Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | He justified the very strict timetable ( suspensions were possible for one year only ) on the basis of the need to place the protection of public health above considerations of technological and economic feasibility . |
| 2 | The farm buildings were empty for many years , but have now been restored . |
| 3 | ‘ We were married for 2½ years . |
| 4 | Hughes was the name of my parents , who were married for twenty-five years . |
| 5 | because , but I just felt that er those particular aspects were important for future year , because of the er discussions that took place . |
| 6 | The book is no Daddie Dearest , though the two were estranged for many years . |
| 7 | The house and gallery date from 1640 , though the house was derelict for many years and restored in 1920 . |
| 8 | The canal was derelict for many years , but now flows again to produce electricity for the neighbourhood ; and it still makes a pleasant summer evening walk from Tavistock to the tunnel mouth . |
| 9 | ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job . |
| 10 | My father , who was a well-qualified master mariner , was unemployed for four years in the 1930s . |
| 11 | In his comments ( published with the Report ) Mr Baker agreed that this was appropriate for 7 year olds , but proposed that for 11 year olds greater emphasis should be given to the key skills of reading and writing . |
| 12 | Thus Mendel 's paper on the inherited characteristics of peas , published in an obscure journal in what is now part of Czechoslovakia , was uncited for many years , but the ideas contained within it are now an integral part of the genetics paradigm . |
| 13 | ‘ I was sick for two years . |
| 14 | They added experimental departments in agriculture , forestry and social research , and the school that was famous for 50 years in the world of progressive education . |
| 15 | The same pattern of misclassification was present for each year studied . |
| 16 | Any chance of the former had been negated by Britain 's failure to topple Nasser at Suez ; and the latter was unlikely for some years because the aircraft did not , as yet , exist ; and the RAF had no real enthusiasm for providing the necessary money to buy them out of Air votes , which they quite naturally wanted to use for combat and not transport aircraft . |
| 17 | A set of conference papers was available for 2 years after the conference and sets were purchased by many people at a nominal price . |
| 18 | ‘ I was single for five years , ’ Marjorie said . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Monsieur de l'Orne , who was fashionable for 50 years and was the King 's first doctor , used to say , ‘ Why do fish live to such a great age ? |
| 21 | Even though the engines were crude and inefficient ( improved versions built by John Smeaton were only 1% efficient ) , the Newcomen engine was unchallenged for 60 years . |