Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Family , friends and grandchildren must take the place of the employing organizations that for many years conferred identity , values and status . |
| 2 | There is also general recognition that for many years prisons have failed to meet these objectives . |
| 3 | Many have been homeless , not just for the past six months but for several years and they have been pushed from pillar to post within that area . |
| 4 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 5 | There were apparently no immediate takers as for some years Charles continued to run Eastington 's three mills , but now in conjunction with Beards and Bonds Mills , just outside the parish . |
| 6 | One problem was immediately clear : nearly all the large shops have contracts with waste paper merchants or waste disposal companies and for some years , at least , it would be necessary to collect the waste from the contractors , not the shops . |
| 7 | There were several stations in Colombo and for many years the principal mode of transport within the city was the train . |
| 8 | The shop 's three glass doors and old-fashioned set of windows were all adorned with window boxes and hanging baskets and for several years it won a Bath Festival award for the best floral shop facade in the City . |
| 9 | With the Hammersmith team he took part in the evolution of the heart-lung machine and for some years the Melrose pump-oxygenator was the standard in Britain . |
| 10 | For interest shejoined the Southwark ordination course to study Theology and for some years has written a regular Bible commentary for her Parish Magazine . |
| 11 | Intended for the priesthood , Diderot lost his faith and for some years scraped a living as a tutor , hack journalist and translator . |
| 12 | Despite having an income and for some years an indulgent father , the task of raising them can not have been easy . |
| 13 | The Platinum Award has become a regular feature of Edinburgh College of Art 's jewellery curriculum and for several years students from the section have made it to the finals — frequently winning at least one of the prizes . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Long after he left to become a flight engineer it continued to light them through the war and for many years after . |
| 16 | This reticence is all the more striking when contrasted with the plethora of Second World War movies made both during the war and for many years afterwards . |
| 17 | Clearly , for the moment and for some years to come , the prospects are slight . |
| 18 | That was the case throughout my pre-war playing days and for many years afterwards . |
| 19 | For much of the interwar period and for some years after 1945 , the judges seemed to withdraw from the conflict or , when asked to intervene , tended to adopt a neutral position . |
| 20 | What has proved to be a thorny problem , not just during the past four years but for many years before , is the basis for financing all the services provided by local authorities and the level of services that should be provided . |
| 21 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 22 | Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis is a former European Commissioner and for many years he was in the House . |
| 23 | In 1909 Trevor moved to Hampstead and for several years worked as a professional photographer . |
| 24 | He exhibits protecting and guarding qualities and for many years has been used as a Schutzhund sport dog . |
| 25 | His father was a tailor and for some years the young Steen helped him in his business . |
| 26 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 27 | The Japanese learned that their Far Eastern neighbours were better at making portable radios and black and white televisions and for some years now have passed over production of these items when only 10 years ago they were world leaders . |
| 28 | Directly directly B T started erm saying well thirty thousand employees will go this year under B T ninety-two scheme i.e. they will go at fifty , they will draw their pension at fifty , which is n't the trust deed and for many years Inland Revenue point blank refused to let anybody draw a pension below sixty . |
| 29 | Poorly appreciated during his life and for many years after his death , this period of his work was reassessed by a touring exhibition sponsored by the Hayward Gallery in 1981 , but a substantial group of his later canvases has never been shown in the context of his whole development . |
| 30 | As , chairman of the ASB said : ‘ Merger and acquisition accounting produce radically different reported profits and group balance sheets both in the year of the transaction and for several years after . |