Example sentences of "remain [adj] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now 45 , Marian decided to remain unemployed for six months so she could see how she felt about work , to settle her daughters and adjust to her new house . |
| 2 | I could neither remain unemployed for eighteen months nor begin a new job now and break off after only a year . |
| 3 | The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more . |
| 4 | Goods and services were classified in three groups : prices for electricity , gas , home heating fuels and rents would be raised on Jan. 1 , 1991 , and remain fixed for one year ; prices of 99 basic products , including bread , milk , meat and children 's clothes , would be adjusted every three months , with equivalent wage adjustments ; and prices of all other goods would be freed from all controls . |
| 5 | That if the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the same shall have become due ( whether formally demanded or not ) or if any covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained shall not be performed or observed or if the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises or any point thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall absolutely determine . |
| 6 | The Crown Estate Commissioners require annual reports which normally remain confidential for four years after termination of the licence . |
| 7 | In other words , if you estimate that your skin could remain exposed for 10 minutes without burning , SPF 15 allows you 15 × 10 minutes , or 150 minutes exposure without burning . |
| 8 | At a site by the Royal Hotel that has remained undeveloped for 40 years , sycamore ( Acer pseudo platanus ) is beginning to appear above a dense patch of buddleia ; the sycamore is probably the natural successor to buddleia in this city . |
| 9 | Thehealthy twins have remained healthy for 21.4 years ( range 8–40 ) after the diagnosis of the matching twins who had ulcerative colitis and for 14.9 years ( range 7–31 ) in the twins discordant with those who had Crohn 's disease . |
| 10 | The churches should remain open for two hours each day |
| 11 | ‘ The lines will remain open for three days , until the next edition of SnitchWatch U.S.A . |
| 12 | The London Stock Exchange requires an open offer to remain open for 15 business days . |
| 13 | If rent remains outstanding for 21 days after the due date , forfeiture proceedings may be brought against a dilatory tenant by a strongwilled landlord . |
| 14 | For taxpayers , there are the building society TESSAs which allow interest to be credited gross , so long as the original capital remains untouched for five years and no more than the net interest is withdrawn . |
| 15 | Example 4:6 Rent geared to subrents receivable YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October in each year per cent of the net rents which the tenant is entitled to receive for the whole or any part of the demised property and calculated in accordance with the schedule hereto SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " full rack rental value " means the best rent at which the demised property ( or as the case may be the part of the demised property in question ) might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing landlord to a willing tenant ( i ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 2 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it is actually occupied ( ii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 3 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) of this lease ( iii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 4 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it was last occupied and in any case disregarding the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of section 34(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and on the assumption that the rent so determined will be revised every five years ( b ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Certified Accountants ( 2 ) If the tenant lets or permits to be occupied the whole or any part of the demised property in return for any pecuniary consideration other than the full rack rental value thereof as at the date of such letting or permission or in return for no pecuniary consideration then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date of such letting or permission and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 3 ) If the tenant himself occupies the whole or any part of the demised property then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date on which he went into occupation and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 4 ) If the whole or any part of the demised property remains vacant for three months or more then at the expiry of such period of three months the tenant shall until the same is next occupied be deemed to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date upon which the said period expired and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 5 ) The tenant shall one month before the beginning of each quarter ( time being of the essence ) deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant showing a true summary of : ( a ) the gross amount of all rents and licence fees which the tenant is entitled ( or deemed to be entitled ) to receive in respect of the demised property and each part thereof for that quarter and ( b ) the amount of any sum included in ( a ) above which the tenant is entitled to recover from any subtenant or occupier of the whole or any part of the demised property either by way of VAT or by way of service charge in respect of services or works performed or to be performed ( 6 ) Subject to paragraph ( 7 ) below the net rents shall be the difference between the two amounts shown in the said certificate ( 7 ) The net rents shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors if : ( a ) the tenant fails to deliver a certificate in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ) above ( in which case the tenant shall pay interest on the net rents at the rate of … per cent from the quarter day in question until payment ) or ( b ) any dispute or difference arises between the parties in connection with the calculation of the net rents ( in which case the arbitrator shall determine the amount of interest if any to be paid by the tenant ) ( 8 ) The tenant shall permit the landlord or his agent to inspect and take copies of the tenant 's books or account or any other document or record ( and if necessary the tenant shall procure any computer print-out ) which in the opinion of the landlord or such agent is relevant to the calculation of the net rents and shall bear the costs of such inspection if there shall be any material discrepancy between the certificate delivered by the tenant under paragraph 5 above and the results of such inspection . |
| 16 | High level waste remains active for 250,000 years and is highly toxic to most life forms . |
| 17 | The Hill of Dreams , one of the period 's most remarkable and decadent novels , was completed in 1897 but remained unpublished for ten years . |
| 18 | The record was anyway there : three world championships , twenty-seven grand prix wins — a record that remained untouched for fourteen years until Alain Prost finally beat it — and a meteoric career . |
| 19 | Work was never started , and the situation remained unchanged for seventy years . |
| 20 | The depictions of the emperor on late Roman gold coins remained unchanged for 150 years from the mid-fourth century ( fig. 18 ) , while the appearance of kings on , say , English silver coins were virtually identical for some three centuries , from the reign of Edward I ( 1272–1307 ) to that of Henry VII ( 1485–1509 ) ( figs. 3 and 19 ) . |
| 21 | Carriage on the railway remained constant for 20 years or more at 413 per ton . |
| 22 | The aircraft remained undiscovered for 15 hours . |
| 23 | Sarajevo airport was closed on Dec. 1 after a UN plane was hit by small-arms fire and remained closed for three weeks due to fighting . |
| 24 | The option is expressed and remained effective for ten years . |
| 25 | He fractured his skull and remained unconscious for 10 days . |
| 26 | The patient remained symptom-free for 5 months , until her health worsened . |
| 27 | In his initial phase of competition , Hunter remained undefeated for eighteen months . |