Example sentences of "[adv] for the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , due to the limited capacities of the Committee it was recommended that the group should concentrate on running the centre more effectively for the time being and to engage management consultants to help it develop the capacity to run more complicated projects . |
| 2 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 3 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 4 | Kirov fell silent , knowing that he had said enough for the time being . |
| 5 | Is that enough for the time being ? — IM |
| 6 | One assassination is enough for the time being . ’ |
| 7 | Sometimes it 's free ( or , to put it another way , you pay only for the time you access the system ) , at other times you pay per ‘ page ’ of information you read . |
| 8 | It is only for the time being . |
| 9 | ‘ Nevertheless , my child , you must answer to something , if only for the time being . ’ |
| 10 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 11 | So for the time of the visit there was a truce . |
| 12 | And the mono thing worked ; we found it was a format we could really use well , so for the time being we 're carrying on down the path . |
| 13 | But at the age of twelve I knew that a falconry course was way beyond my means , so for the time being I had to be content with reading about it . |
| 14 | So for the time being it would be prudent to treat money as a major variable in our relationship with crime and conformity . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's just that the hospital do n't want you to have any visitors — not just for the time being . |
| 17 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 18 | Old Kewlany and his mate , as mystified as anyone , were set to work elsewhere for the time being . |
| 19 | The likelihood that , after all the fanfare and ultimatums , it is not going to happen , or at least not for the time being , is another boost for the ‘ rebel ’ general in his lonely defiance of Lebanon 's Muslims — indeed , a good many of its Christians , too — much of the Arab world , and international communities . |
| 20 | ‘ Not for the time being . ’ |
| 21 | In this case , in fact , it has not proved necessary to move to the next stage of passing a statute , at least not for the time being . |
| 22 | ‘ Uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ means a zebra crossing at which traffic is not for the time being controlled by a police constable in uniform or by a traffic warden . |
| 23 | Not for the time being . |
| 24 | I now know for certain that Selina Street is n't tucking Alec Llewellyn , or not for the time being anyway . |
| 25 | Critical of the US deployment , the Soviet Union would not for the time being join an international force , but would consider how to respond if the UN Security Council decided on military action . |
| 26 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 27 | We can do no more for the time being , then , than acknowledge that a refined version of associative theory might be capable of dealing with features of latent inhibition that constitute problems for a theory which relies solely on the context — stimulus association for its explanation . |
| 28 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | We should leave the neutrionors aside for the time being . |