Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] for many [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Land scheduled for development may remain undeveloped for many years , pending solutions to traffic problems .
2 Mr Sunman says : ‘ The true beauty of the Railside Revival wo n't become apparent for many years yet .
3 Some of the larger birds can remain stationary for many minutes and the poses they adopt are all interesting and therefore present easier subjects .
4 The finest material may be carried for tens of kilometres down-wind , and some of it may even stay suspended for many months , eventually falling back to earth on the other side of the globe .
5 Now that bands like Extreme and Mr Big have had chart successes with songs featuring acoustic instruments the time would seem right for many players to make a first serious foray into the subtler side of rock .
6 Also , adoption can not always prove successful for many people specifically want a boy or a girl or if the child has a deformity or abnormality it is often very hard to find a home for .
7 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 .
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