Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for five years and consists of six appointed Senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 2 | Both countries were among the non-permanent membership of the Council , which sits for two years , the others for that particular two-year period being Canada , Colombia , the Ivory Coast , Ethiopia , Finland , Malaysia , Romania and Zaire . |
| 3 | What importance do you attach , Mrs , to the observation of the District Council in relation to their erm District Development Plan which has for many years been used for development control , of the following text , which you quote in your paragraph three point six ? |
| 4 | The CNAA , the body which has for many years awarded degrees in polytechnics , will cease operation in September 1992 and will be dissolved in March 1993 . |
| 5 | This has led to a crisis of legitimacy for the system : not only for the prisons ( whose claim to be providing effective rehabilitation was always shaky in many eyes ) but equally for other components of the penal system , notably the probation service which has for some years now been uncertain about what its proper rationale and direction should be . |
| 6 | The Woolwich has also launched a 7.99% fixed-rate mortgage , which lasts for three years . |
| 7 | Movement and Dance and Medau in particular come into the plan from 1983 in an ongoing programme which lasts for three years . |
| 8 | The trust , which runs for five years , is chaired by the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair and administered by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland . |
| 9 | A graduate in sociology and education at Florence University , she has for many years contributed articles to Protestant and ecumenical newspapers and currently writes a monthly survey on television for the journal Confronti . |
| 10 | The Sub-faculty of Chemistry , which consists of all those involved in the teaching of the subject , meets once a term with an elected chairman ( not usually a professor ) who serves for two years . |
| 11 | Dewi , a former Tokyo bar girl , had faced up to 16 years in prison but could now avoid jail completely if she behaves for two years . |
| 12 | In Britain there has for many years been a sub-proletariat , a sub-class of the working class who are far worse off than the main body , consisting of sweat-shop workers and homeworkers , people who are treated by employers as though they have no rights at all . |
| 13 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 14 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 15 | But , in spite of the considerable effort and investment , it has for many years failed to pay its way . |
| 16 | It has for many years been the most widely used method of social research . |
| 17 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 18 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings . |
| 20 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 21 | Under Resolution No.6 to be put forward at the AGM the directors propose that the authority should be extended so that it applies for five years from the date of this year 's AGM . |
| 22 | However , an existing tenancy entered into prior to the above date will not be protected , unless it continues for two years , when it will come within the 1954 Act from 11 July 1992 and be protected thereafter . |
| 23 | Which it does for several years . |
| 24 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |