Example sentences of "[adj] for some years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except on North America voyages , and despite falling unemployment and rising real wages in the country as a whole , seamen 's wages rose little for some years . |
| 2 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 3 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 4 | He also told me that for some years , two unknown people , evidently strategically placed in big City offices , have been collecting for us all the first-day covers received there . |
| 5 | Vanity basins have been popular for some years now , especially in larger bathrooms . |
| 6 | In 1902 , after the Hall had stood empty for some years , Lord Halifax lent it to a small community of Church of England Benedictines under Abbot Aelred Carlyle , the subject of a book Abbot Extraordinary . |
| 7 | The technique , has been existent for some years , and should provide information which may be of use in identifying high levels of expenditure within a particular specialty within a district , and should be of value in assisting local planning . |
| 8 | The third example is a young man who falls into the rare category of those who pose a serious threat to public safety , a threat which in some instances exists for only weeks or months , although occasionally a person may remain potentially dangerous for some years . |
| 9 | If the birthweight is low anyway this could be critical but children born to heavy smokers can continue to be slower than average for some years to come . |
| 10 | On the other hand anyone who could establish a real ascendancy over a monarch might himself become almost a surrogate ruler : the extraordinary position achieved by Prince G. A. Potemkin in Russia through his personal hold on Catherine II for some years before his death in 1791 is an outstanding case in point . |
| 11 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 12 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 13 | An example of this is the case of a lady of forty-five who attended the clinic with neuralgia which had been present for some years . |
| 14 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 15 | Both enjoy heavy soil and dappled shade and can be left undisturbed for some years before lifting , dividing and replanting |
| 16 | He was now much more friendly and jaunty — " I am thinking of taking up dancing lessons again , " he told a reporter from the Daily Express , " as I have not danced at all for some years " . |
| 17 | In order to protect the privacy of those whose lives are recorded , the material may be kept confidential for some years , or may be available only in a form where individuals can not be identified . |
| 18 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 19 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 20 | Any chance of the former had been negated by Britain 's failure to topple Nasser at Suez ; and the latter was unlikely for some years because the aircraft did not , as yet , exist ; and the RAF had no real enthusiasm for providing the necessary money to buy them out of Air votes , which they quite naturally wanted to use for combat and not transport aircraft . |
| 21 | Although a new report has been able to identify the gene defect ( mutation , deletion , or insertion ) in 53/79 cases , these tests are unlikely to be widely available for some years and are very labour intensive . |
| 22 | There probably wo n't be a vaccine available for some years , so , as yet , there 's no specific treatment . |
| 23 | In fact , they say that the increase in confidence has been the highest for some years . |
| 24 | Pearson will suffer in 1992 from a UK pensions contribution ( the first for some years ) and lower profits from oil services . |
| 25 | Wendt , a noted hardcore fan way back in the days when Nirvana were still a mod band , has been presenting the acts on Saturday Night Live for some years . |
| 26 | St Mary 's was destined to lie idle for some years until the foundation of the Chalford Stick Company in 1903 . |
| 27 | It is often associated with obesity and may be latent for some years before diagnosis . |
| 28 | Although making bespoke CDs with WORM ( Write Once Read Many ) or erasable optical disc systems is likely to remain expensive for some years to come , libraries might well be able to make use of very large magnetic storage systems such as the newly emerging ultra-high capacity hard discs . |
| 29 | After Hugh 's dismissal in 1172 Louis VII kept the office vacant for some years : Hugh had been too great a man for it to be wise or safe to raise up a successor to him . |
| 30 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |