Example sentences of "for [adj] length of time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 2 | Thus , if the total award is large enough ( say , reflecting three years ' employment and loss of salary and contract benefits for that length of time ) , an ex gratia payment will not reduce your former employer 's legal liability towards you at all . |
| 3 | She had clung to the hope even for that length of time , but it had never happened . |
| 4 | His ability to A function as a surveillance office and B to function as a armed officer after being maybe in the er in a vehicle for that length of time er is both dangerous to the public and dangerous to him . |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 7 | Will you have enough to do down there for that length of time Christine ? |
| 8 | Will you have enough to do for that length of time . |
| 9 | Well it 's not because , because I object to the phone being taken out of commission for that length of time |
| 10 | I think , then what on earth does he want to be on the phone for that length of time for . |
| 11 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
| 12 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 13 | If either of these conditions is not met locally , the search algorithm will have to pursue a number of hypotheses in parallel for some length of time . |
| 14 | Until the mid-seventeenth century the essential distinction ( oversimplifying somewhat ) was that between ambassadors , either ordinary ones resident for some length of time or extraordinary ones sent for some special and limited purpose , and lesser diplomatic representatives referred to by a variety of different titles — resident , minister , agent , etc . |
| 15 | The intention of a Gift Aid scheme is to encourage giving without the donor being tied to a particular charity for this length of time . |
| 16 | Dr Einon says : ‘ What is absolutely certain is that playing the game for this length of time did not make his scores worse . ’ |
| 17 | Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time . |
| 18 | As for their children , they would not be allowed to live in Britain for any length of time , and while they were here they would be prevented from attending school . |
| 19 | It is the only instance in British industrial history when the vast majority of the organized working class have given their industrial , financial and moral support to one group of workers for any length of time . |
| 20 | Any new food regime has to be simple to follow if you are to stick with it for any length of time . |
| 21 | It is almost impossible to keep such a tight regime going for any length of time . |
| 22 | Crash diets are very difficult to keep to for any length of time . |
| 23 | You should try to find a copyist … wherever you stay for any length of time . |
| 24 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 25 | Here , the ocean is the only large store of water and the only place where a water molecule stays for any length of time . |
| 26 | As its name implies , the infection attacks the lymphatic system , and , although the disease is localized rather than systemic , it can produce considerable destruction of tissue near the genitalia , particularly in women , if allowed to continue untreated for any length of time . |
| 27 | The advent of commercial and domestic freezing equipment means that what we eat is no longer limited by the time of year — although whether you consider the flavour of food which has been deep frozen for any length of time to be as good is another matter . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 29 | When you have used a certain rod for any length of time you become accustomed to its ‘ feel ’ . |
| 30 | It was suggested in Chapter Four that people who possessed three specific characteristics would have been highly unlikely to remain at home for any length of time . |