Example sentences of "[adv] be for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the amount of pausing drops below what it would naturally be for a given speaker in a particular situation , the number of errors which the speaker makes increases . |
| 2 | It was also announced that ambassadors ' postings would henceforth be for a maximum of five years , and that their appointments would be approved by the council of USSR and republican foreign ministers . |
| 3 | Oreste had been spared and it could only be for a purpose . |
| 4 | But it should only be for a matter of months . ’ |
| 5 | Maria objected strongly but Noreen had said it would only be for a little while until she went back to school in New York , now that Noreen had money enough to get them their own place . |
| 6 | The plan is that if we have to leave , and we 're still not sure , it will only be for a while . |
| 7 | If it did it might only be for a moment , the briefest of seconds , and she wanted Creggan h be ready for it . |
| 8 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 9 | Because it would only be for a short time , Lucien 's parents had decided it would not be a religious transgression for his aunt Pershti , his mother 's lover , to look after him . |
| 10 | It would , after all , only be for a week or so , after that they were due back at Purley . |
| 11 | It would only be for a few days , of course . |
| 12 | The words tumbled over each other in her eagerness. ‘ 'T WOULD only be for a day or so while I try to get a message to the Queen . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 15 | So a female quail does not begin to incubate her clutch of a dozen or so eggs until it is complete , and that may not be for a fortnight after the first was laid . |
| 16 | Though it not be for a safety to anybody else in terms of operations , I think . |
| 17 | It may not be for a person 's death or betrayal that we are grieving . |
| 18 | It is worth noting that an offer need not be for a listed company for the Panel to be interested in it . |
| 19 | You can generally borrow up to 90% of the value of the new home , and you can borrow as much as three times you salary : the loan will usually be for a maximum of 25 years . |
| 20 | In order to be legal a lease must also be for a term of years absolute , according to s. 1(1) ( b ) , Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 21 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 22 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 23 | And it wo n't be for a while . |
| 24 | ‘ But that should n't be for a while , they 're not calling the twenties up yet … |
| 25 | I 've told her I 'll see her at the funeral , though I suppose it wo n't be for a while . |
| 26 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 27 | If we do get together , it 's certainly wo n't be for a 50–50 purse . ’ |
| 28 | But it wo n't be for a while |
| 29 | The aim would ultimately be for a speaker independent system , allowing continuous speech , with a large vocabulary , and this has only recently become a practical possibility as speech recognition methods have shifted to phoneme-based systems , using transitional probabilities and methods such as hidden Markov models to allow sequences of phonemes found in English ( or whatever language is being considered ) and reject others . |
| 30 | This arrangement is not popular with staff and should therefore be for a predetermined limited period . |