Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eastern winds have brought what had been fair sport back to a normal level for the time of year . |
| 2 | If anyone spoke , it was usually only to voice condemnation of British Rail for the time it took to get served . |
| 3 | I thank my hon. Friend for the time and trouble that he took last week to visit my constituency and see at first hand the problems caused by and resulting from British Rail . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you what it 's a sound argument for the time being but it 's not a sound argument if we 're involved in a management buy out . |
| 5 | She , too , had suffered from Clarissa 's neighbourly concern about the behaviour of her child and was waiting with calm anticipation for the time when Clarissa 's children , who were at present eleven and twelve , should enter puberty . |
| 6 | I GIVE my estate free of all taxes and duties to the Royal Air Forces Association ( Registered charity No. 226686 ) whose Central Headquarters is at 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London , W4 3RX and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of the said Association shall be sufficient discharge to my executors or trustees . |
| 7 | What with all this baring of fangs and of ultimate weapons , these snarlings and ‘ long-term psychic damage ’ , how is one to protest mildly that Prothero is — with an engagingly archaic elegance ( ‘ stamps a man too disadvantageously ’ ) — telling Pound that he need n't waste his time submitting manuscripts to the Quarterly Review for the time being ? |
| 8 | A similar analysis for The Times belies the nature of the changes implied by Curran et al . |
| 9 | It cost £300,000 to build , a vast sum for the time , and Murray 's Handbook for Travellers in India , Burma , and Ceylon , with typical travel-guide hyperbole , described it as the finest railway station in India or any country . |
| 10 | There is a similar expression for the time delay from N to Venus . |
| 11 | The rise of the ‘ casual ’ — the smartly-dressed stand supporter with a penchant for calling cards , scrap books and well-organised mega-violence spiced with more than a hint of racist overtones — seems a perfect symbol for the times . |
| 12 | ‘ A fine day for the time o' year . ’ |
| 13 | By investing a few million pounds into the anti-poaching forces of Kenya and Tanzania , as is happening at the moment , we will probably reduce and even stop the poaching problem for the time being but the long-term survival of the elephant in eastern Africa is going to depend ultimately on those countries ' abilities to incorporate wildlife and wild area protection into an overall land use policy . |
| 14 | His concern for leprosy sufferers , whom he had seen being thrown alive into burning pits , led to the establishment of a leprosy hospital in Calcutta — a very advanced concept for the time . |
| 15 | Me too , but good luck for the time being Susan . |
| 16 | That most terrible of the stories of divine punishment out of all mortal proportion to the offence appears often in the fifth century , like the punishment of Act aeon , and evidently had a powerful meaning for the time . |
| 17 | Do n't worry too much about providing her with a healthy diet for the time being — the strangest combinations of food can provide an adequate intake of nutrients and children can be perfectly healthy on remarkably little . |
| 18 | A man on the other side of the road raised his hat to a passing lady and distinctly said , ‘ Grand day for the time of the year ’ , after which the boy fell down . |
| 19 | In Wisconsin the Assembly agreed not to vote on an abortion measure , thereby killing a revised bill for the time being and allowing a stringent , but inoperable , law imposing criminal penalties for doctors performing abortions to remain in force . |
| 20 | Much above the average in wealth for a Buckinghamshire incumbent , his estate totalling nearly £19 included £7. 1s. 4d. in ready money , a substantial amount for the times by any reckoning . |
| 21 | Stick to the grand design for the time being . |
| 22 | Kelly , however , moved swiftly to give the beleaguered Taylor his full support for the time being at least . |
| 23 | For health reasons she returned to England in 1883 , but her husband 's appointment in 1886 as Italian and Greek correspondent for The Times drew her back to Italy , where she lived in Rome until 1897 . |
| 24 | But all the nuclear powers except China have suspended nuclear testing for the time being . |
| 25 | And that 's my Italian name for the time being , let's now hear let's now see how Colin will do with er the Pisa players down at Lane , Colin it 's all yours . |
| 26 | Satisfied with this flimsy explanation for the time being , she moved on to a more intimate subject : herself . |
| 27 | His blazer studded with drawing pins in homage to Presley 's cloth of gold , he cut through the verbiage with a revolutionary cry for the times . |
| 28 | During this period he also led the British expedition to observe the transit of Venus in Hawaii ( 1874 ) , travelled in Siberia and the Gobi desert , and reported the Russo-Turkish war for The Times in 1877 . |
| 29 | The effect of reading a Bill a second time is to curb further debate on the general principle for the time being and cause the Bill to go straight to the next stage , which is the committee stage . |
| 30 | The snow is much worse as I finally move out , and the only consolation for the time it has taken is being alone , and arriving late so that the others have already begun on the tent and wood collecting . |