Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts . |
| 2 | I would be happy to hear from any priest who feels he would like to volunteer for five years or from suitably qualified people who might have some skill to offer . |
| 3 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
| 4 | But to pursue this matter would have delayed for some years the opening of much needed services . |
| 5 | As we have seen , the establishment of NAB , with its very strong representation from the local authorities , creates a new environment for the polytechnics , and the colleges and institutes of higher education , to which they will have to adjust for some years to come . |
| 6 | ‘ And presumably , ’ said Julia , who had been reading the backlog of newspapers that had accumulated during her illness , ‘ the appalling winter will have done for this year 's as well . ’ |
| 7 | These are , I hope , the last Darwin books I shall have to read for some years ( unless of course Sydney Smith produces one ) . |
| 8 | ‘ For this wedding he would have to save for many years . |
| 9 | ‘ The sort I could really have gone for twenty years ago . ’ |
| 10 | In considering the possible effects of soot on global climate , the models suggest that since the soot did not reach the stratosphere ( around 14–15 km in this region ) , where it could have remained for several years , the fires were unlikely to have caused significant global climate effects . |
| 11 | Who 's Who had revealed him to be seventy-four : in the flesh he could have passed for ten years younger , despite having a head entirely free of hair . |
| 12 | The 35 million Christmas trees bought this year would have to rot for 30 years before decomposing in dumps that are already overflowing . |
| 13 | The old scribe would shake his head : ‘ I could have tried for 20 years and still not come up with an opening paragraph like that , ’ he would say . |
| 14 | Detective Inspector Gerry Wright says although she had heart disease she may well have lived for several years , if it had n't been for the sudden shock of finding two men in her house . |
| 15 | If both confess , then both will go to jail for five years . |
| 16 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 17 | I 'll even get married for five years if you want . |
| 18 | Because of the slow diffusion rates into and through the stratosphere , even if all emissions of CFCs into the atmosphere ceased , stratospheric concentration of CFCs would continue to increase for several years . |
| 19 | Existing East German laws on abortion would continue to apply for two years pending a new law to be passed by the all-German parliament ( thus resolving the issue which had caused most dispute among the parties at the end of negotiations on the treaty ) . |
| 20 | The number of 18-year-olds will continue to decline for many years to come , so it will require an unprecedented management initiative to offset the effects of staffing levels if services are to be maintained , never mind increased , to meet the aspirations of the current strategic plans . |