Example sentences of "be [adv] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 2 | ‘ Looks like we 're going to be in for some pretty flamboyant fielding from the West Indies ’ |
| 3 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 4 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |
| 5 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 6 | Would be away for some weeks . |
| 7 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 8 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 9 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 10 | So , I mean what I would suggest is er I do n't know is John anticipated to be off for some time do you think ? |
| 11 | THE game could soon be up for some of the Beeb 's quiz shows . |
| 12 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 13 | With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet . |
| 14 | I think that with John Maynard-Smith around — and I hope he 'll be around for some time yet in the University of Sussex , and I hope the University of Sussex will be too |
| 15 | ‘ We will be here for some time . |
| 16 | I shall be here for some time . |
| 17 | ‘ I shall be here for some time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ My men will be here for some time yet , and I 'll leave someone here on duty all night . |
| 19 | I shall be here for some time — I have to make detailed drawings and take photographs . |
| 20 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 21 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 22 | I may even be abroad for some of that time . ’ |