Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her children had families of their own and her husband was n't due to retire for several years . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom holiday industry was in a period of rapid change and flux in late 1985 and this is likely to continue for some years to come . |
| 3 | The research to find a European version of taxol is likely to continue for some years . |
| 4 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 5 | Once diagnosed , a patient is lucky to survive for five years for , unlike cervical cancers , lung cancers are usually spotted too late for doctors to be able to destroy them . |
| 6 | The legend that Crabb was taken back to Russia alive continued to circulate for several years and indeed still does , helped by a number of books claiming to be based on secret information from the East . |
| 7 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
| 8 | Speech recognition , on the other hand , as featured in science fiction and typified by the HAL computer in 2001 — A Space Odyssey is unlikely to appear for many years yet , if ever . |
| 9 | Michael Redgrave was fortunate in having an excellent stepfather , and was able to study for four years at Cambridge University where he obtained an honourable B.A. ( Cantab . ) . |
| 10 | Known oil reserves are enough to last for 40 years , natural gas for over 65 years and coal for 250 years . |
| 11 | AMR Corp , parent of American Airlines Inc , has agreed to take delivery of a KSR1 later this year and signed a letter of intent to collaborate for five years on a project to simplify the task of analysing and manipulating massive amounts of data . |
| 12 | AMR Corp , parent of American Airlines Inc , has agreed to take delivery of a KSR1 later this year and signed a letter of intent to collaborate for five years on a project to simplify the task of analysing and manipulating massive amounts of data . |
| 13 | And its leaders , with precious little to show for 40 years of economic folly , may see the nuclear crisis they have provoked as a way of taking minds off empty stomachs . |