Example sentences of "be [adj] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 2 | Make the most of British pork because prices are low for the time of year . |
| 3 | Acting chairman Dr James Smith said : ‘ He is an extremely busy man and we are grateful for the time and effort he gave . ’ |
| 4 | Broken bones must be set quickly and they are weak for a time . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Well I should leave that because that would be right for the time . |
| 7 | Anyone might , anyone could , anyone would be welcome for a time or half a time . |
| 8 | He said it would be hard for a time . ’ |
| 9 | A health-cure , they held , may be healthy for a time , but it was always hard to imagine any of them , at any time , with a copy of Joyce 's Finnegans Wake ( 1939 ) in hand . |
| 10 | If this fails , the carer should leave the room , or take the patient into another room where he will be alone for a time . |
| 11 | Geoff Thorne of Canon UK confirms that with such healthy sales the major manufacturers can afford to let the boom be technology-driven for the time being . |
| 12 | In the process of treating chronic disease , the patient often experiences a recurrence of old symptoms , and this can be distressing for a time . |
| 13 | In each case the standard used should be realistic for the time or period which you are studying . |
| 14 | Both sides have struggled in the league this year and Haslemere were grateful for the time and space they were allowed in this match . |
| 15 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 16 | I kept them clean and well-dressed , made sure they ate the right things , had regular dental checks and all that , but some of my methods were unorthodox for the time . |
| 17 | The fees were substantial for the time — ten guineas for pupils under 12 , and fifteen for those older . |
| 18 | EC Foreign Ministers had on Nov. 4 told their five Arab Maghreb Union ( AMU ) counterparts , with whom they were meeting in Brussels , that they were unable for the time being to lift the sanctions that restricted arms sales to and diplomatic relations with Libya . |
| 19 | The attackers gave themselves up and the incident so shocked the student fraternity that further protests were muted for a time . |
| 20 | Here , while the mood of the great hall slowly passed from them , all three were silent for a time . |
| 21 | As two young married couples they had been close for a time when they lived near Stoke , although Carole had not got on at all well with Amaranth . |
| 22 | Early versions of the theory were inconsistent with the observation that some matter is stable for a time that exceeds about 10 -8 seconds . |
| 23 | ‘ Music that 's right for the time , ’ butts in drummer John ( yes , the drummer — you can tell a band is going places when even the stick-head looks good and demands to have his say ) . |
| 24 | Whatever else it may betoken , it is clear for the time being that Mr Laws will not be asked to put on his war-paint and go a-hunting for scalps " . |
| 25 | A decision now has to be made about whether this rearrangement is acceptable for the time being or whether some further rearrangement might be more satisfactory . |
| 26 | The amount of slashing is optional for the time being . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I guess my credit rating is safe for the time being . ’ |
| 29 | It 's bad for the time , but worth it when you 've got 'em , they say ; about that , I do n't know . ’ |
| 30 | If she was depressed for a time , he blamed it on the illness she had had , and was sympathetic . |