Example sentences of "[adj] for many [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 2 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 3 | The courts , together with a wooden pavilion of historic interest , were built around 1910 but lay derelict for many years until the Club revived them with a grant from the Village Association . |
| 4 | The house and gallery date from 1640 , though the house was derelict for many years and restored in 1920 . |
| 5 | The finished roof will now be weatherproof for many years and require no maintenance . |
| 6 | He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday . |
| 7 | Its importance as a sire had been obvious for many years as its progeny had proved their worth in the show ring and at stud . |
| 8 | Some of the larger birds can remain stationary for many minutes and the poses they adopt are all interesting and therefore present easier subjects . |
| 9 | The price could be prohibitive for many families and it is a pity there are not more references made to Appendix 1 , ‘ How the body works ’ as it is crucial that people understand their own anatomy and physiology in order to apply the positive principles of health care . |
| 10 | Kempe was responsible for many telegraph and telephone services used by the Post Office ( including sending keys , postal pneumatic extensions ) and his design of the Dover–Calais cable for the London–Paris telephone was an acknowledged success . |
| 11 | If it is stimulated every time we sit down then tremendous tensions will build up over the years ; these will give rise to neck and back problems , and will also be responsible for many headaches and migraines . |
| 12 | They have also been responsible for many symposia and meetings for specialists in the field of venereology . |
| 13 | A 17,000km 2 logging concession in Guyana 's rainforest has been granted to a firm co-owned by a Malaysian company responsible for many human-rights and environmental abuses on its own home ground , in Sarawak . |
| 14 | Colour of species is not dealt with partly because the information is not available for many species and also because the range of variation has not been studied . |
| 15 | Data base systems have been available for many years and were developed to make efficient use of secondary storage devices in large computer installations . |
| 16 | Timetables are difficult for many pupils because the arrangement of the information has to be understood and the relevant figures extracted before calculations on time intervals , etc. can be made . |
| 17 | In this research , palynology was dominant for many years but subsequently enormous potential has been offered by research developed by F. Oldfield on mineral magnetic properties which are valuable because many magnetic properties are environmentally diagnostic , are preserved for long periods in many situations , and have parameters which are easy to measure . |
| 18 | ‘ We have managed to keep relations very harmonious for many years and we will not let anything disrupt that harmony , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 20 | People living on the riverbanks ca n't remember it being so bad for many years and if there 's rugby here tomorrow , then the players will be in for an early bath . |
| 21 | c Applied to timber it is meant to keep fungi away by killing spores , but it remains active for many years and is a health hazard not only for people in their homes , but also for the workers who make it . |
| 22 | Objectives and strategies can remain valid for many years but the long-term plans to achieve them need to be revised more frequently to reflect the up-to-date position of the organisation and its environment . |
| 23 | He was a Christian for many years but quite unable to forget that he had once been ‘ an infidel and libertine , a servant of slaves in Africa ’ . |
| 24 | 9.18–26 ; Luke 8.40–56 ) he heals a woman who has been unclean for many years because of a flow of blood . |
| 25 | It seems that this remains true for many members and while they develop great loyalty to their branches and individual antenatal teachers or breastfeeding counsellors , the significance of the national organisation largely passes them by . |