Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vermuyden constructed the first Bedford River , twenty-one miles long , to drain the so-called Bedford Level , and it was highly effective for a time , but the one factor the engineer failed to foresee was that the dried-out land would shrink ( see Holme Fen ) , and soon the level of the canal was above that of the surrounding land . |
| 2 | For stepping rates where the phase is only excited for a time similar to the winding time constant , however , the wave form [ Fig.5 .2(b) ] is considerably distorted by the nearly exponential rise and decay of the phase current . |
| 3 | Bara , with her hint of eastern promise by way of Hollywood , was more appropriate for a time fixated on oriental and Asian culture , mysticism , dope and war . |
| 4 | I mean , I would have expected something a bit more spiritual for a time like this . |
| 5 | As such it seems particularly appropriate for a time of rapid change and the need to unlearn dogmatism . |
| 6 | Relations between the two were complex , very close for a time during the war . |