Example sentences of "be [verb] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is usually about 18 days after infection , but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs . |
| 2 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 3 | It can however be arranged for several bills within one household to be included on the same payment . |
| 4 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 5 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains the polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 6 | Contracts will usually be let for several years . |
| 7 | In each case , after charging , measurements of heat had to be made for several hundreds of hours and repeated at several different levels of current , between 0.05 and 1.5 amps corresponding to a current entering each square centimetre of surface of the rods of 8 and 64 mA. ( mA means a milliamp or thousandth of an amp , not a million amps as incorrectly stated in one newspaper . ) |
| 8 | Life went on , and pottery and other artefacts continued to be made for several decades at least . |
| 9 | What is certain is that he carried the legend of a king or emperor waiting to be reborn for several centuries , just as the British King Arthur has done . |
| 10 | Above them , on a grassy hill , loomed the Monument — an imitation ruined temple that could be seen for several kilometres around . |
| 11 | If a walk is taken into the higher fastnesses of the glen , as may quite easily be done for several miles , more and more appear in succession ; indeed , there is a through route for walkers , not available to those who have to return to parked cars , all the way to Loch Treig and Corrour Station : a memorable expedition . |
| 12 | In fact this is not an attempt to reverse pollution , but something more complicated : to create a plan that would enable Lake Ichkeul , in Tunisia , to be used for several different purposes simultaneously . |
| 13 | Many early stations were simply large barn-like structures , a form which was to be used for several decades . |
| 14 | Any one system may be used for several different purposes but the most common use was for outreach work . |
| 15 | Embryonic fibroblast culture and replication banding has the advantage of providing a large number of slides and mitotic cells which could be used for several different probes but the disadvantages of having to pool a considerable number of embryos for the initiation of the culture and a lack of knowledge as to the source and lineage of the cells which become established in culture . |
| 16 | The extra expense of making these sections is offset by their versatility : an uncovered DPT can be used for several different analytical purposes , and offers much more petrographic information . |
| 17 | Surely he would be watched for several years , to ensure his fidelity . |
| 18 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 19 | But this year they announced the recession had hit investments mainly in property and so grants would be reduced for several years . |
| 20 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
| 21 | In the best traditions of the state 's statistics , a truthful answer will not be known for several years ( ie , when it is of little practical use ) . |
| 22 | Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying . |
| 23 | This enables oxygen to be stored for several minutes , and during prolonged periods of submersion an accessor valve between the heart ventricles can be opened to bypass the function of the lungs . |
| 24 | By contrast , microfilm can be stored for several hundred years . |
| 25 | The act of grinding , which could be continued for several hours , resulted in the insoluble starting material being reduced to very small fragments which were distributed on the surface of the lactose particles . |
| 26 | The second solution can be left for several hours , or overnight , when the wood should then be scrubbed with clean water to which a little acetic acid has been added . |
| 27 | The parent trees would be retained for several years after the new trees had been planted at the new site , just so that they could be used as a reference for checking . |
| 28 | The public inquiry is expected to last a week , but a final decision wo n't be taken for several months . |
| 29 | Cineraria maritime ( try " White Diamond " or " Silver Dust " ) , normally used for summer bedding , can be over-wintered for several years to give foliage for cutting much earlier the following years . |
| 30 | The results of this trial can be questioned for several reasons . |