Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth continues to watch , but for a long time the figure refuses to move . |
| 2 | Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion . |
| 3 | But for a long time , that was the only contact between us . |
| 4 | It seems an obvious assumption that these relatively simple organisms appeared very early in the history of life , but for a long time there was no proof that they actually did so . |
| 5 | In the modern Hebrew Bible all numbers are written out in full , but for a long time the text was written without vowels . |
| 6 | Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes . |
| 7 | But for a long time all the local shop-boys had insulted him because he wore the uniform of a charity-boy . |
| 8 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 9 | I accept that the number of immigration officers at Heathrow has increased , but for a long time the numbers employed were well below what was required . |
| 10 | This county council has funded them more than social services erm , for , I do n't have the figures in front of me today , but for a long time , erm , this is unlike the overwhelming majority of county councils , who spend more on social services than they do on the police . |
| 11 | Spokesman Brian Adams explained : ‘ The historical society is one of the oldest clubs at Queen 's but for a long time it seemed to have fallen into a plodding routine . |
| 12 | You , my lady , will be here with us but for a short time , I understand — so pray be at ease , and treat this as your own abode . ’ |
| 13 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |
| 14 | In the stressed state Supposing that the initial compliances were equal we would have , removing the primes , that is , the compliance at a temperature T is the same as that at temperature To but for the reduced time . |
| 15 | But after a long time , they said OK . |
| 16 | Obviously , the countries A and B must have similar social , economic and cultural climates , but with a sufficient time lag in demand to enable predictions to be made . |
| 17 | His mother and a council of nobles were appointed to act as Regents , but in a short time the queen had fallen out with her colleagues , not least because she was an avowed supporter of the house of York , while several of them stood for Lancaster . |
| 18 | But in the mean time , whose hand has Granovsky escaped from ? |
| 19 | But in the mean time , encouraged perhaps by such apparent signs of weakness , perhaps simply by pressure on their order-books , the Edinburgh master printers began recruiting girl apprentices in larger numbers than ever before during the early years of the century , to the growing despair of the ETS and increasing anger from the male trade-union movement in general . |
| 20 | But in the mean time my wages I 've had last week have been spent |
| 21 | ‘ Filmophone ’ records were made of various colours of plastic , and had low surface-noise combined with great ruggedness ; but within a short time they warped so badly that they were unplayable . |
| 22 | Its first public letter to the Scotsman referred to " clerical work " or supervisory jobs as being the best area to concentrate on , but within a short time it had established a register for women 's employment of a wider kind . |
| 23 | shoes off nowadays , but before the other time , he |
| 24 | It became evident in the course of analysing the submissions that a majority of those responding to the question objected not to the underlying principle but to the proposed time scale of 2–3 days . |
| 25 | The reasons for this are not clear , but at the present time two diseases in particular , syphilis and type-B viral hepatitis , seem to be largely the preserve of the male homosexual . |
| 26 | But at the present time the pressures seem to be particularly intense . |
| 27 | The system , with formal judicial intervention , has worked successfully in the US ; it operates informally but without full judicial approval in England and Wales ; but at the present time it obtains not at all in Scotland . |
| 28 | But at the present time , I mean Mr er , might have more information , but my information was that erm , after the V P C reported , was that there was just no alternative dip in the foreseeable future . |
| 29 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 30 | It will thus be seen that the Party is in favour of Electoral Reform being dealt with on a sound basis , but at the proper time . |