Example sentences of "for the time [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the litigant in person has not actually suffered pecuniary loss in the preparation of the case ( which this sum would compensate ) the court will only allow up to £7.50 per hour for the time reasonably spent in preparation . |
| 2 | I was practising this the other day , in preparation for the time when my climbing standard drops slightly , and was surprised to read some interesting facts about myself . |
| 3 | This brochure is about : how individual company directors , partners , self-employed businessmen , and people in the professions can provide for the time when they stop working . |
| 4 | Work was therefore concentrated on preparing full-scale calculations ‘ for the time when fast computing machines become available ’ — a sentence which recurs in the theoretical reports of this period ’ ( 1946–1948 ) . |
| 5 | You are also preparing them well for the time when they will be outside your jurisdiction for ever . |
| 6 | Careful explanations at this time could give them at least an inkling of the importance of the game , and some measure of preparation for the time when it will be no game , but a reality of great promise . |
| 7 | I suggest that you have some brine shrimp nauplii or microworm ready for the time when they become free-swimming . |
| 8 | It is because I feel that the impulse that is behind the work of the Labour Party is mainly the same longing for the time when man [ sic ] will be able to live in free and equal comradeship that I find myself in line with that party . |
| 9 | You should arrange a third visit for the time when the agreed schedule has been completed . |
| 10 | This is useful practise to prepare for the time when you allow the dog off the leash for the first time , and call it back to you . |
| 11 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |
| 12 | It now hardly entered her life except for the time when , in the dark patch of garden below the bedroom window , she had seen the snake . |
| 13 | The most easily dyed materials are wool and silk ; cotton and linen are difficult as they are made primarily of cellulose , being obtained from plants , rather than animal protein , and are better reserved for the time when experience has been obtained with dyeing wool . |
| 14 | Agents were pondering whether they should n't ‘ hang on to thee rights , and wait for the time when they 're equipped to sell them , ’ as conference chairman Tony Feldman put it later . |
| 15 | She , too , had suffered from Clarissa 's neighbourly concern about the behaviour of her child and was waiting with calm anticipation for the time when Clarissa 's children , who were at present eleven and twelve , should enter puberty . |
| 16 | All right , I knew the cockroach treatment was for the time when I made my centipede on a string crawl up Shirnette 's back . |
| 17 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 18 | In addition , a " Special Period in Times of Peace " plan had already been put into effect to cope with dwindling supplies from the Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and an " Option Zero " of extreme economic cutbacks and food rationing was in preparation for the time when Soviet oil shipments finally ceased . |
| 19 | Waiting for the time when profiles run . |
| 20 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
| 21 | When you come to retirement age , whilst not suggesting that you are past it , you are planning ahead for the time where you may not be quite as capable as were . |