Example sentences of "the time be [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence A may infer that B intends to convey that the time is at least after whenever the milkman normally calls . |
| 2 | Father McGuinness has decided , for the time being at least , to keep his profile low . |
| 3 | Two events occurred that ensured , for the time being at least , no such a change in Congressional attitudes would occur . |
| 4 | SUNDAY is a working day in Hungary , for the time being at least . |
| 5 | Ernst & Young is acting as investigating accoutants for the merchant bank and , for the time being at least , Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , continues as the company 's accountants . |
| 6 | Ernst & Young is acting as investigating accountants for the merchant bank and , for the time being at least , Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , continues as the company 's accountants . |
| 7 | There must have been , for the time being at least , compelling reasons for embarking on the Foxton development . |
| 8 | ‘ The Smiths , despite inaccurate rumours by one music paper last week , are not leaving Rough Trade — for the time being at least . |
| 9 | ‘ For the time being at least you hold one trump card . ’ |
| 10 | He congratulated them , but at the same time insisted that , for the time being at least , they must move towards some sort of accommodation with the Poles . |
| 11 | Once the Bill receives its third reading , the House has passed it and , for the time being at least , finished with it . |
| 12 | While we agree that emotions should become a legitimate study for anthropologists , we nevertheless feel that the degree of consensus is minimal in such matters and that , for the time being at least , we should abandon universalistic explanatory models , and instead locate such studies within the indigenous understanding . |
| 13 | The latest unit to go in IBM Corp 's cutting loose of its surplus manufacturing plants , which started with four factories in Europe last week , is IBM Canada Ltd 's Toronto manufacturing division , which is to become a separate , wholly owned subsidiary with a different , but as yet undetermined , name and logo : the Toronto division employs about 900 and has export revenues of some $800m annually ; all employees will be offered positions with the new company , which will continue to manufacture products for IBM — for the time being at least , and will also seek work outside the company . |
| 14 | For the time being at least this was almost exactly how the French were regarded by the Americans in Vietnam : of little or no account and if not exactly in the ‘ out ’ tray at best their position was ‘ pending ’ . |
| 15 | The Conservative Election victory in 1970 had removed , for the time being at least , the prospect of the School 's being compelled to join the Independent sector , and allowed thought to be given at some length as to what Independence might entail . |
| 16 | For the time being at least , she has managed to change the attitude of a significant proportion of the population towards the legitimacy of crucial parts of normal trade union practice , although opinion polls now show a growing esteem for trade unions shorn of some of the pre-1979 powers . |
| 17 | The newly decorated wards were left empty , for the time being at least . |
| 18 | A boyfriend came with her , rather unkempt , so keep him out for the time being at least . |
| 19 | It seems Cheltenham 's artistic attempt to engender friendship is having exactly the opposite effect , for the time being at least . |
| 20 | Kelly , however , moved swiftly to give the beleaguered Taylor his full support for the time being at least . |
| 21 | The North-East remains , for the time being at least , an outpost on the top class English football map . |
| 22 | This is a U.S. only ( for the time being at least ) compilation of 12 rerecorded tracks on one continuous groove . |