Example sentences of "[conj] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two tram routes departed from opposite sides of the central loading island in the Square , where for many years there was an ornamental drinking fountain and later a stone shelter and underground toilets . |
| 2 | There were furious debates in respect of schemes for Oxford and Bath , but the biggest single reversal of policy concerned London , where for many years three ringways had been in mind . |
| 3 | The move has been initiated in the US , where for some years customers have been removing the skin ( the fattiest part ) from the chicken before eating it . |
| 4 | Clearly it was not a popular revolution in the sense of an uprising by the masses , although popular discontent was widespread , legitimate and frequently manifest : those involved in the transfer of power did not seek to exploit this discontent for their own purposes , either before or for many years after 1868 . |
| 5 | I think , I think , that I think that the children and the pensioners and the sick people of Britain come a long way before income tax cuts next year , or for many years to come . |
| 6 | In the spring we were all working hard to prepare for the June exams , when we were told that for that year , because of the war , examinations would be abolished . |
| 7 | I should perhaps explain that for many years it had been a regulation in UK registered public transport aircraft that when flying below 15 000 feet hand operated microphones were prohibited . |
| 8 | According to Mosley , the interruptions showed the necessity for the fascists to have a defence force and demonstrated that for many years past there had been no freedom of speech in the country . |
| 9 | Family , friends and grandchildren must take the place of the employing organizations that for many years conferred identity , values and status . |
| 10 | There is also general recognition that for many years prisons have failed to meet these objectives . |
| 11 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
| 12 | It is by no means an exaggeration to say that for many years worked conscientiously behind the scenes in the shadow of five successive transport managers who relied heavily on her efficient and accurate administration skills . |
| 13 | Welcoming the company 's plans , DBRW chairman Glyn Davies said that for many years the Development Board had sought to help the company to re-locate and expand while staying in Llanfyllin . |
| 14 | The reason is that for several years to be pro-European meant to be pro-Maastricht . |
| 15 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 16 | My difficulty was further compounded by the fact that for some years my father and I had tended — for some reason I have never really fathomed — to converse less and less . |
| 17 | The position on the particular issue to which the hon. Gentleman refers is that for some years now we have pursued the same policy that the money has been , in the formula applied , additional and is reflected in higher public spending plans , and that it is for the Commissioner to honour the pledge that we have had for years past . |
| 18 | The Minister will know that for some years London weighting has been frozen because the Minister 's policy is to pay just sufficient to recruit and retain civil servants . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a better atmosphere now than for many years — fewer stoppages , better relationships . |
| 20 | If you ask what is the worst that might foreseeably happen , the answer at the start of 1991 is bleaker than for many years past . |
| 21 | The journals were seen to be in better health , both scientifically and economically , than for many years , and plans to take advantage of this situation , in promoting the journals to both authors and subscribers , were approved . |
| 22 | So , at end-1984 , therefore , the nuclear industry is looking more bullish than for many years , despite the fact that the environmentally committed Greens are strongly represented in state and federal parliaments . |
| 23 | Enjoying better health than for many years , he was able to become an active preacher . |
| 24 | There seems at present , however , a better prospect of completing the line than for many years . |
| 25 | Members of the Labour Party were paying more attention to the Communist Party than for many years , largely as a result of the unique impact of foreign affairs . |
| 26 | ‘ Pedestrians will be able to walk and shop in this part of the town in greater comfort and safety than for many years , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The climate for doing so is more favourable than for some years past . |
| 28 | Although for many years retributivism was regarded ( at least in academic circles ) as outmoded and even atavistic , it has enjoyed a major revival in recent years , notably in the forms of the ‘ Justice Model ’ and ‘ law and order ideology ’ discussed later in this chapter . |
| 29 | Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore . |
| 30 | Although for some years now people have been suing them for outrageous sums well beyond any amount that could ever be insured , when it came to the crunch litigants always settled out of court for a far lower figure . |