Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had been ill for some time . |
| 32 | Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said . |
| 33 | He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April . |
| 34 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 35 | In addition to the traditional vented system , it is now permissible to have an unvented hot water storage system , which does away with the cold water cistern altogether and has other advantages ( see page 58 for details ) ; sealed central heating systems ( which do away with the feed-and-expansion cistern ) have been legal for some time . |
| 36 | However , if the house has been unoccupied for some time , the boards will need to be conditioned with water — this method can also help to flatten wavy boards . |
| 37 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 38 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 39 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 40 | These complications are only likely to set in if the infection has been present for some time , and this is only likely to happen if the infection is an asymptomatic one . |
| 41 | Too numerous to list here individually , most were of early-1980s , vintage and had not been airworthy for some time . |
| 42 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 43 | The tendency for international capital flows to increase has been evident for some time , and was causing problems for central bank intervention in the final years of the Bretton Woods system . |
| 44 | In the US this trend has been evident for some time . |
| 45 | the reduction of contracting disciplines , as measured by the relative size of the literature , and as has been evident for some time in religion and philosophy ; and |
| 46 | But then they had n't been alone for any time before . |
| 47 | So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship . |
| 48 | Most current work concentrates on child sexual abuse , and SSMH has been concerned for some time about the vulnerability of adults with learning disabilities . |
| 49 | Does the Minister recognise that those of us who are friends of Kenya have been concerned for some time that that country has been slipping from the flagship position of good and open government in Africa ? |
| 50 | The , the thing is that I 've been concerned for some time when it 's finally helped , f f found for next month , because |
| 51 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 52 | This hour , before the heat began to build up , was the best time of day to be out of doors , and since her mistress would be asleep for some time yet she was free to go as she pleased . |
| 53 | No political decision … can be right for all time . |
| 54 | Expected to be unfishable for some time . |
| 55 | Eating out should now be safe for some time to come . |
| 56 | There have been three other spawnings since — I think the male is going to be busy for some time yet ! |
| 57 | Overall , it appeared by the middle of March that the Gulf environment was proving more resilient than had been feared , but environmentalists cautioned that the full extent of the damage would not be apparent for some time , particularly as the oil sank to the bed of the shallow Gulf , where it would damage vital food plants . |
| 58 | To get the Income Support a person must be available for full time work and show that he or she is taking reasonable steps to find a job . |
| 59 | I 'm afraid it will be bleak for some time . ’ |
| 60 | It would be consistent with previous recoveries for the figures to be volatile for some time . ’ |