Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was another sound , too , a strange noise for the bright time of noonday . |
| 2 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 3 | Having taught English Literature for a long time in universities , on both sides of the Atlantic , and having spent some years pondering the questions raised in this book , I have come to some very tentative conclusions about what might be done ; they are not , I might add , of the kind I thought I would come to when I began working on it . |
| 4 | The lads were ‘ bang up for it — Talking Heads has been one of our favourite bands for a long time ’ , and another odd musical alliance was struck up , adding to a curious list of collaborations including the Velvet Underground 's John Cale ( who produced ‘ Squirrel And G-Man ’ ) and Donovan ( who supported them on tour ) . |
| 5 | me proper meeting for a long time . |
| 6 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 7 | British universities for a long time were relatively much more interested in the anthropological investigation of so-called ‘ primitive ’ societies in the more remote areas of the world , and British sociology constituted a relatively minor discipline , centred mainly on the London School of Economics . |
| 8 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 9 | Charles Henstock sat beside his old friend for a short time , his lips moving in prayer . |
| 10 | The profits have been in public relations for a long time but too often those in charge have refused to invest some measure of it in capital equipment that would improve client services and the daily life of their workers . |
| 11 | Larger fish will , however , put up with a freshwater environment for a short time . |
| 12 | Whilst it is possible that they will remain reliable instruments for a long time to come , it is in conditions like these that Titoism spawns and prospers . |
| 13 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 14 | Saying that the council had been pressing the Scottish Office for a long time to commit itself to a new bridge , the administration leader , John MacDougall , said while welcoming their decision , it was vital that the views of users would be taken into account . |
| 15 | Certainly schools will not be handling such retrieval techniques in the present economic circumstances for a long time yet ; though a service to teachers and educational researchers is offered in the United States ( and is available here in some libraries ) by the ERIC system , which provides micro-copies of research papers together with a tolerably thorough indexing system which can be computerized for quick search . |
| 16 | If the parent finds difficulty in not reacting to the child while in ‘ time out ’ on the chair , it may be better for the child to be placed in a safe separate room for the equivalent time . |
| 17 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 18 | Sir David Brewster 's victorian biography , first published in 1855 , remained the standard account for a long time . |
| 19 | Sir John Phear , who was Chief Justice for a short time in the late 1870s , felt that many magistrates ‘ manifest as a rule want of knowledge of the practice of the Courts , of the business of their office , and of the law which they have to conform and carry out . ’ |
| 20 | He waited on the cold landing for a long time , nursing his throbbing hand , anticipating the moment when he must face his parents and the serious punishment that was surely due to him . |
| 21 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 22 | An inefficient lift pump can often take several revolutions of the engine if hot and left standing for a short time . |
| 23 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 24 | This means that an artist can take on a new manager who can — take commission on all new projects , while the former manager continues to earn from all previous albums for a specified time . |
| 25 | Well she went on sick leave for a long time |
| 26 | Emma was wired up with probes , so that her skin temperature could be monitored by Jane , and left in cold storage for a specified time . |
| 27 | ‘ The responsibility system with the household contract linking output to payment as the main form is in keeping with the present level of the productive forces in China 's rural areas and must be maintained as a basic system for a long time to come … |
| 28 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 29 | Been my major struggle for a long time now . |
| 30 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |