Example sentences of "[prep] least for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having realised , I suspect , at least for the time being , that they are not going to get anywhere in their fight for equal prize money at Wimbledon or the French , the Women 's Tennis Association have come up with another proposal which I know has support in some areas but which I certainly hope will also bite the dust . |
| 2 | But the dilemma , at least for the television journalist , is not quite as simple as that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Chancellor has evidently made it clear to Moscow that West Germany respects East Germany 's existence as a separate state , that it does not want to alter the present military set-up of Nato and the Warsaw Pact , and that although it aims to overcome the division of Europe , this does not also apply to the political division of Germany — at least for the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | This in large part won in return their acquiescence in the research , at least for the majority , even though this was usually a reluctant and resigned co-operation . |
| 6 | The real and only alternative to Thatcherism , at least for the foreseeable future , was a return of the old two-party system , with Labour moving back towards credibility . |
| 7 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
| 8 | But during the three eight-week terms his routine was to sleep in college , at least for the days in the middle of the week . |
| 9 | Charles flew down from Aberdeen , Diana arrived from Highgrove ; but instead of going home together , at least for the night , they went their separate ways . |
| 10 | At least for the moment , the Conservative government has wrecked its popularity by pursuing misconceived projects such as the poll tax . |
| 11 | Israel 's decision not to respond , at least for the moment , makes perfect sense . |
| 12 | Yet the German foreign ministry has merely tut-tutted and the defence minister , Gerhard Stoltenberg , has called off the peeking , at least for the moment . |
| 13 | House-to-house searches have ceased , at least for the moment , but the arrests continue . |
| 14 | Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment . |
| 15 | However , the scientists say they believed the layer would continue to thin every winter at least for the next eight years , after which a ban on use of certain gases will start to have a beneficial effect . |
| 16 | And she believed the whales would remain at Laspi Bay at least for the summer , and had not heard of the widely criticised plans to take them on a travelling display . |
| 17 | Alan says : ’ I was amazed at the advice I received because their Mitchell Philpott told me not to transfer at least for the time being . |
| 18 | The alternation of parties in power has — at least for the time being — stopped . |
| 19 | The election will take the heat off the constitutional issue , at least for the time being . |
| 20 | The more important enemies had , at least for the moment , been defeated . |
| 21 | This further increased its authority and enabled it to keep control over events , at least for the next few months . |
| 22 | None the less , the Barclay offer had been instrumental in saving the statue for the nation at least for the time being and , soon after , the Minister for the Arts announced that an export licence had been refused . |
| 23 | But it is worth noting that at least for the criticism of popular culture , and of television in particular , this apparently postmodern move may have less to do with a radical change in the terms of value than with a fundamental shift of attention — and of political faith — from the text to the audience . |
| 24 | A young couple may have to shelve plans to have a baby , at least for the moment . |
| 25 | The so-called ‘ Loony Left ’ , much invoked before the general election of June 1987 , was in some places responsible if not for vagaries in the total school curriculum , then at least for the expenditure of scarce resources on teachers , and publications , dealing with subjects dear to their hearts , like racism , sexism , and peace-studies , unpopular with government and with many parents . |
| 26 | By organizing much of the process yourself , at least for the key posts , you will enhance your ability to select the right person . |
| 27 | Put simply , the Record of Achievement could become a Record of Failure , at least for the child who makes a slow start to achievement within the prescribed National Curriculum . |
| 28 | That would throw up some even more interesting questions — and might eventually drive research money back into the universities where , at least for the most part it belongs . |
| 29 | By comparison , the risks of ‘ doing nothing ’ , at least for the next three or four years , are less acute . |
| 30 | Last of the big actors where France has missed the boat , at least for the present , is in robotics . |