Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selling franchise arrangement has operated quite successfully for the past eight years , and Argent Distributors have grown at a steady pace during this period , as can be seen from the sales turnover figures . |
| 2 | They live wild , occasionally returning to the park , and have bred successfully for the past six years . |
| 3 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
| 4 | ‘ Pat Nevin , our other scorer , has not been able to train properly for the last five weeks because of an ankle problem . ’ |
| 5 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 6 | IT HAS been downhill for the past 13 months at Bond Corporation ever since the Lonrho chief , Tiny Rowland , unleashed his first poisoned arrow . |
| 7 | Jim concluded gloomily that in his view we should go on sliding downhill for the next few years . |
| 8 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 9 | The scallops would be put on to the seabed after about two years growth in special nets , and grown on for a further two years before harvesting . |
| 10 | Clarke drove on for a further 200 metres before stopping and when he did emerge from the van witnesses reported that he was in a confused state . |
| 11 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |
| 13 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 14 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 15 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 16 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 17 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 18 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 19 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 20 | The eruption of Krakatoa has some parallels in these respects , for after an impressive opening , the eruption dragged on for a full three months before reaching its climax on 26 and 27 August . |
| 21 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 22 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 23 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 24 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 25 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 26 | Hunter 's approach inaugurated a wide-ranging debate about ‘ community power structures ’ between elite theorists and pluralists which rumbled on for the next two decades . |
| 27 | It 's the relationship between the client and the advertiser which goes on for the next two years . |
| 28 | The Pavlova Works will carry on for the next three months and some jobs will be made available at the group 's other centres . |
| 29 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
| 30 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |