Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the London Borough of Southwark agreed to maintain the level of funding to some of the projects for a short time after the demise of the I. L. E. A. , that support can no longer be guaranteed . |
| 2 | May the Town Crier remain in the very capable hands of the college students and lecturers for a long time to come . |
| 3 | Separate figures must be available for information not only for those selling and serving , but also for those who have prepared for ages beforehand in greenhouse and kitchen , in Davidson Room and Undercroft cupboard , and out at Currie where philately rules for a considerable time . |
| 4 | He fondled her between her long legs for a long time , and she remained still for him . |
| 5 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 6 | Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time . |
| 7 | Thirdly , some of the legislation has been on the statute books for a considerable time , perhaps long after the original and primary intention of the law had been forgotten , e.g. the Vagrancy Acts of 1824 and 1838 . |
| 8 | Dogs which have lived in kennels for a long time can be particularly difficult to house-train successfully , although this is helped by the fact that they will only defecate about twice a day . |
| 9 | Hundreds and hundredal arrangements persisted in most areas for a long time , eventually emerging as the administrative units of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ( until 1974 ) . |
| 10 | Nevertheless physicists have known about these effects for a long time ; indeed , measurements of splitting using radio frequency techniques ( with correspondingly low-energy photons ) provided the first direct evidence of non-spherical nuclei . |
| 11 | Certainly schools will not be handling such retrieval techniques in the present economic circumstances for a long time yet ; though a service to teachers and educational researchers is offered in the United States ( and is available here in some libraries ) by the ERIC system , which provides micro-copies of research papers together with a tolerably thorough indexing system which can be computerized for quick search . |
| 12 | Community development workers , on the other hand , have been interested in health matters for a long time . |
| 13 | I am chairman of the Africa committee of the British Refugee Council , so I have worked closely with refugees for a long time . |
| 14 | The lads were ‘ bang up for it — Talking Heads has been one of our favourite bands for a long time ’ , and another odd musical alliance was struck up , adding to a curious list of collaborations including the Velvet Underground 's John Cale ( who produced ‘ Squirrel And G-Man ’ ) and Donovan ( who supported them on tour ) . |
| 15 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 16 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 17 | British universities for a long time were relatively much more interested in the anthropological investigation of so-called ‘ primitive ’ societies in the more remote areas of the world , and British sociology constituted a relatively minor discipline , centred mainly on the London School of Economics . |
| 18 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 19 | The festival is also screening POISON , one of the most controversial American films for a long time , which has caused storms of protest in the States and will be a film that has everyone talking . |
| 20 | Where fleece is used to advance and protect the growth of crops requiring a pollination period it will be necessary to uncover the plants for a short time at the flowering stage after which the fleece can then be left on until harvesting to keep out birds , small animals and other pests that might damage the fruit . |
| 21 | Have n't eaten pork chops for a long time . |
| 22 | Indeed , pollen exposed to ants for a short time has reduced germinability and shorter pollen-tubes : such pollen leads to lower seed set . |
| 23 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 24 | A version of it had been announced by Faber and Faber , as " Mr Eliot 's Book of Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats as Recited to Him by the Man in White Spats " , in the spring of 1936 ; the blurb , written either by Frank Morley or by Eliot himself , explained that " several of the poems , illustrated by the author , have been in private circulation in the Publishers ' various families for a considerable time … " |
| 25 | ‘ You know , I have n't had a look at the things for a long time , ’ Müller remarked . |
| 26 | That description has applied to Galloway and Highland cattle for a long time and recent sales of the breeds in Scotland have shown an undiminished interest . |
| 27 | A balance can be achieved by exposing the eggs for a moderate time ; for example , a 4 h in vivo exposure accumulates analysable metaphases in 50 80% of embryos at the early morula to early blastocyst stage . |
| 28 | In the case of the socially similar Japanese macaques such individuals may live as solitaries for a long time , growing in size and strength . |
| 29 | ‘ Three pounds for a short time , ’ she said , her voice hardening . |
| 30 | In bed that night , Evelyn and Rose talked in whispers for a long time after they were sure that everyone else was asleep . |