Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having led the world into polyester fibre and been highly profitable for many years , we lost the lead position due to a combination of circumstances . |
| 2 | With turnover having been so sluggish for two years some works at the Biennale had been déjà vu at other fairs . |
| 3 | If , as seems likely , the Czechoslovak economy has been largely stagnant for 15 years then it is hard to see how domestic resources could be enough . |
| 4 | The pub has been largely unchanged for 100 years but owners Bass took advantage of development planned in the next door antiques market to announce a drastic redevelopment . |
| 5 | What about the psychologists ’ criticism that atoms and molecules are conceptually unsuitable for nine year olds ? |
| 6 | Although a new report has been able to identify the gene defect ( mutation , deletion , or insertion ) in 53/79 cases , these tests are unlikely to be widely available for some years and are very labour intensive . |
| 7 | A : Journalists always make the assumption that to be married for a number of years is to be happily married for those years . |
| 8 | An economy that had been virtually self-contained for 20 years after 1945 suddenly found itself severely tested by international competition . |
| 9 | People living on the riverbanks ca n't remember it being so bad for many years and if there 's rugby here tomorrow , then the players will be in for an early bath . |
| 10 | But yes , as it happens , Bernard and I were happily married for fifteen years , in the face of all likelihood , and against the prognostications of our friends . |
| 11 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 12 | The funding is now secure for three years . |
| 13 | Another penalty is therefore likely for that year . |
| 14 | ‘ When I went to see him , he had been very ill for three years . |
| 15 | I HAVE been happily married for five years and we have two children . |
| 16 | I HAVE been happily married for five years and we have two children . |
| 17 | The data on the proportion infecund are based on self-reported infecundity ( i.e. the female respondent stated that she is infecund ) and on behavioural infecundity that was indicated if a woman who was continuously married for five years prior to the survey and did not use contraception had no birth during that interval . |