Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] for [art] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 'll have to go in here for the time being . ’
2 ‘ Put your things in here for the time being , ’ she said , pushing open the door to the living-room .
3 We had potatoes in there for a time but we had to keep hoeing all the weeds out .
4 There seemed grounds for believing that the Thatcher government was , at least for a time , losing direction .
5 It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time .
6 Far from wet blankets , even the most shrewdly commercial member of the Enterprise was touched , at least for a time , by unworldly enthusiasms .
7 ‘ Reinforcement of the behaviours related to such needs cements the associations at least for a time .
8 Mammalian faunas on isolated continental fragments could evolve , at least for a time , separately from faunas in other parts of the world , producing a whole series of peculiar animals that have no direct relationships to animals with a similar mode of life elsewhere .
9 Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time .
10 Their protection was , at least for a time , so stringent that significant numbers of poachers were exiled to the colonies .
11 A further possibility is that the individual may , at least for a time , hold onto beliefs and values taken without question from others , for example parents , teachers , peers .
12 With corporal punishment abolished as a judicially imposed sentence , and capital punishment diverted , at least for a time , to a committee room in Whitehall , the decks were cleared for the first real post-war scrutiny of penal policy and methods .
13 Morality is still uppermost , but it is a social morality with which parents and teachers are concerned , not the repression of old Adam , the suppression of evil , or the breaking of the will , and , in consequence , the view that a proper submissiveness in the child can only be achieved by harsh discipline weakens , at least for a time .
14 From what Stephanie had seen of Bill lately , from what Frederica reported , his spirit was daunted , at least for a time .
15 Will his ideology make him close the border , or will economic self-interest keep it open , at least for a time ?
16 The appearance of this list marks the transfer of hectic activity , at least for a time , from within the SOED , where the specifications are drawn up , to those institutions and individuals interested in ‘ winning ’ the research contracts advertised , who now have to notify interest and submit proposals for carrying out the work .
17 Does he recollect that during the talks last summer that he strove so hard to make successful the IRA , at least for a time , was marginalised ?
18 At p524 The Lord President stated : In neither of the English cases referred to was it doubted that if trustees carry on a trade or business — as they not infrequently have to do , at least for a time — they are assessable under Case I of Schedule D ; although again the balance of their profits and gains is theirs only in a representative capacity …
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 The alternation of parties in power has — at least for the time being — stopped .
22 The election will take the heat off the constitutional issue , at least for the time being .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 If it does , I hope and pray that they will stop there and leave you alone , at least for the time being .
27 It appears that London Zoo and its aquarium have been saved from the axe yet again — at least for the time being .
28 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 .
29 Embattled Norman Lamont will hang on to his job , at least for the time being .
30 Elizabeth 's sons could stay with their mother , at least for the time being .
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