Example sentences of "[noun sg] for many [noun] " in BNC.

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31 It is used as base for many cocktails , but one of my favourite ways of serving the stuff is with a little help from the hedgerows .
32 It is also used for the teaching of study skills to S1 and S2 classes and as a resource base for many subjects .
33 John played a leading part in the DTI 's support for the IT industry and research base for many years , and I know that he will be greatly missed by all involved .
34 The open-top Dreadnoughts and Toastracks had been the mainstay of the Promenade route for many years , and Manager Luff proposed to replace them with modern equivalents .
35 None of us had been outside the camp for many months and every field seemed infinite and exciting .
36 Biostratigraphic research provides essential stratigraphic support for many core activities both onshore and offshore .
37 Specialist studies in biostratigraphy , sedimentology and mineralogy provide essential stratigraphic support for many Core activities both on land and offshore .
38 One of the most expressive highlights of the vibrant and thriving cultural life of Belfast is the annual Belfast Festival which has enjoyed Guinness support for many years .
39 Sir John and his beautiful wife , Mrs Leybourne Popham , enjoyed the ownership of Littlecote for many years and their descendants for generations afterwards .
40 Mrs Hillaby 's father , he was clerk of the course for many years , as was his father before him and his father before him .
41 The highlight of the course for many pupils is definitely the extended project which they carry out over the first two terms , tapping the wide network of apparatus available in the Department for work at this level .
42 Sweden is suffering from its worst recession for many years ; with rising unemployment and economic uncertainty ahead , companies are restructuring to face the storms .
43 The 1991 results are likely to be poor but , as the dominant UK credit insurer operating in the longest and deepest recession for many years , one can hardly expect to see good figures .
44 It is not known when he died but one hopes that he did not have to endure such a miserable existence for many years .
45 It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries .
46 The Beacon had been in existence for many years and in the past had catered for up to thirty children with a wide range of disabilities and needs .
47 We try to run a commercially oriented operation , but the profit is purely a method of ensuring that we can continue in existence for many years to come .
48 The Village Trust is a respected body which has been in existence for many years .
49 Group savings schemes and such like which have been in existence for many years .
50 The GCHQ spy centre in Cheltenham justified its existence for many years as a legitimate weapon of the cold war .
51 Mixed exhibitions are ideal for spotting talent ahead of the market , as well as being a significant source of income for many artists .
52 It has been the most exciting election for many years , with the issues exhaustively exposed , and the result hanging in the balance until the end .
53 The available evidence suggests that this has become less of a choice and more of a necessity for many people .
54 Christine Brooke-Rose , for instance , is a bilingual English critic and novelist , who taught in a Paris university for many years .
55 He was established as a lecturer in natural philosophy at Edinburgh University for many years , but it was not until the age of fifty-eight that his first publication is recorded , when his work on the structure of crystals culminated in his report ‘ on a method of so far increasing the divergence of the two rays in a calcareous spar that only one image may be seen at a time ’ ( Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , vol. vi , 1829 ) .
56 He met his promise to reduce Federal government activity by transferring responsibility for many welfare and social programmes to the states and the cities .
57 Thus , a facility which at first appeared a useful addition to arts development resources had become a source of extra responsibility for many advisers , consuming time they could ill afford .
58 When a brownie adopts a house he happily takes responsibility for many household tasks , which he performs at night .
59 He sits as a judge in the House of Lords , where he also acts as Speaker ; he is a cabinet minister and advises on constitutional issues ; and his department , established in 1885 , is our nearest approach to a Ministry of Justice and has responsibility for many aspects of the legal system .
60 Bedale was then a busy Crown office with a full staff , a sorting office and responsibility for many sub-offices in Wensleydale villages stretching to Hawes and the Cumbrian border .
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