Example sentences of "[adj] for the time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of the afternoon had been more or less normal for the time of year except that Ted had been following Pete around for most of it , trying to pump him for details of what had happened between him and Diane Jackson . |
| 2 | The glucose level was normal for the time of day , and everyone was pleased . |
| 3 | The temperature will rise to a maximum of about nine degrees Celsius , about normal for the time of year . |
| 4 | Sales volumes in May were up on a year ago for the fifth month in a row but they remained well below normal for the time of year , he said . |
| 5 | Motor traders reported a small fall in sales in the year to May following five months of growth , but business remained below normal for the time of year . |
| 6 | Shop sales grew again in May , but the upturn was relatively modest with sales still well below normal for the time of year . |
| 7 | The survey indicates that sales volumes are up , but they still remain below what retailers would consider to be normal for the time of year . ’ |
| 8 | Make the most of British pork because prices are low for the time of year . |
| 9 | But nevertheless it 's im important to remember that this is a survey erm which is conducted at the time of year when most compan or many companies raise their list prices and if one looks at the past sort of record of this survey both at the regional level and the national level , one generally does see a bit of an upturn in the pr in the prices numbers at this time of year because people are raising their list prices erm and once you allow for that erm I think these numbers are er very good in terms of prices trends , very low for the time of year . |
| 10 | A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year . |
| 11 | This will do no good for Amsterdam 's tourist trade and London will be wetter than average for the time of year . |
| 12 | St Mary 's chose to perform The Nativity , which was appropriate for the time of the year . |
| 13 | It 's erm appropriate for the time of the year nearly . |
| 14 | The air remained unnaturally hot and humid for the time of the year , and the sun shone down again from the brightening sky . |
| 15 | Combe Bank could be regarded as an attempt to reduce the four-corner-towered form of , for example , Lord Burlington 's Tottenham Park to the scale of a villa ; at Whitton Place he appears to have been one of the first Palladian architects to employ the three-sided bay-window motif ; and his stable block at Althorp , Northamptonshire ( 1732–3 ) , with its portico derived from St Paul Covent Garden is exceptional for the time in its exploitation of the bold simplicity of the Tuscan order . |
| 16 | I have proposed that , on the reasonable assumption that resources remained more or less constant for the time in question , the price exacted for ( phyletically ) growing larger was to become rarer , thereby increasing the probability of extinction ( Hallam , 1975 ) . |
| 17 | It was cold for the time of year . |
| 18 | The 29 booksellers and stationers responding to the CBI survey were among the disappointed retailers , with 59% reporting sales volume down on a year ago and 57% describing the volume of sales as poor for the time of year . |
| 19 | ‘ Nice and heavy for the time of year . ’ |
| 20 | The weather was benevolent for the time of the year . |
| 21 | The weather was not wild and stormy , as has sometimes been suggested , but mild for the time of year . |
| 22 | As it was unusually cool for the time of year , two great carpets had been unrolled on the porch and a smattering of cushions rested invitingly against the wall . |
| 23 | Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius , that 's forty six to forty eight fahrenheit- although it is Novemver , still cool for the time of year . |
| 24 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 25 | In order to qualify for alternative permitted hours , the club must fulfil the following conditions ( subss. ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ) , viz. : ( a ) that the club premises are adapted and used by members and their guests for carrying on athletic sports or games ; ( b ) that at least one of the sports or games is carried on out of doors , and in daylight ( unless artificial light is used ) ; ( c ) that the premises are regularly used during winter and the hours of daylight for a sport specified in ( b ) ; ( a ) that the usual permitted hours are not suitable for the time at which the game or sport is usually played by members and their guests for the supply of liquor to those participating in the game . |
| 26 | It was not bad for the time of year : February was always her cruellest month . |