Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most certain of these is that employment in the primary sector has fallen for over 100 years , and continues to fall by around 2 to 3 per cent a year . |
| 2 | A cumulative succession of nasty surprises has dealt a further destructive blow to an advantage Mr Lawson has enjoyed for so many years that he may have come to taken it for granted : the effect on expectations of confident and respected official forecasting . |
| 3 | One thing is clear : Islam flourishes like a hardy plant wherever it springs up , and a tradition that has endured for over 1,300 years is sure to endure for a few more . |
| 4 | I write as one who has cycled for over 40 years and who rides between 8,000 and 9,000 miles per year ( I am an occasional motorist too ) . |
| 5 | The uncanny , oppressive atmosphere still hangs over that spot as it has done for over twenty years . |
| 6 | But that attitude has prevailed for over half a decade , and ‘ The Curse ’ does n't know whether to clear up the situation of simply amplify the confusion . |
| 7 | The Institute has called for more stringent vetting of solicitors ' accounting arrangements , and has particularly questioned whether the existing system of annual checks is adequate . |
| 8 | There was also a mathematician there from the university who John has known for about thirty years and a young man from Rome , maybe the daughter 's boyfriend , who John also knew , as he , the young man , is the son of a scientific contact of John 's in Rome and the said Dave had sent son to John about two years ago to discuss what university course the son should do and where . |
| 9 | He was also one prime source of the notion that has counted for so much among those with misgivings about democracy ever since : that of the tyranny of the majority . |
| 10 | Silva , who went on to make a 30-footer for an eagle at the second , insists that the confidence he has been given by Mansell 's support has counted for as much , if not more , than the money . |
| 11 | Europe must rethink the assumptions on which our security has rested for over forty years . |
| 12 | That strike has proved for always that Asian women workers can be strong , resourceful and courageous , that they can stand up , face the world and demand their rights . |
| 13 | The new Audi V8 too , has a rust-proofed body , although Audi has opted for more substantial galvanised steel instead . |
| 14 | The programme will recreate the traditional Carol Service train , which the Railway has run for over 20 years as worshippers travel by steam train from Keighley to Oxenhope , singing carols at each of the Railway 's six award-winning stations . |
| 15 | It 's a far cry from the security and comfort of Wimpey 's Middlesbrough office where Margaret has worked for as assistant legal manager . |
| 16 | So — in the year in which we 've forced the text-centred discipline that is rock writing to incorporate everything that it has excluded for so long ( the relationship between the star 's body and the fan 's , the voice , the materiality of music ) — maybe it 's time to make criticism grapple with what undoes it , ‘ the uncritical ’ itself . |
| 17 | Simmel emphasizes the paradoxical nature of culture , recognizing the essentially positive process of modernity which has allowed for hitherto unimaginable possibilities ; but he is wary of the forces which lead towards reification and autonomy , both of which are inimical to human interests . |
| 18 | It is therefore no surprise that local opposition to the LDDC has continued for over eight years now , even though the first chairman of the LDDC , Nigel Broackes of Trafalgar House , predicted that within a few years local opposition ‘ will not exist ’ . |
| 19 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that the state of affairs to which he referred in Wolverhampton has continued for about 10 years now ? |
| 20 | The clearest example in Britain concerns trade union rights in which this process of redefinition has continued for about 150 years and shows no signs of abating . |
| 21 | The program used allowed for only nine different liability classes . |
| 22 | Ted , who has lived for over thirty years in Yorkshire , will guide you to a different beauty spot every day . |
| 23 | ‘ There are exceptions , like Pizza Express , which has survived for so long and is still very successful because quality is paramount . |
| 24 | That has proved to be the case with Racal , the company which Sir Ernest Harrison has headed for nearly 30 years . |
| 25 | The Administration Order , which has existed for about 100 years with hardly anyone noticing , was limited to cases at present below the £5000 threshold . |
| 26 | People also feel proud of England , being English , and of all that has stood for over 1,000 years . |
| 27 | It is receiving its first coat of Olive Green paint and stands where no steam locomotive has stood for over 25 years . |
| 28 | Overtime pay has accounted for approximately 6 per cent of average earnings since the mid-1970s and this too varies with firm size due to differences in the length of scheduled working hours . |
| 29 | For a small firm of solicitors in a market town , conveyancing has accounted for about half of all fee income . |
| 30 | For a small firm of solicitors in a market town , conveyancing has accounted for about half of all fee income . |