Example sentences of "is for the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the owner 's possession , and with it his actual power to exercise his rights , is for the time being gone ; he must recover the watch — as he may even lawfully do by his own act — before he can be said to be again in possession of it . |
| 2 | ‘ in a street ( or public place ) called … ‘ 'Street ’ is defined at section 1(4) Street Offences Act 1959 as any bridge , road , lane , footway , subway , square , court , alley or passage , whether a thoroughfare or not , which is for the time being open to the public , and the doorways and entrances of premises abutting on a street ( as herein before defined ) and any ground adjoining and open to a street , shall form part of the street . |
| 3 | the member of the House of Commons who is for the time being the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts ; |
| 4 | This is a direct and primary liability , though after an assignment it is normally accompanied by rights of indemnity against the first assignee , and also , where there have been further assignments , against the assignee in whom the lease is for the time being vested . |
| 5 | Somalia is for the time being represented by its interim government . |
| 6 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 7 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |