Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [be] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 2 | Consecutive sentences of three months had been passed for two offences of driving while disqualified , with a further six months consecutive for an excess alcohol offence . |
| 3 | A paid-up policy is only available if premiums have been paid for three years and the reduced sum is £400 or more . |
| 4 | Although the NRA warned that the programme 's cost will be high , and that there are no " quick fix " remedies , solutions have been identified for 10 of the rivers . |
| 5 | Yesterday 's announcement of 420 job losses came after a meeting between the receivers and union representatives at the yard , where warships have been built for 130 years . |
| 6 | A MAN who has made 15 previous court appearances has been jailed for 15 months by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 7 | The two areas have been twinned for 35 years . |
| 8 | The presenters have been suspended for three months . |
| 9 | These subscriptions have been paid for 1993 . |
| 10 | Well over 100 applications had been received for 35 places on a new course starting this year . |
| 11 | The Scholarships , Grants and Awards have been strengthened for 1993 with the addition of several new ones . |
| 12 | In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance . |
| 13 | Circuses have been going for two hundred years . |
| 14 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 15 | These solutions , which involved old technology , simply applied to the ocean freighter what railroads and truckers had been using for 30 years . |
| 16 | Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy . |
| 17 | Most of this increase stems directly from government policies and , although some extra resources have been allocated for 1990/91 and 1991/92 , little has been done to remedy the situation . |
| 18 | Data were available for 1923 patients after 186 ( 8.8% ) patients had been excluded for one or more of the following reasons : healing not documented ( 66 patients ) , patient 's first ulcer ( 61 ) , ulcer diameter less than 5 mm ( 39 ) , supplementary ulcer medication ( 23 ) , alcohol abuse ( six ) , patient under 18 years old ( three ) , patient did not take medication ( three ) , ulcer not verified endoscopically ( one ) , anastomotic ulcer ( one ) , gastric ulcer ( one ) , bleeding ulcer at enrolment ( one ) . |
| 19 | A ceiling of 638,800 square metres has been set for 1992 , including timber from plantations . |
| 20 | Our records of the Second Empire are far from complete , of course , but it is certain that Tarvaras has been isolated for thousands . |
| 21 | Mr Espin reported that bookings had been made for 22 adults and 26 children . |
| 22 | When she emerged , the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two . |
| 23 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 24 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 25 | These are not , of course , known , but the pay-offs have been forecast for three levels , high , medium and low . |
| 26 | A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 27 | The travellers had been driving for six hours , and as the meter in the cab had been showing a steady sixty miles an hour , they must have covered over three hundred and fifty miles . |
| 28 | Mrs Singh was upset ; she felt rejected by the school her children had been attending for five years . |
| 29 | The whale hunters from the Lofoten Islands , the heart of Norway 's whaling industry , are eager to put their point of view , saying that whales have been hunted for ten thousand years and are an integral part of the local diet . |
| 30 | Initial clinical results have been reported for 10 patients . |