Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is counter-productive to expect a 50-year-old patient who is 160 per cent ideal bodyweight to join the ranks of the non-obese ; even if heroic efforts achieve this miraculous transformation , it is very unlikely it could be sustained for 20 years . |
| 2 | Places reserved for the burial of cremated remains were not likely to be filled for many years — if ever . |
| 3 | The estimate for ninety=four , ninety- five , is that there will be some one point three eight five million pounds required , but I er , have to say , that we have not , as in previous years , we have not at this stage received from the D F E er , details of of how the er indirect element of A N G will be calculated for next year , so the requirement may differ er in in due time . |
| 4 | I think Mr Cook has done a great service to the water environment in this country and the ramifications of this case will be heard for many years to come . ’ |
| 5 | As part of the agreement ( i ) the 250,000-tonne buffer stock of cocoa beans ( bought in an effort to support prices ) would be frozen for two years ; ( ii ) the levy of US$30 paid by producers on their exports and by consumers on imports from non-ICCO countries would be abolished from April 15 ; ( iii ) producers undertook to attempt to repay the accumulated arrears on levy payments ( amounting to US$140,000,000 ) ; and ( iv ) some of the buffer stock could be sold to raise funds . |
| 6 | All of which suggests that they could have as many as five players in the L.G.U. squad shortly to be nominated for next year 's Curtis Cup . |
| 7 | A CHILD murderer set to become the first person to be hanged for 28 years has sparked controversy across America . |
| 8 | The cost of this project to the town has been £20,698 and Mr. Downham hoped that it would not only give much enjoyment , but would be treated with respect by all , so that it can be enjoyed for many years . |
| 9 | Contracts will usually be let for several years . |
| 10 | The two banks had agreed that BBV should be co-chaired for four years by a member from each side ( the other co-president being José Angel Sánchez Asiaín — Banco de Bilbao ) , but Banco de Bilbao was anxious to appoint a single president . |
| 11 | Separate baptisteries continued to be built for many years and separate , free-standing campaniles were the general rule ; these features acted as watch towers and were symbols of local importance . |
| 12 | No battleships were to be built for 10 years ; and the total tonnage of naval ships was to be based on a ratio of 5-5-3 for the USA , Great Britain and Japan , and 1.7 for each of the others . |
| 13 | '' ’ But in 1965 , it was announced that no new university would be built for ten years and that priority would go to the expansion of existing universities . |
| 14 | At Angle in Pembrokeshire the first new slipway and boathouse to be built for 31 years is to be constructed . |
| 15 | A lease can be made for five years subject to the tenant 's right to determine if the war ends before the expiry of five years . |
| 16 | So nothing can be done for another year . |
| 17 | In the end , areas were to be selected for three years ( at NUTS Level III ) according to the following conditions : an unemployment rate higher by at least 15 per cent than the EC average during the previous three years , and industrial employment as a percentage of total employment greater than the EC average in every year of the previous fifteen years . |
| 18 | Goals for the future include trying some more dragon boat racing and getting fit again to be selected for next year 's rodeo World Championships in the USA , purely , she says , because it is fun and she wants to paddle abroad , though with a wry grin she concedes that maybe the spirit of competition also burns within her ! |
| 19 | Their effects may not be noticed for many years . |
| 20 | Winston Churchill , MP for Davyhulme , a leading Tory rebel , said : ‘ The report is that the White Paper says that 13 pits are going to be saved for two years and then have the chop . |
| 21 | If the application is successful , a patent will be granted for four years initially and may be renewed , annually , up to a maximum of twenty years from the date the application is filed ( the priority date ) . |
| 22 | In 1301 Boniface VIII ordered a tenth to be levied for three years ; in 1305 Clement V imposed a septennial tenth upon the clergy . |
| 23 | However , the full effect of this will not be felt for four years since the government has provided resources to cushion the transfer from rates to the community charge . |
| 24 | Shares can not be sold for five years , however , or the various benefits will be lost to the investor . |
| 25 | By the new laws of 1816 , a starving cottager could be transported for seven years for taking a rabbit to feed his family . |
| 26 | A wipe down with a damp cloth is all that 's needed to keep them clean , and if they have a factory-finished polyester powder coating , they wo n't need to be redecorated for 15–20 years . |
| 27 | Edmund Hillary , who with Tenzing Norgay was the first man to climb Everest in 1953 , has called the mountain a " junk heap " and has suggested it should be closed for five years to clear the rubbish . |
| 28 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 29 | On Jan. 14 it was announced that the government had reached agreement with the United States for the rescheduling of repayments of debt principal and interest totalling US$47,000,000 , due between June 1 , 1991 , and June 30 , 1992 ; part of this — US$18,700,000 due to the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) — was to be postponed for 10 years , while the rest was to be subject to a six-year grace period . |
| 30 | The Cabinet approved a draft general budget presented by the then Finance Minister , Edmond Rizq , on April 21 , 1990 , the first budget to be approved for five years . |