7 | These continuous blasts may last for several hours , and in that time they eject large volumes of ash , which is always new magmatic material , rather than shattered bits and pieces of old rock . |
| 8 | The theory that amplexus is a form of ‘ mate guarding ’ by males , preventing others from mating with the same female , is confirmed by comparing the duration of amplexus in explosive breeding European common frog , only one out Among explosive breeders , competition between males for females is intense and amplexus may last for several days or even for the entire breeding period . |
| 9 | BREASTFEEDING — Suckling ; a still nearly universal way of feeding infants and young children in most developing countries , first exclusively by lactation ( full breastfeeding that often lasts about three to six months ) , then introducing supplementary food ( partial breastfeeding that may last for several years until weaning ) . |