Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for five years and consists of six appointed Senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 2 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 3 | In many cases , these boats have remained in EC waters for many years and have changed ownership several times . |
| 4 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 5 | Then she stoops for some pebbles and warns that I 'd better come in now . |
| 6 | It is offering rates on hire purchase deals for new cars that make independent finance houses wince — and grabbing greatly increased market share as a result . |
| 7 | Labour present is Neil Kinnock , who speaks for 63 minutes and quotes Robert Frost about miles to go and promises to keep , and about a brighter dawn when poverty , privilege , fear , disease , woe , and war shall live only in the memory of time . |
| 8 | Who asks for tender smiles and licking kisses |
| 9 | They then analysed over 800 one-month spreads for 62 months and came to the following conclusions : |
| 10 | Each walk is on a different theme and lasts for 1½–2 hrs and covers approximately 1½–3 miles . |
| 11 | The walk lasts for three hours and starts from the car park of Middleton Hall , two miles south of Wooler ( ) . |
| 12 | This lasts for three terms and gives you one three hour evening class every week . |
| 13 | Related to this problem is that of making population estimates for new zones that result from overlay operations . |
| 14 | The management contract runs for three years and includes provision for the recycling of clothes , paper , glass , metals , oils and the removal of CFCs from refrigerators . |