Example sentences of "for some considerable [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drive on the wrong side of the road for some considerable distance which actually amazes me , I 'm sitting there lawfully in the queue and someone comes whizzing by on the right er without any sight of the traffic coming the other way , er interestingly we did have the police er have had the police up there monitoring the situation . |
| 2 | They use it for official purposes and are likely to continue to do so for some considerable while . |
| 3 | Hibernation mortality may also account for some considerable part of cave bear mortality in European cave sites ( Kurten , 1958 ) . |
| 4 | It is a privilege enjoyed by everyone in this country but because the library profession has a responsibility for some considerable part of the provision of and access to literature and information , there is a heightened obligation for the library profession in the UK to resist censorship with a much greater collective and individual will than it has tended to show in the past . |
| 5 | Sir : Your leading article ( 4 October ) is without doubt the most vitriolic piece of anti-trade union bigotry I have read in a serious newspaper for some considerable time . |
| 6 | This country has a static but ageing population and will continue to have one for some considerable time ahead even if the birthrate kicks upward again . |
| 7 | Playing hard to get is a game which can go on for some considerable time , especially if one has as ardent a suitor as the French . |
| 8 | After waiting around for some considerable time to see if there was any chance that Elector Carl Theodor would offer him even a temporary appointment , Mozart was informed that it was not to be . |
| 9 | It was the slumber of a man who had been at his cups for some considerable time . |
| 10 | After symptoms of infection have disappeared , the virus may stay around the body for some considerable time , and it is often possible to grow it as long as one year after the infection has taken place . |
| 11 | The leading members of the Council remained loyal to the planners and to the housing policy for some considerable time . |
| 12 | Organisations have known for some considerable time that the acquisition , distribution and effective use of information is a key factor in gaining a competitive advantage . |
| 13 | In the far more complex factory environment the skilled maintenance engineer is likely to have a role for some considerable time yet . |
| 14 | This brother had been working in Derby for some considerable time . |
| 15 | Some parents even said they had been aware of being watched for some considerable time . |
| 16 | WITH Saturn influencing your base in life , it may be that you have not felt out-and-out joy regarding the home itself or your relationship with one or two members of the family for some considerable time . |
| 17 | Normally , I would have withdrawn all future leave for some considerable time , but under the circumstances , such action is impossible . |
| 18 | Yet in racing , in export credit guarantees and elsewhere , the Chancellor was reacting late in the day to complaints that had been clearly audible for some considerable time . |
| 19 | Although it has been in existence for some considerable time , train operation for passengers has been provided by battery-electric power . |
| 20 | Or was it possible for one individual to be in the position of a net ‘ receiver ’ for some considerable time because of an expectation that they would be able to reciprocate at some stage in the future ? |
| 21 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 22 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 23 | This last great problem features an unprotected crux 30 feet up with a landing that would keep the local casualty department busy for some considerable time . |
| 24 | The employer could even suspend production and live off his wealth for some considerable time . |
| 25 | Other armies , like the Israeli and South African ones , had been in a state of armed conflict for some considerable time . |
| 26 | For some considerable time the stone provided a ceremonial seat for the inauguration of High Kings of Ireland until one of them , Fergus MacErc , became ruler of the new kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll , and took the stone with him to the fortress of Dunadd . |
| 27 | He wrote to thank the Goldsmiths , but also had the temerity to ask " if they considered him bound to continue in his office for some considerable time longer and not to seek a more remunerative one " . |
| 28 | In summary , we can say that rugs were used by a number of civilizations , ranging from Greece through to Central Asia , during the first millennium BC , and were probably in existence for some considerable time before . |
| 29 | Not many miles away , two estates meet , between Wootton and Steeple Barton , precisely where they met in a charter dated 958 , and possibly for some considerable time before that . |
| 30 | Young Richard would be kept busy with his learning for some considerable time yet , Cissie would not be ready to come home until tea-time , and David had warned her that it would be late when he and his ‘ father ’ returned , especially as Luther had expressed a desire to ‘ celebrate afterwards ’ . |