Example sentences of "[verb] for many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts by Latin American Communists to implement the ultra-leftism and isolationism of the ’ Third period' ( tactics which had been formulated to respond to the very different political conditions prevailing in Europe ) resulted in considerable loss of support and influence for many of these parties . |
| 2 | Remaining stocks ( in electrical equipment , mostly ) are being burned , but traces will remain for many years . |
| 3 | They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms . |
| 4 | I have not met many Scottish people who wish to be left exposed to the nuclear blackmail that could come from the huge nuclear arsenal which will remain for many years on the continent and in Russia . |
| 5 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
| 6 | Places reserved for the burial of cremated remains were not likely to be filled for many years — if ever . |
| 7 | FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing . |
| 8 | European astronomers have collaborated for many years through the European Space Agency , which provides some space-science programme . |
| 9 | We have been arguing the point with the inspector at claims branch for many many months and we just seem to go round in circles . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the east , many old Dwarf holds were cleared out , and the power of the Orcs was broken for many years . |
| 12 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 13 | Repeat for many positions of Q . |
| 14 | An Oxford rugby blue in 1959 and 1960 and a keen sailor , Sir Robin , 54 , is remembered by many Whitehall contemporaries as the shrewd captain of the Mandarins cricket team which he led for many years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Therefore , retirement constitutes for many people the end of an important element of life . |
| 17 | Being a teacher today constitutes for many just such an intense set of pressures , stresses , conflicts and uncertainties which often leads people to behave in ways which they do not like , but seem powerless to control . |
| 18 | These images also interact with other texts , particularly newspaper accounts of similar conditions , and combine to confirm for many White spectators that the truth is that housing and employment problems and so on will not go away unless Blacks are sent away or at least have their entry to Britain severely restricted . |
| 19 | I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there . |
| 20 | The publication details major financial losses and fatalities caused by minor events and provides a prescription for reducing these losses , which account for many millions of working days lost each year . |
| 21 | Between them , these bacteria account for many losses suffered by fishkeepers . |
| 22 | These predisposed patterns are known as co-occurrences or collocations , and account for many English word combinations . |
| 23 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 24 | Sometimes this research was located in areas where the effects of human activity had been sustained for many centuries . |
| 25 | Interventions by schools to reduce smoking have been undertaken for many decades , although little attention has been given to assessing their effectiveness . |
| 26 | Stylometric studies may be undertaken for many different reasons . |
| 27 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 28 | The noise of their progress floated back to where Paige and Travis lay hidden for many minutes , before fading away completely . |
| 29 | She lived for many years , and preserved a record that she had been treated with Penicillium . |
| 30 | Patients lived for many years , and some died from causes unrelated to their blood pressure . |