Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a considerable [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since no money has been drawn for a considerable number of years and interest has accrued at 7.5% per annum the fund now stands at around £1000 . |
| 2 | Since no money has been drawn for a considerable number of years and interest has accrued at 7.5% per annum the fund now stands at around £1000 . |
| 3 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 4 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
| 5 | There was no damage to the contents of the imperial treasury , but behind the scenes , the water has destroyed the complex new security and the air conditioning systems , so it will be closed for a considerable time ’ . |
| 6 | effects would not be known , would not be known for a considerable period of time . |
| 7 | But if access to the ordinary commercial activity of a shopping precinct were to be blocked for a considerable period at a particularly busy time of day , so that people were prevented from conducting their ordinary business and social affairs , there is a disruption of sufficient significance to warrant the imposition of conditions . |
| 8 | Bishop believed that change was essential and reported on his return to Washington that there was undue complacency in Tokyo ; the vested interests in the occupation bureaucracy believed that American dominance in Japan must be continued for a considerable period and Bishop held that tough action would be required in order to transform attitudes and to terminate the occupation . |
| 9 | If I behaved in a similar fashion I would expect to lose my ‘ ticket ’ and be imprisoned for a considerable time . |
| 10 | Often this has been because THE new housing market has been buoyant and it has been acknowledged that this market can not be missed as , at best , it is lost for a CONSIDERABLE time . |