Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her children had families of their own and her husband was n't due to retire for several years . |
| 2 | So if this stands for this year 's output at a hundred percent fifty percent of it has to be added on to give next year 's . |
| 3 | Over half live for many years in one hostel . |
| 4 | It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) . |
| 5 | But I doubt there 's much left for this year . |
| 6 | The United Kingdom holiday industry was in a period of rapid change and flux in late 1985 and this is likely to continue for some years to come . |
| 7 | The research to find a European version of taxol is likely to continue for some years . |
| 8 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 9 | For adult offenders these had for many years been confined to absolute or conditional discharges , fines and probation orders . |
| 10 | The legend that Crabb was taken back to Russia alive continued to circulate for several years and indeed still does , helped by a number of books claiming to be based on secret information from the East . |
| 11 | The latter has for many years been the preference of the majority of established practitioners : according to a recent Law Society survey , almost 75 per cent of solicitors in practice are equity partners in a firm . |
| 12 | Although the project is due to run for another year , the county council 's planning department hope information will be made available this summer . |
| 13 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
| 14 | Speech recognition , on the other hand , as featured in science fiction and typified by the HAL computer in 2001 — A Space Odyssey is unlikely to appear for many years yet , if ever . |
| 15 | Those returning for another year 's work would be admonished by Jonadab : ‘ Do n't be coming back in t'small hours . |
| 16 | She also read the message in italics printed beneath the cartoon , to the effect that the cartoonist responsible had for many years been officially connected with a provincial newspaper and was now , in the sunset of his life , himself the recipient of twice-weekly Meals on Wheels . |
| 17 | The candidate and unit enrolment data is cumulative in that , for example , the courses enrolled for in 1991–2 will include the new Batch 2 courses first validated for that year — but will also include candidates enrolling for the second cycle of Batch 1 , the third cycle of Phase 2 pilots , etc . |
| 18 | When development of supporting technology for guidance and control is counted in , these ballistic missile defence programmes accounted for about $2900 billion last year with a little over $500 million budgeted for this year . |