Example sentences of "continue for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of Indian prisons have continued for years to point out the incongruity of attempting to run an avowedly ‘ correctional ’ prison system with structures , rules and physical conditions created for quite different purposes . |
| 2 | The success continued for years and many who had first come as children returned as parents with their own families . |
| 3 | When sexual activity continues for years , the child feels a deepening responsibility to keep the relationship hidden from everyone , and her father is free to escalate the level of sexuality between them ’ |
| 4 | The activity or danger against which a particular series of surveillance measures is directed may continue for years , even decades , after the suspension of those measures . |
| 5 | Labour economists predict that the flow will continue for years . |
| 6 | Conversely , in an economy where energy costs are high and fuel conservation is the fashion , the expensive motor car with a high petrol consumption will tend to have a short life cycle , but the economy car will continue for years . |
| 7 | It was not a fortune , but it was a respectable competence , thanks to royalties , which would continue for years yet , whether the doctor reappeared or remained in limbo . |
| 8 | Now , if most of the erm , factors of production used on the farm are fixed factors , farmers may well continue for years and years erm , because although they 're not cove covering total costs , or , or total average costs , they are covering average variable costs , alright . |