Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four of Africa 's most talented peoples — the Ibo , the Bamilike , the waChagga and the Bugunda — have all had their innovative talents circumscribed for many years . |
| 2 | In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want … |
| 3 | As the Potato Marketing Board has for many years worked successfully for the benefit of processors , consumers and producers , does he agree that any proposals to scrap the PMB should be strongly resisted ? |
| 4 | But while the BHRCA speaks for many companies and individuals , it does not represent everyone , or even every sector , and is sometimes at odds with the views of other bodies . |
| 5 | Bernard Baruch spoke for many business people when he complained that the British were quick to moan but not to help themselves by making their economy more productive and competitive . |
| 6 | However , in panic attacks the fear lasts for many minutes compared with only seconds or minutes in complex partial seizures ( unless status develops ) . |
| 7 | Debate as to the relative merits of foot and horse continued for many centuries , and still exists in an attenuated form in the modern technological army . |
| 8 | British industry , the City of London , most of what used to be called Fleet Street , and the economic spokesmen for all the political parties have for many years spoken with one voice on this matter : what Britain required , they all said , was a large , secure home market in which it was possible to benefit from economies of scale comparable to those enjoyed by the Japanese and the Americans . |
| 9 | The wood floated for many weeks , through the many days at sea many things happened like the strange shape it had formed from being slashed off by the sea . |
| 10 | The Department of Agriculture in Scotland has for many years conducted individual farm assessments with appeal committees on which farmers are represented . |
| 11 | Since the work of S. S. Stevens in the 1930s and later , it has been recognized that , although the Weber-Fechner Law holds for many sorts of sensory experience , the exponent varies widely ; nevertheless , the principle of a quantitative correlation between external stimulus , neural activity and experienced sensation remains intact and now appears to be well-established . |
| 12 | HCIMA has for many years been active in accrediting hotel and catering programmes , both in Europe and around the world . |
| 13 | At the NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE , stimulating repertoire enjoys international acclaim and the ALBERT HALL has for many years been a popular venue for classical concerts . |
| 14 | And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings . |
| 15 | The Steering Committee acting for many claimants has advised that all claims concerning cargo should be made to : Charles Taylor & Co , International House , 1 St Catherine 's Way , London El 9UN Tel : 01 — 488 3494 ( contact Mr Charles Mawdsley ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Croydon YHA Group have been organising Wheelchair Rambles for many years . |
| 18 | The keys used for many data files are not suited to any practical self-indexing transformation , so other methods of establishing a relationship between record keys and storage addresses have been developed . |
| 19 | On that rather unsatisfactory agnostic note matters rested for many years until Don Patinkin published his classic work , Money , Interest and Prices . |
| 20 | Bowler posed for many drawings as well as a second major oil , Painter and Model ( Plate 18 ) which Minton undertook at the invitation of the Contemporary Art Society for their ‘ Figures in their Setting ’ exhibition shown at the Tate Gallery in 1953 . |
| 21 | ‘ My mother was a maid in Crystal Springs House for many years , and I used to come here sometimes as a child . |
| 22 | It requires even more time and a visit to a hypnotherapist until she can reclaim the knowledge that the abuse lasted for many years . |
| 23 | Field trials have for many years been concerned with finding a clone less susceptible to frost and this was initially seen as a way of upgrading some of the frost-prone vineyards of the Marne Valley which are traditionally planted with the hardier Pinot Meunier . |
| 24 | Some European and Middle Eastern countries have for many years responded to the resultant labour shortages by " importing " immigrant labour to perform relatively menial and unskilled tasks . |
| 25 | Thus in RW Green Ltd v Cade Bros Farms [ 1978 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 602 , a clause in a contract used for many years , with the approval of bodies representing both sides , was held to be reasonable . |
| 26 | Therefore , retirement constitutes for many people the end of an important element of life . |
| 27 | Margaret Shepherd , whose cafe in Queen Street has for many years been popular with parties of elderly people , said many handicapped groups had cancelled this year because they could no longer walk straight from the cafe to the seafront . |
| 28 | He was successful , and collections continued for many years . |
| 29 | John Elsley spoke for many booksellers up and down the country : ‘ Unemployment and the fear of unemployment have been a major adverse factor , during the year and particularly in the period up to Christmas . ’ |
| 30 | Some of his commissions continued for many years ; at both Chirk Castle and Erddig he supervised the landscaping for twenty-four years . |