Example sentences of "for [adj] [noun sg] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hierarchy of cycles for each division of time led the Maya to devote more attention to the past than to the future . |
| 2 | The accompanying curves showing maturity evolution for each formation with time ( Fig. 5 — right-hand diagram ) indicate that Westphalian A and B source rocks would have become gas-generative over the period mid Cretaceous to mid Oligocene . |
| 3 | Equally we might accept the temporal regress caused by supposing that for each moment in time there is a moment that precedes it , or the causal regress derived from the propositions that every event has a separate cause and that every cause is an event . |
| 4 | Here separate layers are chosen for each interval of time or frame throughout the complete operating cycle . |
| 5 | All purchasers of Time-Ownership at Slaley will receive an allocation of 10 free rounds of golf and 10 rounds at 50% discounted rate for each week of time purchased ! … |
| 6 | They should also indicate potential problems , which , if rectified at a sufficiently early stage , will avoid the need for unnecessary expenditure of time and money in seeking to correct the position . |
| 7 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 8 | The thing with th , with getting there at two for the gate right , because you can go in and get seats , for that amount of time you want a seat . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 10 | Thus , if the total award is large enough ( say , reflecting three years ' employment and loss of salary and contract benefits for that length of time ) , an ex gratia payment will not reduce your former employer 's legal liability towards you at all . |
| 11 | She had clung to the hope even for that length of time , but it had never happened . |
| 12 | His ability to A function as a surveillance office and B to function as a armed officer after being maybe in the er in a vehicle for that length of time er is both dangerous to the public and dangerous to him . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 15 | Will you have enough to do down there for that length of time Christine ? |
| 16 | Will you have enough to do for that length of time . |
| 17 | Well it 's not because , because I object to the phone being taken out of commission for that length of time |
| 18 | I think , then what on earth does he want to be on the phone for that length of time for . |
| 19 | You get somebody who is very outrageous on stage but who is maybe very shy off stage , and I think being on stage in front of an audience enables you to step outside of your own body and be somebody else totally different for that period of time . |
| 20 | For example Bergmann et al , 1978 found that 38 per cent of a sample of 83 patients with organic mental disorder referred to a day hospital assessment unit lived alone ; and the authors concluded , after following up the sample for 12 months , that those who lived alone were least likely to be maintained at home for that period of time even with substantial support from social services , and recommended that resources should be concentrated on those who lived with their families . |
| 21 | Okay , fair enough , it was turned over on appeal eventually erm but erm it was a bit of a miscarriage of justice being kept in prison for that period of time until it was overturned pleaded guilty to another murder but that 's by the by . |
| 22 | Forty eight and and presumably many of the people who are perhaps seventy drawing pensions , they may not have even paid in thirty years themselves , I mean they may be many of them may not have been around for that period of time . |
| 23 | The new political crisis makes it less likely that Italy will meet the EC 's requirements for economic convergence on time . |
| 24 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
| 25 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 26 | If either of these conditions is not met locally , the search algorithm will have to pursue a number of hypotheses in parallel for some length of time . |
| 27 | Until the mid-seventeenth century the essential distinction ( oversimplifying somewhat ) was that between ambassadors , either ordinary ones resident for some length of time or extraordinary ones sent for some special and limited purpose , and lesser diplomatic representatives referred to by a variety of different titles — resident , minister , agent , etc . |
| 28 | What I think was true was that the Falklands was not regarded as a front-line issue for some period of time , and indeed the forecast was that it would n't really boil up again until August or thereabouts in 1982 . |
| 29 | For these purposes , a ‘ place of business ’ means some fixed place at which , for some period of time , some part of the company 's business has been carried out . |
| 30 | The intention of a Gift Aid scheme is to encourage giving without the donor being tied to a particular charity for this length of time . |