Example sentences of "[num] [conj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juniper Green Tennis Club was formed in 1979 and for 11 years it has provided a valuable service to the local community in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains . |
| 2 | Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’ |
| 3 | But during 1939–45 and for some years after the war , there was a marked change in judicial attitudes . |
| 4 | It was to the old mill that James Christie came from Kintyre , where he worked as a spinner in a lint mill , in 1873 and for ten years carded wool for the local women to spin , did a little weaving and some farming . |
| 5 | Owing to faster population growth and an internal migration rate approaching 10% , an additional 1 in 10 sample was taken in 1966 and this would have been repeated in 1976 but for economic stringencies . |
| 6 | A study in West Yorkshire found that the overall risk for bladder cancer for male smokers was 1.7 and for female smokers 1.4 [ 8 ] . |
| 7 | In England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , where that is no longer the case , the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour in private is 21 and not 16 as for heterosexual relationships . |
| 8 | National capital aids are not eligible for EEC reimbursement if they exceed the levels permitted under Article 4.2. except for certain grants ( including those for land improvement or for the protection/improvement of the environment ) . |
| 9 | As the DES decided in 1980 to discontinue its approval arrangements for OND by 1982 and for other courses by 1981 , the Association of County Councils and the Standing Conference of Regional Advisory Councils agreed to set up a national committee , namely the NCCAE , to replace the role of the DES . |
| 10 | The third-class passengers on the Beira and Mashonaland railway travelled in this way in 1900 and for many years afterwards . |
| 11 | At intervals throughout the next months he worked on this material , in preparation for his show at the Lefevre Gallery in September 1951 and for other exhibitions . |
| 12 | 0-6-0T locomotives in the Class USA had been an interesting addition to the British Railway scene at the end of World War Two and for some years during the steam era of British Railways . |
| 13 | The conductor was Mr. L. Lambert , who had started conducting with Croydon Corporation in 1919 and for many years had been their union representative . |
| 14 | During the 1980s the college built up a deficit of over £1 million because for several years its grant was not increased . |
| 15 | ( The Parker Morris Report , Homes for today and tomorrow ( 1961 ) , recommended standards for all new houses , whether public or private , more space and better heating being the overriding considerations : the recommendations were mandatory for New Town housing in 1967 and for local authorities in 1969 , but not for the private sector . ) |
| 16 | A qualified Keep Fit Teachers , she gained the Medau Teachers ' Award in 1968 and for many years was an active member of the Executive committee , serving as the Society 's first Vice-Chairman from 1977 to 1979 . |