Example sentences of "for an [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their spokesman said that the men were prepared to close down the generating plant immediately , but it would mean that the grid would go and that factories and hospitals would be without power for an indefinite time . |
| 2 | The license and the right to use this Program is for an indefinite time until terminated . |
| 3 | Consequently its Laplace transform is or The unit impulse function is infinite for an infinitesimal time as indicated in figure 11.5(d) and its integral over all time is unity . |
| 4 | the affairs of the target company are not to be hindered for an unreasonable time |
| 5 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |
| 6 | He stared at her in silence for an agonising time , grey eyes heavy-lidded , the expression in their depths unreadable . |
| 7 | For an appreciable time no-one spoke and Swayne began to be uneasy . |
| 8 | You will have to weigh it again once it is stuffed for an exact time . |
| 9 | If this does prove to be the case , then the Main Wall area will be closed to climbers for an unspecified time . |
| 10 | He had made a detour to a cafe where he stayed for an unspecified time before walking to the Post and entering by the back door , discovering the mayhem in the newsroom and retreating to the printer 's office . |
| 11 | He thought that he lost his hold on sanity for a time then ; he knew , later , that the black despair and the agony of loneliness had closed about him fully , and for an unmeasurable time while his reason spun wildly out of control . |
| 12 | In the situations below the charge will be 0 for an unlimited time : |
| 13 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 14 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |
| 15 | In the classical theory of gravity , which is based on real space-time , there are only two possible ways the universe can behave : either it has existed for an infinite time , or else it had a beginning at a singularity at some finite time in the past . |
| 16 | This involved a 65mm camera that could do stop-motion by leaving the shutter open for an extended time and also refocus automatically while moving back and forth on a track as well as up and down , if necessary . |
| 17 | The gentlemen of the Pearl are taking off their jackets to fight the bid so the British insurer 's shareholders are in for an unpredictable time . |