Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for the time be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being an MP still carried some weight ; he was PPS to a powerful minister at Defence , and the threat of the General Election had rolled away for the time being : he was someone to heed . |
| 2 | The only major event of the campaign , the call by Michel Rocard for a political ‘ big bang ’ on the Left to allow the creation of a new , broad based , social democratic party , appears to have fizzled out for the time being . |
| 3 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 4 | Kirov fell silent , knowing that he had said enough for the time being . |
| 5 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 6 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |
| 7 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Given the present and foreseeable state of fishery resources in the Community and the degree to which fishing fleets have so far been restructured , the full-scale liberalisation of the activities of undertakings must be ruled out for the time being … |
| 9 | probably part of the reason why they did n't for the time being |
| 10 | Leaving aside for the time being the question of ‘ hostile intent , ’ it is plain that it is not enough that the defendant deliberately does an act that has the incidental effect of obstructing the police ; he must also have some notion that he is obstructing and causing the police difficulties . |