Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Puma has introduced for 1992 a new concept in shoe comfort , the Puma Disc system . |
| 2 | but left open the question whether there is any difference under section 87 if the successor has resided for 12 months with the deceased tenant in two or more council houses or has resided partly in a council house and partly in private sector accommodation : [ 1987 ] 1 W.L.R. 1433 , 1441H . |
| 3 | John Doxsie , head of Staley 's sweetener division , says that in the three years since its launch , Krystar has accounted for 100 million lb of the annual five billion lb market for all sweeteners . |
| 4 | Computer has waited for fifteen thousand years . |
| 5 | A Norwegian university has asked for five people |
| 6 | Much depends on the respective cost of reinsurance which TI has secured for 1992 and NCM has just purchased in December 1991 . |
| 7 | The club has restarted for 1991 and everything seems to be going well . |
| 8 | These show public industry to have accounted for 11 per cent of GDP , not far short of 10 per cent of the workforce and a level of investment equivalent to the whole of private manufacturing [ Prest and Coppock , 1983 ] . |
| 9 | Yet , running through them , the still more ancient river Indus had existed for millions of years before their rise . |
| 10 | That the project may now be delayed by Chinese inquisitiveness should be seen in the context of the fact that the current administration had dithered for 15 years on the project . |
| 11 | As a result its turnover had increased for 14 successive years . |
| 12 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 13 | — there are far fewer letters than sounds , so that , for example , the five written vowels have to stand for two to three times as many spoken vowels ; |
| 14 | Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years . |
| 15 | H B F have gone for four point four five percent . |
| 16 | As we enter the nineties we are progressing slowly with direct mail in UK politics , but national attempts by the different parties have failed for one reason or another . |
| 17 | The promotion means farewell to the Northern League middle , in which Winter has officiated for six years . |
| 18 | Military officials said a relief column heading for Huambo , where a battle has raged for six weeks , clashed with Unita forces about 60 miles from the city . |
| 19 | Hitachi , with its partners Maxwell and Matsushita , has come up with a disc the same size , while a third combine headed by Seagate has opted for 3¼ inch ( 7–8 cm ) in an attempt to head off the Japanese competition . |
| 20 | The debate about linking Skye and the mainland has continued for 20 years . |
| 21 | Every 100,000 years or so there has been a ‘ temperate window ’ when the ice has receded for seven to ten thousand years . |
| 22 | In this case , though , when I totalled their length it came to 2,000 words ; and the books editor had asked for 700 . |
| 23 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 24 | Kim had booked for three days — the longest time available . |
| 25 | In total more than 60 companies have applied for 122 out of the 435 blocks in the first two stages of the 14th offshore licensing round — the biggest response for 20 years , according to energy minister Tim Eggar . |
| 26 | Each council 's elected for four years , but councils are n't all elected at the same time . |
| 27 | Our mountains have survived for millions of years , bearing witness to a history of violent , volcanic activity , glaciation and erosion , but ironically it 's the invention of the internal combustion engine and lightweight waterproof clothing that has put them under the most severe pressure yet . |
| 28 | To add to the American demands , Canada has applied for six orbital slots . |
| 29 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 30 | The drought is becoming very serious , no rain having fallen for nine months , in fact nothing but ruin presents itself . |