Example sentences of "[noun pl] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been paying National Insurance and taxes for many years . |
| 2 | As was intimated earlier , less formal approaches to the inflationary biases which may be endemic within certain systems of industrial relations have been in circulation among Keynesians for many decades . |
| 3 | A tiny teardrop in a shimmering sea at the foot of the Indian peninsula , Sri Lanka is an untamed isle which has been coveted by Westerners for many centuries . |
| 4 | This has been the procedure followed by the Yugoslav statisticians for many years . |
| 5 | That is to say , each dug-in group of British soldiers could expect to be facing the same dug-in group of Germans for many months . |
| 6 | France has pursued such policies for many years and this rationalisation and reallocation of land — remembrement — is still seen as a major long-term aim . |
| 7 | The state testing programmes in the USA have been described in a survey by the Educational Testing Service ( 1973 ) , which reported that , although there were plans for many states to test a wide range of curriculum areas ( such as human relationships ) , few had developed the test technology sufficiently actually to carry out testing . |
| 8 | Feed the Minds has been supporting WACC projects for many years . |
| 9 | Feed the Minds has been supporting WACC projects for many years . |
| 10 | Thus the main motivating force behind the Judicature Acts was to rid the Court of Chancery of its ability to prolong cases for many years . |
| 11 | The Strass has been popular with British holiday-makers for many years , and is conveniently situated in Mayrhofen 's main street , next to the Penken cable car . |
| 12 | The main living room was used for Quaker meetings for many years . |
| 13 | Harvey Pitcher , doing research on nineteenth century Arran writers and painters and especially on the wealthy Muir family who rented houses for many years on Arran , has given me this delightful little gem . |
| 14 | That would allow a tremendous movement of people from under-utilised accommodation to smaller accommodation and would allow many people who have been on the waiting list for council houses for many years to be moved into smaller accommodation . |
| 15 | Lindsay Tocher , Aberdeen and Offshore director , said : ‘ Although the company has been involved with BP on major offshore contracts for many years , this is our first offshore contract . |
| 16 | THERE HAS BEEN A CONSENSUS among European drug researchers for many years over the value of needle exchanges , but US politicians ignored their recommendations . |
| 17 | Although they are good birds for many beginners , they cost about £700 , which makes them too expensive for all but the most dedicated . |
| 18 | It should be remembered , however , that Gaelic was proscribed by the authorities for many years . |
| 19 | For the first time , WACC has made contacts in Kampuchea , a country whose tragic political situation made it unapproachable by outside groups for many years . |
| 20 | We supplied information to different revolutionary groups for many years about Devraux 's work for the Surete . |
| 21 | ‘ I can think of one firm that I think had tried to pull the wool over our eyes for many years . |
| 22 | Essential oils , expensive patent ‘ cures ’ , anti-cellulite creams and tough massage alone can not shift cellulite — especially that which has been in the hips and thighs for many years . |
| 23 | Battery pods containing groups of AA cells have been used in vast numbers by nearly all detector manufacturers for many years . |
| 24 | The manufacturers were very successful at making guns out of Sussex iron , which affected naval tactics for many years . |
| 25 | The ambition was fulfilled earlier this year , when the building which had been converted to offices for many years , was restored to the splendour which is now The Regent London . |
| 26 | Even if you have been paying premiums for many years , you will rarely get a proportion of its maturity value . |
| 27 | As in the Congress of People 's Deputies elections in March 1989 [ see p. 36513 ] , practices reminiscent of elections held before the introduction of the democratic reforms under Gorbachev continued to prevail , including artificially high turnouts , a lack of choice between candidates for many seats , and overwhelming communist majorities . |
| 28 | He was successful with his dance troupes for many years despite the fact that young girls did not like working for him as he was notorious for his wandering hands and slimy advances . |
| 29 | The predicted demographic downturn will mean that in the future there will be labour and skills shortages for many organisations . |
| 30 | In his History of Chelsea ( 1869 ) George Bryan remarked how the King 's Road was once almost exclusively occupied by farmers and gardeners and one of its greatest attractions for many years afterwards was the preponderance of nursery and floricultural grounds to be found there . |