Example sentences of "[noun pl] for several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japanese banks will continue to write off and provide against masses of doubtful debts for several years to come . |
| 2 | The company is responsible for the management of property investments for several funds within the Group . |
| 3 | This was obviously untrue since Blake's-arrest had been known to the Russians for several weeks . |
| 4 | This effectively strangled its activities for several years . |
| 5 | ‘ Numerous management development programmes for several levels of management and supervisory ’ . |
| 6 | Glyn was a lawyer , a partner in Rushton and Clarke , a firm who had been the family solicitors for several years , since her teenage years when she and her mother had come here and stopped roaming and moving at last . |
| 7 | A suspected Second World War bomb found in road works near the A2 exit of the M25 between Dartford and Swanley in Kent closed both roads for several hours last night , leading to a 25-mile traffic jam at one point . |
| 8 | As a capital city whose population includes , among students and more generally , a wide variety of religious , national and ethnic groups , Edinburgh can offer ethnically-based social facilities and opportunities for meetings for several forms of non-Christian religious observance . |
| 9 | As a capital city whose population includes among students and more generally , a wide variety of religious , national and ethnic groups , Edinburgh can offer ethnically-based social facilities and opportunities for meetings for several forms of non-christian religious observance . |
| 10 | A similar weakening of traditional cultural values can be witnessed in Britain , where Asian communities have now been subjected to dominant Western values for several generations . |
| 11 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 12 | While happily pleasuring concubines for several hours , they were apparently able to sign documents brought to them and even discuss urgent matters with visitors , with only the occasional movements from down below to make sure that they remained erect in connection with the other matter to hand . |
| 13 | From the early 60's , while most company operations still relied on manual systems , the payrolls for several sites were processed centrally at Dartford using an ICL 1202 processor . |
| 14 | Even so , a perfectly-sighted Ted can suffer with streaming eyes for several reasons during the fall , so best play safe and make him some goggles from a pop bottle , as shown opposite . |
| 15 | I went dry between my legs for several seconds , then I charged again . |
| 16 | However , few engagements were noted for the fighters for several days , although Sgt. Robertson saw three Bf109s above him on 20th. , but was unable to reach their altitude . |
| 17 | Heseltine 's campaign team , having been canvassing backbenchers for several weeks , had already developed a considerable momentum . |
| 18 | Increased oil revenues in 1990 [ see p. 38071 ] accounting for a rise in foreign exchange allotments for several industries , were reported to have made possible a three-fold increase in car production , announced by the Ministry of Heavy Industries on Aug. 6 . |
| 19 | ( I have been checking the indexes of such books for several years now ! ) |
| 20 | He had lain in one of the lofts above the storehouses for several days , weak and sick after zig-zagging cross-country ahead of the hunt , moving by night in this foul summer , and lying up in woods and trees by day . |
| 21 | We 're prepared to sustain losses for several years while we get it going . |
| 22 | Some of his expert systems have been used in plant/factory environments for several years ( i.e. COATEX for the process industry , ESEMA for manufacturing industry , etc. ) bringing benefits amounting to millions of pounds to AES Ltd customers . |
| 23 | Most of these exercises are double cast so that there are good opportunities for several readings of the main characters . |
| 24 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |
| 25 | Ann has been attending tree healing sessions for several months now . |
| 26 | A new symbolism of the body , and a concern for control of the body in terms of health , are key concerns for several artists , with the strongest pieces rooted in their own lives . |
| 27 | So some of the young of the pair stay with their parents for several years and take turns in transporting the new infants . |
| 28 | Once fledged , young cuckoos stay around the nest site demanding more food from their foster parents for several days . |
| 29 | Subsequent financial woes — he had quit his job as a broker to work on a show for the Boone gallery — sent Koons back to Pennsylvania , where he lived with his parents for several months before heading to Florida for a political campaign job that brought him enough money to return to New York . |
| 30 | He tapped at his keys for several seconds . |