Example sentences of "it for the [noun] being " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Anyway , let's forget it for the time being .
2 ‘ As a pledge of my sincerity in the matter of the crowning of Prince Richard , I leave it for the time being with you .
3 Ever since John Marshall , its first chief justice , discovered that the court had the ability to overturn legislation that did not accord with the constitution , it has been indispensable in bolstering the central tenet of American democracy : that no grant of governmental power to those who exercise it for the time being is limitless .
4 The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being .
5 I 'll second it for the time being .
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