Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] 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 | She also read the message in italics printed beneath the cartoon , to the effect that the cartoonist responsible had for many years been officially connected with a provincial newspaper and was now , in the sunset of his life , himself the recipient of twice-weekly Meals on Wheels . |
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 . |