Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 2 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 3 | The banks in the background are home for many badgers . |
| 4 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |
| 5 | But it will be enough for many people that the Poll Tax will cost her the next general election . |
| 6 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 7 | Thanks to the new guidelines , it 's likely they 'll still be here for many centuries to come . |
| 8 | But perhaps the greatest satisfaction is the knowledge that you have created something of the beauty that is going to be there for many years . |
| 9 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 10 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 11 | I can not take the credit for inventing this — it has been around for many years . |
| 12 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 13 | THE problems of keeping walls in mortuary and undertakers ' premises clean and hygienic , while still keeping them attractive for the staff , is one which has been around for many years . |
| 14 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 15 | The idea of reproducing the unique taste , character and creamy head of Draught Guinness for the take-home market had been around for many years . |
| 16 | It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years . |
| 17 | These lines had been there for many years when Ernest Jarvis bought the house in the twenties , the Metropolitan Railway having been extended from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead in 1879 . |
| 18 | have n't been there for many years |
| 19 | The criterion of legality is enough for many parents , and understandably so : a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick for life . |
| 20 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 21 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |