Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now at this point I want to sort of take a break from looking at the development of the Communist Party to looking briefly at the peasantry because although the peasantry have been in the background for much of the time , we have n't actually looked in any detail , so far , at the condition of the peasantry in China . |
| 2 | The help given in the first period of Addenbrookes , when the plaintiff had her own room and was for much of the time still in a coma , was clearly signifidant , significant , not only in caring for the plaintiff 's physical needs , but in giving the support and encouragement which no doubt contributed greatly to the plaintiff 's emergence from that coma . |
| 3 | The weather forecast for Nottinghamshire all parts will stay dry today and although there 'll still be a good deal of cloud for much of the time some bright or perhaps sunny intervals are possible . |
| 4 | All parts will stay dry today and although they 'll still be a good deal of cloud for much of the time some bright or perhaps sunny intervals are possible . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll have to be inside the spell and out of here into the Time Chariot so fast you could n't say ‘ caterpillar 's boots ’ , always supposing you wanted to say such a ridiculous thing , which I do n't suppose you do . |
| 6 | It did n't feel like much at the time , but I knew it was him . |
| 7 | Oh , it did , went on for up to the time I retired . |
| 8 | From now until the time of Magnus the Pious there are no Emperors and the lands becomes increasingly divided . |
| 9 | ‘ Ties in roughly with the time the vagrant jumped the train . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll have to go in here for the time being . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Put your things in here for the time being , ’ she said , pushing open the door to the living-room . |
| 12 | No , you were all in here at the time . |
| 13 | I mean , that was obviously put in here at the time that we did n't have anything that covered it . |
| 14 | But I mean you know he 's a workaholic and he expects everybody to be the same and then he works in there by the time I get there in the morning he works , works solidly right through until I leave there at night , you know . |
| 15 | If only to stop me dashing round to the newsagent every day to ask if it is in yet around the time due , I shall have to take out an MKM subscription and devote more of my energies to learning how . |
| 16 | The rain had set in steadily by the time Ruth got home . |
| 17 | Someone who flew to Britain , so they were over here at the time of the Sandra Riverton crime . ’ |
| 18 | What Marx was trying to do in constructing the Asiatic system was to reconcile , on the one hand the reports of the strength of the village communities which characterized many of the accounts of Asian villages and which was manifested in their apparent ability to act organically , for example in the close co-operation and mutual reasonableness required in irrigated agriculture , and , on the other hand , a traditional view of the despotism of oriental rulers , a view which dominated European pictures of the Orient , at least since the time of Montesquieu . |
| 19 | The last mill these waters powered was Awre Corn Mill , an old site in use at least since the time of the Domesday Survey , having reputedly belonged to Edward the Confessor . |
| 20 | Having realised , I suspect , at least for the time being , that they are not going to get anywhere in their fight for equal prize money at Wimbledon or the French , the Women 's Tennis Association have come up with another proposal which I know has support in some areas but which I certainly hope will also bite the dust . |
| 21 | Alan says : ’ I was amazed at the advice I received because their Mitchell Philpott told me not to transfer at least for the time being . |
| 22 | The alternation of parties in power has — at least for the time being — stopped . |
| 23 | The election will take the heat off the constitutional issue , at least for the time being . |
| 24 | None the less , the Barclay offer had been instrumental in saving the statue for the nation at least for the time being and , soon after , the Minister for the Arts announced that an export licence had been refused . |
| 25 | ANYONE who may have been disturbed by a recent Monitor report on the threat of cancer lurking in normal cells ( New Scientist , 3 March , p 583 ) , can sleep easy again , at least for the time being . |
| 26 | Those who could produce evidence of ‘ character , associations and loyalty ’ were placed in category C and were left to their own devices , at least for the time being . |
| 27 | If it does , I hope and pray that they will stop there and leave you alone , at least for the time being . |
| 28 | It appears that London Zoo and its aquarium have been saved from the axe yet again — at least for the time being . |
| 29 | A new Archbishop of Canterbury was selected who took a public stance against clergy in gay and lesbian relationships , but who was persuaded to adopt a more flexible position , at least for the time being . |
| 30 | Embattled Norman Lamont will hang on to his job , at least for the time being . |