Example sentences of "[noun sg] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A well-loved monument to the devotion of a little terrier who kept vigil on his master 's grave for many years . |
| 2 | Model aircraft demand preparation for many eventualities , most of them concerned with crashing . |
| 3 | The club raised over £100.00 for the Orsett Hospital Fund and provided the opportunity for many visitors to the fair to try their hands at using a metal detector for the first time . |
| 4 | ‘ These changes mean that there is without doubt an opportunity for many funeral directors to recover VAT they once had to write-off . |
| 5 | had had the opportunity for many years of looking at the question in its material phases , of appreciating its hygienic results … |
| 6 | The tour provided the first opportunity for many years for people to call openly for the restoration of human rights , legalization of political parties and the scrapping of the Tinkhundla ( chieftancy ) system [ see p. 38048 ] . |
| 7 | It will be the same story for many moons to come . |
| 8 | The Council 's permission for many priests to share in a single concelebration was again , initially , limited to a very few occasions , but before the end of the 1960s the absurdity of the former practice had become rather obvious and concelebration was rapidly becoming the norm for all circumstances where the number of priests exceeded the number of community Masses needed for a pastoral purpose . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , he saw the news of the Club and course as a good story and they were given generous coverage for many years . |
| 10 | This information indicates that occupational schemes provide an important coverage for many pensioners . |
| 11 | The BDDA played an important part in the fulfilment of the last objective by subsidising the Deaf Welfare Examination Board for many years . |
| 12 | Barbara not only acted as secretary to a succession of senior managers including Harold Worland and Raymond Anderson , she also carried out the secretarial work for the Board for many years . |
| 13 | It is unlikely that any report in the UK would be so brutally honest , but it accurately describes our situation , except that the inadequate nature of our provision for many students has long been recognised by many educators , and only becomes important to others through economic necessity . |
| 14 | The complex nature of policy provision for many policy arenas involves a large number of actors in local authorities , central government , voluntary , bodies , pressure groups , inter-governmental bodies , local authority associations , professional bodies and so on ( see Hambleton , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | However the frontal , main attack towards the Mort Homme had barely moved from its point of departure ; stopped by a veritable wall of gunfire from the French artillery that had been anticipating attack from this direction for many days . |
| 16 | However Sun has been playing with the long overdue part for many months now , working closely with Texas Instruments Inc to get the thing up to scratch . |
| 17 | A further key advantage for many people is that AVCs allow you to purchase ‘ added years ’ , to make up any shortfall in your entitlement to benefit under a company scheme . |
| 18 | The massive violation of human rights around the world — some 90 countries are believed to practice torture — means that escape and exile is the only hope for many survivors of that oppression . |
| 19 | The Russian revolution had swept away the most cruel and backward government in Europe and become a symbol of hope for many people , a symbol that ideas of freedom and justice could overcome tyranny . |
| 20 | This was too good an opportunity to miss because Alan had fished Hope for many years and knew every inch , intimately . |
| 21 | Images have always crowded Bevan Davies ' mind and in an effort to capture them he has been a photographer for many years . |
| 22 | The final blow for many firms was the government 's abolition of import duties which resulted in a flood of cheap imports . |
| 23 | Unquestionably , the loss of his father was felt as a grievous blow for many years after the event . |
| 24 | What this condition of the theatre indicates is that the establishing of a singular text for many plays is extremely difficult . |
| 25 | Although fox hunting has not taken place in Hyde Park for many years , an impressive Hunt Ball was held in the Polish Hearth Club in Kensington last week for Shropshire 's United Pack . |
| 26 | He is embarrassed as well as frustrated when he hears people say he may go mad again when the hot weather comes , when he has maintained his sanity for many summers . |
| 27 | Things are not made any easier by the removal for many people of ‘ organized ’ production as a central constitutive experience of their social being . |
| 28 | But er , because we were , see we , I always had a uphill struggle for many years , so that it was n't er , tell you the truth I did n't erm devote much time towards the children , it is their own effort really that er they did very well . |
| 29 | Concrete hulls , reinforced with glass-fibre rather than steel , have been used in boat building for many years . |
| 30 | The choice of brand for many club runners . |