Example sentences of "[adj] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Read Cole , speculating on the possibility of a revival , after the Second World War , of Producer Co-operation : That is an authoritative pronouncement of the view , prevailing for many decades , of the Consumer 's Movement 's attitude towards Producer Co-operation : the rival doctrine , not quite anathema , but something very like . |
| 2 | Having led the world into polyester fibre and been highly profitable for many years , we lost the lead position due to a combination of circumstances . |
| 3 | Now that bands like Extreme and Mr Big have had chart successes with songs featuring acoustic instruments the time would seem right for many players to make a first serious foray into the subtler side of rock . |
| 4 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 5 | This is a beautiful , small twelfth-century room , used as a stable for many years after the depredations of the Revolution but carefully restored in the 1850s . |
| 6 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 7 | Though the rich legacy of an extensive black presence on this continent suggests that it may be possible for many commentators , the terms ‘ black ’ and ‘ European ’ remain categories which mutually exclude each other . |
| 8 | The two major problems involved are related to the spelling changes that can occur when morphemes combine and the multiple segmentations that are possible for many words . |
| 9 | Major Stewart also made it possible for many sports clubs to have their own ground so all sport is catered for . |
| 10 | The provision of free secondary education did make it possible for many children to get more easily the education they desired . |
| 11 | David Philip , chairman , described trading conditions as the ‘ poorest for many years . ’ |
| 12 | Stable prices Rapid inflation is regarded as undesirable for many reasons , not least because of the danger it poses for the stability of the economic and political system ( see Chapter 12 for further discussion ) . |
| 13 | ‘ People seem to think we are getting rid of all the books but the only ones we have done away with are those which had been hidden away unused for many years . ’ |
| 14 | A while later , 20MB would suffice admirably , and probably leave a great chunk unused for many people . |
| 15 | The expenditure negotiations this autumn are expected to be the toughest for many years . |
| 16 | Ministers expect the current public spending round to be the toughest for many years as the Government seeks to maintain its anti-inflation policy outside the ERM disciplines . |
| 17 | AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices . |
| 18 | The award ceremony took place in the canteen on a December afternoon where over 100 retired and serving members of the work force were gathered , making it the largest for many years . |
| 19 | It is pointed out that whilst derivative instruments can be used for the management of investment risk , some investments are unsuitable for many investors . |
| 20 | Electrical household goods may be unsuitable for many countries , for example , but the application of a creative marketing process may lead to alternative inexpensive , manually operated machinery being developed which can be both produced easily and suit the needs of the population . |
| 21 | My doubts have grown during the years I have been thinking about and then writing this book , but for the moment I will concede that for many scholars and teachers a clarion-call to defend ‘ literature as literature ’ would prove rousing and timely . |
| 22 | Later still , living in Canada , travelling in the United States and working with Americans , I came to understand that not everyone lived history in the same way ; that for many Americans , history was only a bunch of dead stories . |
| 23 | And how enervating , how disappointing , how absolutely … crushing to realise that nothing has changed — over the last few decades at least — and that for many women , their primary response is still to be beautiful rather than brainy . |
| 24 | They pointed out that large numbers of patients , especially among the old , were unlikely ever to be really fit to enter normal community life , and that for many others the community care services were still woefully inadequate . |
| 25 | It noted , however , that the increase in new lending was confined to a relatively small group of countries , and that for many others , notably in Africa , there had been no improvement . |
| 26 | But when you have to face up to the fact that no one wants to know and people are more interested in the apprehension and sentencing of the offender , that for many people is even worse than the original crime . ’ |
| 27 | She rose and the apron made a tissue-paper sound , ‘ And we have to bear in mind , Miss Thorne , that for many people a hospital of this kind is not the answer . |
| 28 | My experience has been that for many people there is not all that difference between bringing ‘ God ’ in and touching wood . |
| 29 | That for many people words are grey and lifeless objects is only too apparent from the way they use them , especially in print . |
| 30 | General pictures of what happens during the middle years are inevitably flawed , but they suggest that a change often takes place in marriage at that time and that for many people satisfactions come from sources outside the couple 's relationship . |