Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iraqi government closed the border crossing with Jordan on Jan. 23 for several days , without making any announcement . |
| 2 | We have linked back to the Education Reform Act 1988 for several reasons . |
| 3 | Her disciples kept her body warm for several days , expecting a resurrection . |
| 4 | The Department of Astronomy has its own stellar , solar and radio telescopes , measuring machines and microcomputers , but is housed within the Royal Obser-vatory Edinburgh which is an SERC establishment responsible for several major national research facilities , including the 3.8-metre infrared telescope and the 15-metre James Clerk Maxwell telescope , in Hawaii . |
| 5 | I know seven o'clock 's a bit late for several people here for getting up , so anybody 's who particularly keen on fitness can join Norman Foster who sits over there , for his early morning run . |
| 6 | Should one turn away weaker candidates , and so lose the university income , or admit them , with the possibility of academic , cultural , and pastoral problems ensuing for several years ? |
| 7 | Make the base with Oasis to keep the flowers fresh for several days . |
| 8 | England suffered to some extent from a similar gulf between her real power and her ceremonial status during the Interregnum of 1649 – 60 , a gulf in this case deepened by the widespread hostility aroused by the execution of Charles I. For several years the standing of the representatives abroad of the various Commonwealth governments was seriously weakened by the disappearance of the monarchy : in 1654 , for example , the Danish ambassador in Sweden claimed precedence over his English equivalent since the latter was acting for Cromwell , a mere protector , not for an anointed king . |
| 9 | It would be unfair and inaccurate to suggest that PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program , that honour probably goes to the now defunct Studio Software 's DO-it which actually ran on a PC rather than a Macintosh and , of course , there had been electronic publishing systems based on workstations and mainframes available for several years . |
| 10 | But 30-year-old Londoner Hill is certain to become the former world champion Alain Prost 's number two for several hard reasons . |
| 11 | read the answer the answer is no have appointed the U K's leading management specialist , management services Limited for several reasons , the firstly because of their profession and caring attitude to the management of housing , secondly , because time has shown , the management charges rise at a rate either slightly below or in the level of inflation , did you have any responsibility at all for that sentence ? and secondly the time |
| 12 | The effect is shown in Fig. 7.2 for several values of n . |