Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for several years " in BNC.
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| 1 | At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years . |
| 2 | One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out . |
| 3 | But we know very little about the animals which bore these scales and although a few articulated remains have been known for several years , they show very little anatomical detail and it is not easy to identify immediate relatives . |
| 4 | Contracts will usually be let for several years . |
| 5 | Surely he would be watched for several years , to ensure his fidelity . |
| 6 | But this year they announced the recession had hit investments mainly in property and so grants would be reduced for several years . |
| 7 | In the best traditions of the state 's statistics , a truthful answer will not be known for several years ( ie , when it is of little practical use ) . |
| 8 | The parent trees would be retained for several years after the new trees had been planted at the new site , just so that they could be used as a reference for checking . |
| 9 | Cineraria maritime ( try " White Diamond " or " Silver Dust " ) , normally used for summer bedding , can be over-wintered for several years to give foliage for cutting much earlier the following years . |
| 10 | The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up . |
| 11 | The report lists ‘ many faults ’ inherent in the way the railway had been run for several years . |
| 12 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 13 | The most recent outstanding event in Jim 's distinguished career was the publication of his definitive catalogue of the collections of Christ Church , Oxford , on which he had been engaged for several years , coinciding with the opening of the new galleries to contain them . |
| 14 | The JET project was delayed for several years in the 1970s , while the council of ministers vacillated between giving the project to ISPRA , Garching in West Germany and Culham . |
| 15 | Rationing of sweets , like food and clothing , was continued for several years after the war was over , and people like me with a sweet tooth used to bemoan the meagre ration of sweets and chocolate we were allowed . |