Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , the chantry duties of the guilds had been in steady decline since the early fifteenth century , so that by 1547 the majority had for many years been looked upon as burial societies . |
| 2 | The Stewarts reigned for 333 years , through 7 Scottish kings , a queen ( Mary Queen of Scots ) , and 7 monarchs of Great Britain , making theirs the longest monarchical dynasty ever to rule in these islands . |
| 3 | The 39th issue Savings Certs pay 6.75 per cent tax free a year if you leave the money invested for five years . |
| 4 | Capital Bonds pay the equivalent of 9 per cent a year before tax if you leave the money invested for five years . |
| 5 | The course lasts for two years and is a combination of taught lectures , tutorials and practical experience . |
| 6 | An investor who placed £30 a month into the savings scheme for 10 years to March 31 would have amassed £8,495 after expenses . |
| 7 | Blaney 's success in the States lasted for some years and then , in 1910 , the affluent company decided to tour Great Britain . |
| 8 | The annual accounts for that year include the sale of a dead horse for fourteen shillings , and the sale of a live one for fifteen pounds . |
| 9 | On 28 July of that year there appeared in The Seaman a leading article headed " Shall We Shake Hands " , making no apology for the conflicts of the past , but offering to the Federation , as one powerful organisation to another , the hand of friendship provided that it was willing to set aside its " preposterous contention " that all seamen should carry a Federation ticket and further suggesting a joint board along the lines operated for many years by the Durham miners . |
| 10 | It requires even more time and a visit to a hypnotherapist until she can reclaim the knowledge that the abuse lasted for many years . |
| 11 | The win takes Scotland above Portugal and into joint second place with Italy in the battle to qualify for next year 's finals in the US . |
| 12 | The limitation period for actions under the Act runs for three years from the date on which the damage was caused by the defective product . |
| 13 | The contention continued for four years and the underlying reason for it was pique . |
| 14 | The community continued for twenty years under the leadership of his brother John after Nicholas 's death , with an interruption during the Civil War . |
| 15 | Normally , by section 216 of the 1988 Act , the right endures for 10 years from the end of the year in which it was first commercially exploited ( anywhere in the world ) . |
| 16 | The right lasts for 5 years initially from the date of registration but may be renewed in 5 year stages up to a maximum of 25 years . |
| 17 | Effectively , and in a commercial sense , the right lasts for 10 years with the owner being given a five-year breathing space within which to bring articles made to the design to the market place . |
| 18 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 19 | The restriction on the use of the name extends for five years from the insolvency and breach of s216 is a criminal offence . |
| 20 | Worcestershire businessman Tony Mole has pledged an undisclosed sum to keep the wheels rolling for three years … |
| 21 | Thirty-two social workers participated in the study ; 13 used the schedule designed for 3–4 year olds , and 19 that for 16–18 year olds . |
| 22 | An odd proposal , but no odder than the belief sustained for 40 years that the Kuomintang would return to Beijing to rule all of China . |
| 23 | The fact is that the lift worked for ten years with very little maintenance and little stoppage for repairs , except to the track — and even the track could evidently have been put to permanent rights had the study and expenditure been justified . |
| 24 | Together with Dr. Rowland Atkinson , also from Macclesfield , they agreed to a Royalty of one-twelfth ; the lease to run for 21 years . |
| 25 | The government 's own team have recognised that morale in teaching is low and that the position this year is significantly worse than last , yet the government have for this year ignored the findings of that particular report and it 's all tied up with the whole issue of pay , workload etc .. |
| 26 | For the losers it 's back to the mirror to prepare for next year . |
| 27 | LOCAL education authorities want to spend more than £1 billion on school repairs next year , three times the amount allocated for this year , the Labour Party said yesterday . |
| 28 | The solvents persist for many years , and can take a long time to be degraded or removed ; the good news is that , unlike some other forms of pollution , spillages of volatile organochlorines are apparently becoming rarer as awareness of the consequences of poor practice increases . |
| 29 | The number used for last year 's private placement was $325m . |
| 30 | John Lewis , the district manager in charge of Lowermoor , had been voicing his concerns about the safety of the treatment works for some years before the accident . |