Example sentences of "[adv] for the duration [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One joke had a candidate for the Waffen-SS being asked at the muster whether he was willing to sign on for the duration of the war ; to which , he replied : ‘ No , at first only for twelve years . ’ |
| 2 | A Navy sailing master was permitted to take over command only for the duration of the brief period when it was necessary for the Simonova to be manoeuvred to allow technical officers to service the weapons and telemetry mounted on the platforms . |
| 3 | Gorbachev apparently told Landsbergis that negotiations with Lithuania could begin if it suspended its independence declaration , if only for the duration of those negotiations . |
| 4 | Any re-bindings are in effect only for the duration of the CLI command file . |
| 5 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 6 | Thrown together for the duration of this working holiday , Ross now perceived in Minton an unavoidable ‘ degree of melancholy that was both fleeting and profound ’ . |
| 7 | This village had been built solely for the duration of the festival , for the thousands of funeral guests who were expected to arrive on foot from the far corners of the kingdom . |
| 8 | I was not quite five feet eight inches high , weighed only nine and a half stone , and found it uncomfortable to stand without arch-supports even for the duration of a hymn in church . |
| 9 | As the pound slid through the important benchmark of DM3 to close at DM2.9737 and lost ground against the dollar , most analysts agreed that the Chancellor would resist a further hike in interest rates at least for the duration of the Conservative Party conference , and possibly for some weeks to come . |
| 10 | His stand was interpreted as an attempt to use economic leverage to force a halt to Jewish settlement building in the Israeli-occupied territories , at least for the duration of the peace conference . |
| 11 | In September 1991 Congress had agreed to Bush 's demand to delay the guarantee package in an attempt to pressurize Israel into halting settlement construction in the occupied territories , at least for the duration of the Middle East peace conference [ see p. 38452 ] . |
| 12 | And quite clearly , at least for the duration of that weekend , there had been no sexual activity between himself and his fiancée . |
| 13 | During aerobic walking your heart and breathing rates increase , level out , then remain there for the duration of the exercise . |
| 14 | It did n't frighten her ; she merely disliked the physical act of getting on a plane and sitting there for the duration of the journey . |
| 15 | The client has no control over these factors and yet for the duration of the case he will be required to continue to pay the assessed contribution from his invalidity benefit . |
| 16 | In Kisling 's studio , where there was always a bottle or two open , Modigliani wrote on one of the preparatory pencil sketches that he made : ‘ I , the undersigned , author of the drawing , swear never to get drunk again for the duration of the war ’ . |
| 17 | The social services departments supervise the child during the statutory three-month period that elapses between the notification of adoption proceedings and the making of an adoption order by the court ; a social worker is usually appointed as a guardian ad litem , i.e. for the duration of the case , to interview the prospective adopters , investigate the relevant circumstances and report to the court . |