Example sentences of "for a few year [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's Countryside Commission argued that the licence should only have been renewed for a few years during a thorough review of military land requirements . |
| 2 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 3 | I 've been friends for a few years with the head stalker of Corrour estate , Ted Piggott , and his wife Theresia . |
| 4 | They would rather continue earning this money for a few years with the hope of becoming financially independent , thus broadening their options and opportunities . |
| 5 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 6 | For a few years in the mid-1980s this pattern was reversed , and the number of people leaving the United Kingdom fell below the number entering . |
| 7 | For a few years in the Sixties , scooter clubs replaced cycling but the phase passed and the emphasis was switched again to entertainment and raising money for charity . |