Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for several [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is usually about 18 days after infection , but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs .
2 Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective .
3 It can however be arranged for several bills within one household to be included on the same payment .
4 It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken .
5 It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains the polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken .
6 Contracts will usually be let for several years .
7 Life went on , and pottery and other artefacts continued to be made for several decades at least .
8 What is certain is that he carried the legend of a king or emperor waiting to be reborn for several centuries , just as the British King Arthur has done .
9 Above them , on a grassy hill , loomed the Monument — an imitation ruined temple that could be seen for several kilometres around .
10 If a walk is taken into the higher fastnesses of the glen , as may quite easily be done for several miles , more and more appear in succession ; indeed , there is a through route for walkers , not available to those who have to return to parked cars , all the way to Loch Treig and Corrour Station : a memorable expedition .
11 Many early stations were simply large barn-like structures , a form which was to be used for several decades .
12 Surely he would be watched for several years , to ensure his fidelity .
13 I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room .
14 But this year they announced the recession had hit investments mainly in property and so grants would be reduced for several years .
15 Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups .
16 In the best traditions of the state 's statistics , a truthful answer will not be known for several years ( ie , when it is of little practical use ) .
17 Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying .
18 This enables oxygen to be stored for several minutes , and during prolonged periods of submersion an accessor valve between the heart ventricles can be opened to bypass the function of the lungs .
19 The act of grinding , which could be continued for several hours , resulted in the insoluble starting material being reduced to very small fragments which were distributed on the surface of the lactose particles .
20 The second solution can be left for several hours , or overnight , when the wood should then be scrubbed with clean water to which a little acetic acid has been added .
21 The parent trees would be retained for several years after the new trees had been planted at the new site , just so that they could be used as a reference for checking .
22 The public inquiry is expected to last a week , but a final decision wo n't be taken for several months .
23 Cineraria maritime ( try " White Diamond " or " Silver Dust " ) , normally used for summer bedding , can be over-wintered for several years to give foliage for cutting much earlier the following years .
24 The results of this trial can be questioned for several reasons .
25 The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up .
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