Example sentences of "for [adv] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capacity and speed of optoelectronics make it an ideal means for simplifying switching and routing with optical networking a possibility for perhaps 10 years time — a prospect that researchers from University College are currently co-researching with British Telecommunications Plc in Harlow . |
| 2 | All around , tacking between the galleys , milling around the Doge 's vessel , I see the myriad small craft by which for so many years Venice exerted its supremacy around the Adriatic shores . |
| 3 | It was as irrational as it was melodramatic , but so was the darkened room where for nearly thirty years Alfred had striven to keep alive the great illusion of his youth . |
| 4 | For nearly four years Tony has lain in a coma , sustained by a feeding tube but trapped in what one doctor described as a ‘ living death ’ . |
| 5 | For nearly 30 years Mike Hooper from Water & Ventilation , Salisbury was a rally navigator , but 5 years ago he stopped when a large tree jumped out in front of the car . |
| 6 | For nearly 3 years Susan Hurd has made an RAF house her home . |
| 7 | And that was the Logagun models For about ten years feature models were quite popular in perception . |
| 8 | After we had been at school for about three years Arnold Hodson , who had been Consul in Southern Abyssinia , was staying with us at the beginning of the holidays . |
| 9 | For about forty years Clanricarde spoke frequently in the House of Lords on a wide range of subjects . |
| 10 | For about 15 years Lindsey averaged 20 airshows per season with the ‘ 108 , and the aircraft has probably participated in more airshows than any other UK warbird . |
| 11 | For about twenty-five years people had to live with the dilemma . |
| 12 | For almost twenty years Stutchbury devoted himself to the museum . |
| 13 | FOR almost three years John Major and Norman Lamont have been trotting out smug assurances that all was well in Tory Britain . |
| 14 | For almost 20 years St Mary 's has supported the work of St Gemma 's Hospice in Moortown , Leeds and recently Miss Anne Murray , the Assistant Head of Sixth Form and three senior students presented a cheque for £2,750 to the Hospice ( see photo above ) . |
| 15 | Whether the Company did help is not known , and for over thirty years Hoyle went on in his own way . |
| 16 | FOR OVER 25 YEARS ALITEX HAVE DESIGNED AND BUILT SUPERIOR STRUCTURES FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY . |
| 17 | For over 20 years mums have been able to rely on Calpol to relive their children 's aches and pains , fevers and teething troubles . |
| 18 | Some names have already been mentioned but it is possible to think of so many : of Mr Tommy and Mr Bobbie Reynolds and their work in choir and Sunday School , of the dignified and gracious figures of Mr and Mrs T H Watson ( parents of the Reverend George Watson ) , of Mr W A Mullen DL and his son Mr Cecil Mullen , generous and energetic benefactors of the church in so many ways , of Mr R J Magowan OBE JP for over 40 years secretary of the Trustees , of the brothers Mr Herbie and Mr David McClatchey , their service as Trustees and members of the choir , of Mr David Lyttle , Mr Norman Lyttle and Mr Sammy Lyttle , active in all aspects of the church 's life but especially concerned with choir and Sunday Schools of Mr Willie Holmes and his daughters Winnie and Amy , of Mr David Lamb and his family , of Mr Twinem Jackson , who , with Mr Magowan , still had time to give years of public service to the community at large in Portadown , of Mr C J McKinley , concerned with the Building Fund over the years and Superintendent of the morning Sunday School from 1943 to the 1960s , of Mrs Sleator with her wholehearted love for the church and for people , of Mr Bertie Montgomery , always cheerful and serene , who , among so many other things , began the practice of taping the services for the benefit of the elderly and housebound , of M Alfred Shortt and his long and generous association with the Sunday School , or Mr Dan Humphries , helping over the years with the church 's finances , of members of the Calvert and Hardy families and of those who , belonging to other Societies , nevertheless gave years of service to Edenderry — Mr Sam Robinson , Mr Joseph Cranston , Mr John Curry , Mr James Mullen , Mr W J Green , Mr Isaac Holland , Mr Eric Walker , and Mr William Bustard . |
| 19 | For over 30 years Israel had no need of excuses . |
| 20 | In all honesty the difficulties are formidable , but I tell you this , for too many years trade unionism has been in the doldrums and with such a prize , however difficult to achieve , it would be a betrayal of our heritage and a betrayal of our members if we do n't give it a good hard try . |