Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] for many [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The castle had not been properly maintained for many years and after the auction it was allowed to crumble .
2 The speculator 's sole intention is to secure a profit without providing any input , even if this is not achieved for many years .
3 Medieval water engineering is now known for many sites , shown particularly well at Rhuddlan in North Wales , Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire and Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire , but smaller schemes too have resulted in great changes .
4 The city is well placed for many excursions to well known Swiss beauty spots and cities because of its excellent road and rail communications .
5 Richardson was the inventor of the cane-spliced cricket bat and a catapult for bowling which was successfully used for many years .
6 Naturally an appeal was made by the McLaren team but the dispute was not resolved for many weeks .
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