Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] for some time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | With some 15,500 outlets for their business , solicitors are likely to remain for some time the principal providers of legal services even if there is considerable expansion of alternatives to the use of solicitors for some legal work ( The Law Society , 1990 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I asked if you also were to be told but mama said nay — you are younger than myself , she said , and are unlikely to wed for some time . |
| 3 | Soon it became clear that Sarah was seriously ill with rheumatic fever and would not be able to work for some time , and another girl , Hetty , was engaged temporarily . |
| 4 | As soon as more advanced types evolved in response to a stimulating environment , they spread out around the world , driving earlier , more primitive forms into marginal locations where they were able to survive for some time before extinction . |
| 5 | It proposed a network of under-fives centres throughout the borough — an idea which the under-fives workers had been anxious to promote for some time . |
| 6 | The remaining colleges of higher education , approximately thirty in number , have their courses validated by the CNAA and , although the movement in this direction away from university validation has slowed down considerably , it is likely to continue for some time to come . |
| 7 | Under a fixed exchange rate a currency flow surplus is likely to persist for some time . |