Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but left open the question whether there is any difference under section 87 if the successor has resided for 12 months with the deceased tenant in two or more council houses or has resided partly in a council house and partly in private sector accommodation : [ 1987 ] 1 W.L.R. 1433 , 1441H . |
| 2 | Man 's desire to fly like the birds had existed for hundreds of years but with the advent of the internal combustion engine , the chances of achieving some sort of flight appeared to be improved . |
| 3 | ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 4 | Subsequently , exonuclease III ( 0.8–1.6 units ) was added to all reactions except the control and the reactions allowed to proceed for 30 min at 37°C . |
| 5 | So , when on 8 May Acheson announced that the US would send economic and military aid to the French in Indo-China ( for Gaddis Smith , the turning point — ‘ the scales had swayed for three months and then came down hard on the side of France ) the French position was at least potentially desperate and one can not help asking whether there were any countries receiving military aid under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program , other than Vietnam , in which there were such powerful revolutionary forces and where a revolutionary war was already in progress . |
| 6 | The club has restarted for 1991 and everything seems to be going well . |
| 7 | Every 100,000 years or so there has been a ‘ temperate window ’ when the ice has receded for seven to ten thousand years . |
| 8 | Most of us , as people who live in this world , are interested in our environment , and even if not young we certainly grow to appreciate it and to learn a bit about flowers and the way animals live and work in our garden and watching David Attenborough on television and erm we have a genuine interest because as part of this world we know it and come to understand it , and probably feel , therefore , if even if you 're not a biology specialist , which you certainly do n't have to be by any means , when a child asks a question about , you know , ‘ where do the flies go in winter ? ’ and ‘ why 's the hamster gone to sleep for three months ? ’ we feel more capable of answering it because we 're closer to it ourselves and those are the sorts of questions that people told us . |
| 9 | Most of us , as people who live in this world , are interested in our environment , and even if not young we certainly grow to appreciate it and to learn a bit about flowers and the way animals live and work in our garden and watching David Attenborough on television and erm we have a genuine interest because as part of this world we know it and come to understand it , and probably feel , therefore , if even if you 're not a biology specialist , which you certainly do n't have to be by any means , when a child asks a question about , you know , ‘ where do the flies go in winter ? ’ and ‘ why 's the hamster gone to sleep for three months ? ’ we feel more capable of answering it because we 're closer to it ourselves and those are the sorts of questions that people told us . |
| 10 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 11 | The debate about linking Skye and the mainland has continued for 20 years . |
| 12 | The fact that the pieces have lain for 300 years under the sea bed means that they are remarkably fresh while the tight settings have ensured that the inlaid stones are still in place . |
| 13 | The line referred to a cold the character had had for six months and ‘ could n't shake ’ . |
| 14 | Then the authority has to decide for one of the two or more acceptable options . |
| 15 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 16 | His office took up the slack , but the witnesses had to travel for 30 hours by bus to get there . |
| 17 | I had arranged to meet Howard Imber , the writer , for a script conference over dinner at 8 , and fell on to the bed intending to rest for ten minutes before reading through the thick camera script . |
| 18 | They have asked for two thousand pounds , the Centre have asked for two thousand pounds from all County Councils , but I know that they would accept less if we negotiate that , a lower figure . |
| 19 | Now if the Liberals wish to vote for five hundred people to lose their jobs because they 're allowed to do all well and good and our press release afterwards will make sure the people are aware of this . |
| 20 | The bequest financed bullbaiting for 162 years , until it was outlawed in 1823 . |
| 21 | Yeah the pension 's frozen for five years and and then catches up . |
| 22 | The mayor did not respond , but the police did , although they took no action and the caravan stayed put for twenty-four hours . |
| 23 | The ballet appears to call for eight double-reed players , 18 strings , a bass who can dance , and a tenor willing to sing soprano . |
| 24 | The scheme has run for three years and , during that time , around 180 dogs and bitches have been neutered . |
| 25 | Upon completion of the hot whisky order the women planned to ask for fifteen pints thereby coercing a reluctant publican to serve women pints . |
| 26 | The company has also turned to public relations and marketing to counter its critics , an exercise described by its chairman , Christopher Harding , as ‘ a process applied to any long term product whose appeal to the public has faded for one reason or another ’ . |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman says that the problem has existed for 14 years . |
| 28 | It was a freezing morning and the Section had run for five miles over muddy paths and swampy fields . |
| 29 | One of the members of the campaign , Richard McCance , stood as an openly gay candidate for Labour , winning with a 13 per cent swing a seat which the Tories had held for forty years . |
| 30 | Military officials said a relief column heading for Huambo , where a battle has raged for six weeks , clashed with Unita forces about 60 miles from the city . |