Example sentences of "are [vb pp] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the concern here is with general trends and not annual variations , the rates are calculated for five year blocks . |
| 2 | Later booster and long term follow-up sessions are arranged for one month , then three months , after completion of the structured programme . |
| 3 | Packed into a huge , windowless shed , flocks of 20,000–100,000 birds are reared for seven weeks and then slaughtered . |
| 4 | Fifty-four indicators are tabulated for 53 universities , broken down into 37 cost centres . |
| 5 | Road works : Serious traffic delays are expected for four weeks while British Gas carries out excavations of the A59 at Rice Lane , near Walton Hospital , Liverpool . |
| 6 | DELAYS are expected for four weeks on the northbound carriageway of the M74 in Lanarkshire between junctions 7 , for Larkhall , and 6 , Motherwell . |
| 7 | The video records of two of the 30 drives were incomplete following equipment failures , thus those measures requiring the complete video record are reported for 28 subjects only . |
| 8 | He is set to tackle Mr Lamont 's criticisms head on and reject his claim that policies are presented for 36 hours of good publicity . |
| 9 | He is set to tackle Mr Lamont 's criticisms head on and reject his claim that policies are presented for 36 hours of good publicity . |
| 10 | What do you do , for example , with the situation in Hove , where the houses are built for one kind of clientele — big houses , servants — divide them up into flats ? |
| 11 | Loans are made for one year at a time and a student may apply only once in any year . |
| 12 | The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban . |
| 13 | 13 If 1 ⅖ metres of material is needed to make one dress how many metres are needed for 10 dresses ? |
| 14 | In most cases the ribbon cable has the three connectors on it that are needed for two drives . |
| 15 | A recent article in the Lancet states that a Dundee Medical School team headed by Prof. Peter Howie ( Obstetrics ) have found that babies who are breastfed for 13 weeks or longer suffer only a third of the stomach infections experienced by bottlefed babies , and have fewer respiratory infections . |
| 16 | Suppose , for example , you are employed for three years , of which the first is to be spent abroad and the other two in Great Britain . |
| 17 | Further talks are scheduled for 16 October . |
| 18 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |
| 19 | Ballot papers and counterfoils are stored for 12 months after every election in a secure government storeroom before being destroyed . |
| 20 | They are appointed for four years . |
| 21 | They are fixed for five years at open market value , based on a detailed profit and loss account taking into account the outgoings , turnover , style , size and location of the pub . |
| 22 | Both are fixed for two years . |
| 23 | The first group of three do not keep newspapers or magazines in hard copy at all except for the specialist journals which are retained for one year . |
| 24 | Some CDs are issued for one year and even for two years but the market for these is comparatively thin . |
| 25 | They are issued for three months ( 91 days ) at a weekly tender ( an auction where bids are submitted in writing ) . |
| 26 | After two weeks of regular use an improvement should be visible , with a further improvement if the applications are continued for four weeks . |
| 27 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 28 | Federal authority is vested in a President who is elected by the 14-member federal legislature , the National Congress , which is composed of 10 senators elected for two-year terms , and four at-large senators ( one from each state ) who are elected for four years . |
| 29 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 30 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |