Example sentences of "be [adj] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adult worm burdens are typically in excess of 40,000 , although lower numbers are often found in animals which has been diarrhoeic for several days prior to necropsy . |
| 2 | ‘ He has been outstanding for several weeks now — and he 's got real pace , which you ca n't find these days , never mind buy it . |
| 3 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 4 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |
| 5 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |
| 6 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 7 | A third of its beds have been empty for several years . |
| 8 | Assume as before that national income has been constant for several time periods at £1,000 , and that autonomous investment is initially equal to £500 . |
| 9 | DeRoburt , 69 , who had been ill for several years , had been President of Nauru from independence in 1968 until 1989 , apart from short interludes in 1976-68 ( when he was Leader of the Opposition ) and 1986 . |
| 10 | Er , if the person er is sitting watching the television and er has been awake for several hours then we are at a disadvantage . |
| 11 | This appears to have been responsible for several stunts and was implicated in the general increase of physical violence against Jews in the East End in the middle 1930s . |
| 12 | The fact is , sir , that I have been alone for several years now . |
| 13 | Previously chairman of the board of studies at Durham University Business School , he will be responsible for several courses including the Master of Business Administration degree . |
| 14 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 15 | Suppose the brochure mentions another hotel , stating that it has been open for several seasons and that it closes every year from November to March . |
| 16 | In 1990 , however , the illegal People 's United Democratic Front ( PUDEMO ) re-emerged after being dormant for several years [ see below ] . |
| 17 | Gooch has been unwell for several weeks , playing in the first Test at Calcutta with a chest infection that should have ruled him out , missing the three-day match at Vishakhapatnam because he still felt weak , and then pulling out of the second Test at Madras after his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn . |
| 18 | It is possible for several separate LIFESPAN systems to be established on the same computer configuration , each with its own allocation of resources , perhaps for contractual reasons . |
| 19 | This passage is interesting for several reasons . |
| 20 | Listening is key for several reasons . |
| 21 | And I think this one is better for several reasons , I think you can quite clearly see now once you 've had a chance to look at this , the other one we saw , we , we eliminated this boat , we eliminate that post and this boat , or rather we just have this post and the sea beyond . |
| 22 | ‘ She wakes for a few minutes and then is unconscious for several hours , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 23 | This approach is fascinating for several reasons . |
| 24 | However , such a comparison is invalid for several reasons , some of which will be addressed in the concluding section of this chapter . |
| 25 | NWW is basically graphic designer Stephen Stapleton , who lives in Ireland and is responsible for several productions ( The Legendary Pink Dots , for example ) and lots of art work . |
| 26 | This is particularly necessary where a single person is responsible for several languages . |
| 27 | One vice-president is accountable for several strategic business units , each with a president who works with critical tasks of up to 7 years ' duration . |
| 28 | The use of " green waste " in developing countries is attractive for several reasons . |
| 29 | Consequently , the pattern of dividend payouts for firms which follow some target may resemble a ratchet effect which is only broken when the firm 's performance is bad for several consecutive periods . |
| 30 | As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation . |