Example sentences of "[conj] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 2 | These could be utilized to estimate values for unmeasured situations or for unknown time periods despite the black box nature of this functional approach , and finally there were endeavours to proceed towards a more realist explanation . |
| 3 | Secondly , because of the integration between different components of the social system of the school , an innovation introduced by a single teacher will often have repercussions in other parts of the system — perhaps because there is a need for additional resources , or for more time , or because it is predicted [ sic ] upon new pupil roles , or involves a greater degree of integration . |
| 4 | He learnt that he could make love and come both in haste and with impressive slowness , for five minutes or for three hours , without asking either for more or for less time from his partner but fitting in with their timing . |
| 5 | The Jerusalem Post of Dec. 29 pointed out that for first time the USA had backed a resolution in the Council ( as opposed to the General Assembly ) which referred to " all the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 , including Jerusalem " . |
| 6 | Now , I leave entirely on one side the question why on earth the present ratio between profits and incomes generally is so supremely right that for all time it ought to be preserved , or at any rate allowed only to diminish , regardless of anything else that happens , such as the growth of savings and accumulation of capital . |
| 7 | This , coupled with the gossip that for some time surrounded the couple , soon convinced the constables they had the right people . |
| 8 | It seems that for some time the firm had been issuing such promissory notes and having them endorsed by its local bank in Bihać ( where , incidentally , the partisans held the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 9 | In the Victorian era , however , the burden of interest payments resulting from earlier wartime borrowing caused such concern that for some time budget surpluses were run in order to reduce the national debt . |
| 10 | They had bought a house in London so that for some time each year they could be in England , and now , with the baby almost due , Felipe had brought Maggie back . |
| 11 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 12 | And with Venus in your own sign between February 2 and June 6 , there has to be more love and fulfilment around than for some time . |
| 13 | In fact he is probably feeling fresher and sharper now , hungrier to resume his England career than for some time . |
| 14 | ‘ The paperback market had now improved somewhat , and we believe that book production capacity and demand are more in balance than for some time ’ , he added . |
| 15 | Whether due to Anglo-American action or not , the Middle East became temporarily quieter than for some time . |
| 16 | Ian Rock , the chief executive , said yesterday : ‘ The group 's position is more stable than for some time , but it still requires a substantial improvement in the economy and a solution to the group 's gearing before it can achieve satisfactory returns on shareholders ’ funds . ’ |
| 17 | The company is now looking at a future that is brighter than for any time in the past 20 years . |
| 18 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ Now and for all time in the future , human skills and human talents will be the major determinants of success or failure — not just for individuals but for a whole society in all of its social , cultural and commercial life . ’ |
| 20 | Marx was pointing out that the capitalist assumption that what motivates man everywhere and for all time is the search for profit , is totally misleading and is itself a product of capitalism . |
| 21 | This is clearly not a once and for all time decision . |
| 22 | ‘ And should any other prince or captain , Christian or infidel , of whatever law or sect or condition he may be , pretend to any right to these lands and seas , I am ready and prepared to deny him and to defend them in the names of the Kings of Castile present and future , whose is this empire and the dominion of these Indies , islands and mainland , northern and southern , with their seas , in the arctic pole as in the antarctic , on both sides of the equinoctial line , within and without the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — so that each thing and part of it belong and appertain most completely to Their Highnesses and to their successors , as I declare more at length by writ setting forth all that may be said or can be said and alleged in behalf of their royal patrimony , now and for all time so long as the world shall last until the final universal judgement of all mortals . ' |
| 23 | Have you summoned the ancient golden strength , to bind me to you once and for all time ? |
| 24 | To discover that real face that is our own amongst the images , the image of a face that will give us a face once and for all time , remains a fantasy rather than a realisable project . |
| 25 | I was partly convinced by Culler 's power of persuasion , and for some time thought that the kinds of analysis he described could be assimilated to practical criticism and the English synthesis . |
| 26 | During the years of World War N and for some time afterwards there had been a heavy demand for commercial and military explosives but by 1960 when Haslam was made personnel director of the Nobel Division of ICI the demand , particularly for military explosives , had dropped dramatically . |
| 27 | The kidnappings were a traumatic event and for some time the Gombe Stream Research Centre was closed to students . |
| 28 | It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US . |
| 29 | But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come . |
| 30 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |