Example sentences of "[verb] for many year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remaining stocks ( in electrical equipment , mostly ) are being burned , but traces will remain for many years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
| 5 | Places reserved for the burial of cremated remains were not likely to be filled for many years — if ever . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | European astronomers have collaborated for many years through the European Space Agency , which provides some space-science programme . |
| 8 | In the east , many old Dwarf holds were cleared out , and the power of the Orcs was broken for many years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She lived for many years , and preserved a record that she had been treated with Penicillium . |
| 16 | Patients lived for many years , and some died from causes unrelated to their blood pressure . |
| 17 | For instance , this year there will be a film marking the centenary of Leo Walmsley , the novelist who lived for many years at Robin Hood 's Bay . |
| 18 | I lived for many years in the north of England . |
| 19 | Good Friday is about punks at Hastings , where I lived for many years , seen feeding a hot-cross bun to pigeons . |
| 20 | He lived for many years at Brockham , Betchworth , Surrey , and died there 10 April 1935 . |
| 21 | Never married , Lottie Dod lived for many years in London before moving to Milford-on-Sea . |
| 22 | It was almost a model village , with its Quality Street , where a future head of the Secret Service lived for many years . |
| 23 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
| 24 | It can persist for many years . |
| 25 | We found that chronic constipation in young children can persist for many years . |
| 26 | But the conditions in Greek state psychiatric hospitals have been exposed for many years . |
| 27 | I think Mr Cook has done a great service to the water environment in this country and the ramifications of this case will be heard for many years to come . ’ |
| 28 | The seaman — Gustave continued as if this were the best story he had heard for many years — apparently claimed that he had no notion of how the section of mast had reached the position in which it was found . |
| 29 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 30 | Some companies , such as Amway , manufacturers of the world 's first biodegradable household cleaning product , LOC ( Liquid Organic Cleaner ) , have been committed for many years to environmentally sound principles in the formulation , manufacture , packaging and distribution of their products . |