Example sentences of "and for many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly he died shortly afterwards and for many reasons it was some months before I used the disc . |
| 2 | Suddenly , there is just the slightest hint that Mr Murdoch is losing the magic touch , and for many investment banks and financial institutions around the world that magic touch was the main reason for backing him . |
| 3 | As we shall see , this typification is a resource used by policemen and women in several situations and for many different purposes , and it has clear relevance in explaining why community relations police in West Belfast retain their commitment despite the difficulties of their task and the restricted nature of their duties . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Midnight passing marks the start of another day , and for many people the start of a good night 's sleep . |
| 6 | Sunday lunch has a suitable sense of occasion about it and for many people it is the only time of the week when they can relax and enjoy a leisurely get-together with family or friends . |
| 7 | Childhood should be a happy time and for many children in Britain it is . |
| 8 | For me and for many , a personal relationship with Jesus started on a Venture ( they were called ‘ camps ’ in my day ! ) and attending and serving on a venture were valuable stepping stones towards greater Christian maturity . |
| 9 | This is an issue which Western Governments and unions are only really beginning to grapple with in the context of the Single European market , and for many that is where the debate will stay for some time . |
| 10 | They are regarded as a valuable source of meat , and for many years also supplied a US market for oil from the pilot whale melon . |
| 11 | Western scientists were not allowed on the scene then , and for many months afterwards had only restricted access . |
| 12 | For most of the remainder , Hitler stood for at least some things they admired , and for many had become the symbol and embodiment of the national revival which the Third Reich had in many respects been perceived to accomplish . |
| 13 | Five years of therapy later , I realise what a lot of ‘ work ’ we did have to do to understand the underlying reasons for my eating disorder , and for many other things in my life , and also to have a wider understanding of eating disorders in general and what they are about . |
| 14 | Many ministers , the most famous of whom were J. Guinness Rogers and A. M. Fairbairn , wrote in the leading monthlies , at least the Liberal ones , and for many years the Congregational minister of Union Chapel , Islington , Henry Allon , edited the much respected British Quarterly Review . |
| 15 | He has long been hailed as a potential leader , and for many on the Right he is still the Thatcherite hero-in-waiting . |
| 16 | Within a decade , Fothergill was able to give Marshall a descriptive account of the flourishing Upton garden acknowledged , he said , ‘ by the ablest botanists we have , that there is not a richer bit of ground in curious American plants in Great Britain ; and for many of the most curious I am obliged to thy diligence and care . ’ |
| 17 | Barber was a member of the council of the Royal Institute of Chemistry ( 1960–63 ) and vice-president ( 1963–64 ) , chairman of the Essex Section ( 1967–68 ) , and for many years a member of other institute committees . |
| 18 | Even so , the tradition of several centuries does not die easily and for many people mind remains opposed to matter , remains the opposite of the body . |
| 19 | The canals of the area had been allowed to deteriorate over many years and for many months of each year could not carry full loads . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , for much of the time and for many places , local particularism was a dominant motif . |
| 21 | And for many smaller powers , the main lesson of the Gulf War may indeed be that , as a result of recent technological advances , the best value for military budgets comes from adopting defensive policies . |
| 22 | Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’ |
| 23 | There were several stations in Colombo and for many years the principal mode of transport within the city was the train . |
| 24 | He exhibits protecting and guarding qualities and for many years has been used as a Schutzhund sport dog . |
| 25 | The two youngest classes in the single-sex secondary moderns were mixed , and for many that was the most disturbing change of all . |
| 26 | The cancer was not eliminated , but its growth ceased , and for many years could be prevented from spreading to distant tissues as long as treatment with hormones continued . |
| 27 | These drugs are still widely used , and for many people one or more of them is a regular part of everyday life . |
| 28 | And for many of us , we only really know we 're alive when we 're consuming . |
| 29 | They are available to businesses of all sizes — and for many different uses . |
| 30 | The milk cows produced quite respectable yields ( 3,200–3,600kg ) , calving regularly and for many years , and able to live out all year round . |