Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] for [art] time " in BNC.

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1 The study of some group of tendencies is isolated by the assumption other things being equal : the existence of other tendencies is not denied , but their disturbing effect is neglected for a time .
2 Elsewhere in the country , one polling station in the south was occupied for a time by Khmer Rouge troops , who eventually stole a UN car and left .
3 The war intervened with the result that this urgent question was postponed for the time being .
4 The convoy was halted for a time by protesters at Dalreoch , on the Dumbarton-Helensburgh road , again at Helensburgh and on the third occasion at the protest camp at the gates to the base .
5 Whether intentionally or not , the effect of the exclusion was to dodge for the time being a major constitutional problem .
6 Furthermore , since I disagree with the view of the Divisional Court on this point in Ex parte Handscomb , but the Home Secretary was obliged for the time being to follow it , there is little logic in saying that he should have extended it to mandatory cases .
7 History , Sociology , Philosophy and Psychology were enshrined for a time .
8 The way in which they are applied has a crucial effect and having determined ratios between chemical and kinetic energy and heat it is important that a full allowance is made for the time required .
9 In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days !
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