Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] many years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot gases from pyrites burners , mixed with steam , were passed over small blocks of moulded salt , a process which worked successfully for many years ; the works was absorbed by the United Alkali Co. in 1890 and the last Hargreaves–Robinson saltcake plant closed in 1918 . |
| 2 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 3 | The work continued under another architect , but the death of Marino , combined with the vast expense of the building together with the losses his surviving family also suffered at the hands of the new Spanish governors , meant that work stopped altogether for many years . |
| 4 | A variety of holidays in locations at home and abroad including guided tours have been arranged for them annually for many years . |
| 5 | Select part , or all , of the following paragraphs , according to whether the parties have been recently widowed/divorced or alone for many years . ) |
| 6 | Bransby Cooper ( Sir Astley 's nephew ) who knew Coleman personally for many years , said it seemed impossible not to love one so agreeable , kind-hearted , and blessed with all those qualities which endear man to man . |
| 7 | It is true these bright galleons do sail on the high streets of Wembley on Saturday afternoons , and some will continue to do so for many years to come — but not all . |
| 8 | Strange as it seems , I believe that she had not done so for many years . |
| 9 | Such a curriculum had served well , and did so for many years afterwards , that small percentage ( less than 10$ ) who enjoyed grammar school education and were marked out to be the leaders of the nation . |
| 10 | The precise circumstances of the birth of the Universe , perhaps some 15 billion years ago , are still a mystery — and are likely to remain so for many years . |
| 11 | So , prolonged unemployment for the principal breadwinners and their offspring is thrusting more and more families into poverty and threatens to do so for many years to come . |
| 12 | The Landscape Institute publishes no percentage fee scale , and has not done so for many years . |
| 13 | It is not my intention to discuss medical politics , but as it turned out this was not an unhappy solution , notwithstanding that it married two firmly conflicting beliefs which have continued to operate , sometimes rather awkwardly , side by side , and may do so for many years . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has done extremely well and will continue to do so for many years to come . |
| 15 | They were the North Riding Authority , er the East Riding Authority , the West Riding Authority , all of which converged on the on the city of York , and as you read through the files , er you will see that even then the D O E were trying to get erm those er those predecessor authorities in the late fifties , early sixties er to come to some view about what ought to be better for Greater York , so for many years the idea of Greater York ha has been current er in one guise or another . |
| 16 | The trustees in acting prudently on investments need to take advice , and , and we have done so for many years , and our investment advisors are currently Schroder Investment Management Limited . |
| 17 | Someone must be doing their housekeeping rather better at those hospitals , especially when one thinks of the help the Memorial Hospital gets from the WRVS and the Friends of the Hospital who raise a good deal of money and have done so for many years . |
| 18 | When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other . |
| 19 | Mothers and calves may remain together for many years , from 3–6 or even 8 years . |
| 20 | They worked together for many years ; they would drink together on an evening . |
| 21 | Commons curry eaters have dined out together for many years , according to Tory MP and founder member Emma Nicholson . |
| 22 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 23 | And they came to the palace with all their animals and lived happily together for many years . |
| 24 | The lawyer and his clerk had worked together for many years , and knew and understood each other . |
| 25 | To be described as surplus to requirements , perhaps after many years of loyal and diligent service , can cripple the self-esteem of even the most resilient person . |
| 26 | A UDC would undermine the ability of the elected local councils to implement the 1976 Docklands Strategic Plan , which had been agreed only after many years of discussion and debate ( Leaders of the London Boroughs of Greenwich , Lewisham , Newham , Southwark and Tower Hamlets , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | Only after many years of mental torment did some Calvinists achieve a certainty of conviction about their elect status , which helped them to cope with , and sometimes to change , the threatening and disturbing world that surrounded them . |
| 28 | Despite continued inflation such small increases in remuneration have been conceded only after many years of negotiation . |
| 29 | Others ( for example people with spinal Injuries or polio ) often experience a similar process of gradual deterioration , but only after many years of relative stability . |
| 30 | In Britain and the United States judges are selected from lawyers , usually only after many years in practice , in Britain as an advocate , and in the United States as an advocate or in a legal post within the government . |