Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the polyphony is treated in a free manner , voices imitating each other loosely for a time and then taking a free course until imitations begin again . |
| 2 | However , due to the limited capacities of the Committee it was recommended that the group should concentrate on running the centre more effectively for the time being and to engage management consultants to help it develop the capacity to run more complicated projects . |
| 3 | Yeah , hold on for a time , I 'll be with you in a minute . |
| 4 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 5 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 6 | Kirov fell silent , knowing that he had said enough for the time being . |
| 7 | Is that enough for the time being ? — IM |
| 8 | One assassination is enough for the time being . ’ |
| 9 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 10 | A quick , sharp beverage that hits you in the throat and then in the guts ; that changes , perhaps only for a time , your way of seeing the world ? |
| 11 | ‘ It 's only for a time , ’ Fred said on the last night of the tour . |
| 12 | At a time when only the Northumbrians , and then only for a time in the reign of Eadberht ( 737–58 ) , minted coins of pure silver , southern England experienced a decline in the quality of its sceattas . |
| 13 | Surely , to get her out of that tedious place — if only for a time — must be a better answer . |
| 14 | Besides these major product innovations , the eurobond market has seen a plethora of subsidiary innovations , many of which have been one off or flourished only for a time . |
| 15 | Sometimes it 's free ( or , to put it another way , you pay only for the time you access the system ) , at other times you pay per ‘ page ’ of information you read . |
| 16 | It is only for the time being . |
| 17 | ‘ Nevertheless , my child , you must answer to something , if only for the time being . ’ |
| 18 | Dorothy , left in the bigger house , alone for a time and then , later , with Alice and Jasper , seemed to have fewer friends . |
| 19 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 20 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
| 21 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 22 | When Jean Hay had become Jean Keith , it was only natural that she assumed head girl status , so for a time , things were a little uncomfortable . |
| 23 | He will not feel able to leave , and so for a time he will strive to manage alone . |
| 24 | So for the time of the visit there was a truce . |
| 25 | And the mono thing worked ; we found it was a format we could really use well , so for the time being we 're carrying on down the path . |
| 26 | But at the age of twelve I knew that a falconry course was way beyond my means , so for the time being I had to be content with reading about it . |
| 27 | So for the time being it would be prudent to treat money as a major variable in our relationship with crime and conformity . |
| 28 | Whereby the whole church family , broke up into groups for a period of education , and then came together for a time of celebration and worship . |
| 29 | She had hoped , as women do , that living together for a time would break down his coldness . |
| 30 | We may face the black night together for a time . |