Example sentences of "for the [adj] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 2 | For the first few years Blackpool 's trams represented the only practical example in the World , of electric tramcars running in crowded thoroughfares . |
| 3 | For the first few years the Sunday School met in a private house , possibly that of a Mr Thomas Leathem . |
| 4 | Sometimes grace periods are granted which means that no repayment of the loan 's principal is required for the first few years . |
| 5 | For the first few years the maximum carriage length remained at 42ft . |
| 6 | Malcolm Cole 's programme notes do n't specify the circumstances of the ‘ grim struggle for survival which left serious composition out of the question ’ for the first few years after he had settled in the United States in 1939 , but , whatever they were , they informed his music with an intensity that the exuberance of his early style did n't find much room for . |
| 7 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 8 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 9 | The autumn , for the first few years , brought our greatest problem . |
| 10 | With Lindsey 's Corsair being the only one of its type in Europe , airshow organisers had to approach him if they wanted a Corsair in their flying display , and for the first few years John Allison and Lindsey flew all over Europe with the aircraft . |
| 11 | For the first few years , that would be the big problem for the resettlers too , but a pipeline was being built that would bring a supply down from Canada . |
| 12 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 13 | Prince Charles argued that they should be brought up initially by Mabel Anderson , his childhood nanny , and then a governess employed to educate the boys for the first few years in the privacy of Kensington Palace . |
| 14 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 15 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 16 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 17 | For many years , both in the days of glassfibre and for the first few years of plastic , there was little variety in the shape of boats in general recreational use . |
| 18 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 19 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 20 | For the first few years , I was convinced they were being polite in front of me . |
| 21 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 22 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 23 | The CAT scanner which the hospital wants for its X ray department will cost £600,000 to buy and run for the first few years . |
| 24 | Self-employed John , 48 , from Dublin said : ‘ I 've been in the international scene for the past few years . |
| 25 | For the past few years , the death count has been running at roughly 10 a day , with blood feuds and general gangsterism adding to the mayhem . |
| 26 | For the past few years , the death count has been running at roughly 10 a day , with blood feuds and general gangsterism adding to the mayhem . |
| 27 | Goldman Sachs says its private-placement business in Europe has doubled every year for the past few years . |
| 28 | It seemed that not only the president , but the whole country , might have been in some delightful lotus-sleep for the past few years . |
| 29 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 30 | Many beekeepers have been examining their bees carefully for the past few years in efforts to find the mite . |