Example sentences of "[noun prp] for a [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 2 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |
| 3 | And every Saturday for a whole year she run a Japanese consulate . |
| 4 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
| 5 | Carruthers was appointed as District Geologist in charge and Dinham was also posted there from Scotland for a few years . |
| 6 | This comment may have drawn attention to Mary Leapor for a few years . |
| 7 | They might receive only one or two small gifts , or even none , or — worst of all — could find themselves carried off to Spain for a whole year ! |
| 8 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 9 | The Pact for Economic Stability and Growth ( PECE ) between the government , trade unions and business [ see pp. 37078 ; 37274 ] was renewed in November for a further year . |
| 10 | If a successful sponsorship deal is arranged , the Liberator will be based in the UK for a two year period , during which time it would be a major attraction at the various events marking the 50th Anniversary of the US 8th Air Force 's arrival in the UK . |
| 11 | In 548 they stayed in the Balkans for a whole year and destroyed many towns and fortresses , including the Byzantine centre of Lychnidus ( Ohrid ) . |
| 12 | No one had been called Emily for a hundred years . |
| 13 | erm My cause for concern , and I think it 's one that 's been echoed in a number of places , is the still very high figure for food-poisoning outbreaks , for food-poisoning cases , erm you 'll see we 're not as high as the previous comparable half-year of last year , which was ninety-two , but that included the Keble outbreak , which you 're well aware of , but at thirty-two for Oxford for a half year , that 's a very high figure . |
| 14 | But somehow he does get things done , and he has , after all , resisted the lure of the west up to a point — ‘ can I say that I could now fill 360 days with western offers and stay somewhere between America , Europe and Japan for an entire year ? ’ — to continue his own reconstruction work at the Maryinsky . |
| 15 | June 3 : US President Bush extended US trade benefits to Bulgaria for a further year . |
| 16 | For many experts , the unusually heavy and dense lava may continue to be churned out of Etna for a further year . |
| 17 | Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years seeing it 's such an old town ? |
| 18 | Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years , seeing it 's such an old town ? |
| 19 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 20 | Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’ |
| 21 | For this reason , the Institute will restrict the examination to candidates who have been trained by holders of the Dip CITT. for a few years and then review the situation to see whether the professional structures have developed enough to sustain new entrants . |
| 22 | DAVID NAISH was re-elected as president of the National Farmers Union of England and Wales for a third year at the union 's annual meeting last week . |
| 23 | Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada . |