Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It believes the two will operate as hostile , parallel technologies for the time being , but anticipates some kind of interoperability between them in future . |
| 2 | The regents were nevertheless compelled to accept these verdicts for the time being . |
| 3 | As a sign of the future , Ernest Bevin , Minister of Labour , and one of the senior Labour Party ministers , said his party had rather different views on the matter , but would accept the general proposals for the time being . |
| 4 | In addition , important regulators of platelet function , such as prostacyclin and cyclic AMP , may have been degraded to inactive products during the time taken to prepare platelet-rich plasma . |
| 5 | The six steam locomotives helping to run the train services between Swanage and Harman 's Cross during the special weekend cover over half a century of British steam locomotive development — from Victorian times during the time of Gladstone and Disraeli through to the ‘ new dawn ’ of the 1960s and the era of the present Queen and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan . |
| 6 | But , subject to considerable restrictions on the furtherance of political objects , a Trade Union is empowered by Statute since 1913 to devote its funds to any lawful objects authorized by its rules for the time being . |
| 7 | There were proposals about the time of Nationalisation , when the Regional Boundaries were being drawn up . |
| 8 | Forget any invertebrates for the time being . |
| 9 | LCH has discretion under reg 12 to require a clearing member " to furnish it with cover " in respect of all contracts for the time being registered in his name . |
| 10 | ‘ Keep my products for the time being , will you ? ’ |
| 11 | These Ecotech-approved products will be marketed alongside existing products for the time being . |
| 12 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 13 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 14 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 15 | Tivoli will continue to develop the framework alongside solutions for the time being . |
| 16 | It achieved cult status throughout the world when Steven Spielberg used one of the cars as the time machine in his ‘ Back to the Future ’ film trilogy . |
| 17 | Okay Colin , thanks for the time being . |
| 18 | For the dominant , there may be a more flexible perimeter , depending upon the political tactics of the time . |
| 19 | A tremendous favourite with the fans of the time , Roy was both handsome and spectacular , and a most worthy member of the gallery of fine goalkeepers who have served Crystal Palace down the years . |
| 20 | Butler 's role at Crystal Palace was thus largely a supportive one and he seldom gained much publicity , but fans of the time recognised him as a useful contributor to the Palace cause . |
| 21 | Since friars were the pre-eminent preachers of the time they were particularly enlisted to explain , in public and private sermons , the legitimacy of the king 's claim on the French crown and to stress his almost superhuman efforts to avoid conflict ; preachers were to elaborate on French treachery , exposing their ‘ derogatory lies ’ . |
| 22 | Other interesting trades of the time were shoemakers , a weaver , a straw-hat maker , a druggist and a castrator , plus the more usual ones . |
| 23 | Some of these straight orthocone nautiloids achieve considerable dimensions , several metres long , and they must have been formidable predators on the other marine animals of the time . |
| 24 | From the evidence of the biographical sources , this would appear to be a nearly complete list of the mevleviyet kadiliks of the time ; the only surprising omission is the kadilik of Mecca , which seems to have been a mevleviyet for some years before 963 . |
| 25 | Interestingly , it was a man 's leg that was shown in the police demonstration photograph to avoid offending the decorum and susceptibilities of the time . |
| 26 | So important a part of our story does Macmillan 's visit to the north become that we must deal with it in some detail , and our main contemporary source for what happened is Macmillan 's own diary entries of the time for 12 and 13 May . |
| 27 | She was on friendly terms with most of the leading horticulturalists of the time , and was able to provide Charles Darwin [ q.v. ] with a number of rare plants . |
| 28 | These show a remarkable grasp of the prevalent styles of the time that were adopted by both Italian and English composers , and especially by J C Bach . |
| 29 | A representative rather than a complete library was aimed at and , after selection , the Princess wrote personally to 171 favoured authors of the time . |
| 30 | I have little doubt that a major force in the moulding of the law in this form is to be found in the practitioners ' text books of the time , notably Bullen & Leake 's Precedents of Pleadings , 3rd ed. ( 1868 ) , p. 50 , and Leake 's Law of Contracts , 5th ed. ( 1906 ) , p. 61 ; we can see this reflected in the form of the arguments advanced in the cases , and the manner in which the court reacted to submissions by counsel challenging the accepted view . |