Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere between the time when they had fallen into an exhausted sleep and when she had woken to this grey dawn , all the joy and magic of what they had shared had faded , and she had been overcome by doubts . |
| 2 | The area suffered badly during the time of the plague which gave rise to the legend of the Butterstone . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Red-figure turns out to combine the silhouette-principle , dear to vase-decorators for its strength on the curved surface , with the freedom of outline drawing ; and this encourages its practitioners to look outside the closed tradition of their craft to the work of painters on flat surfaces ( cf. fig. 45 , painted perhaps about the time of red-figure 's inception ) . |
| 5 | Kirov fell silent , knowing that he had said enough for the time being . |
| 6 | Is that enough for the time being ? — IM |
| 7 | One assassination is enough for the time being . ’ |
| 8 | Well I can , if he lets me have his space we do n't have to worry too much about the time and go about er just after nine or something . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is only for the time being . |
| 11 | ‘ Nevertheless , my child , you must answer to something , if only for the time being . ’ |
| 12 | It is only during the time of waiting , wrote Harsnet , during the time without hope , that these things assume significance , only during the time without hope that one is conscious of them , that one remembers them with despair , that one anticipates them with dread . |
| 13 | It is only during the time of waiting , wrote Harsnet , during the time without hope , that these things assume significance , only during the time without hope that one is conscious of them , that one remembers them with despair , that one anticipates them with dread . |
| 14 | She still loved you , all through the time she was with me . |
| 15 | Greek became the lingua franca of this region and remained so during the time of the Roman empire . |
| 16 | The hidden curriculum may transmit messages not only about the time perspective of tasks , but about identification with them , and in particular the non-identification that is implied by the idea of scepticism . |
| 17 | This Victorian advertisement claims that Carminative Cordial tin which Dad had so much faith ) ‘ saved the lives of many , especially during the time when cholera raged in Salisbury ’ ( 1849 ) . |
| 18 | Indeed so professional was her performance that halfway through the time allotted to us , we found we had finished . |
| 19 | So for the time of the visit there was a truce . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | So for the time being it would be prudent to treat money as a major variable in our relationship with crime and conformity . |
| 23 | Everybody was happy , especially about the time . |
| 24 | The speed at which they have moved is commendable , especially as the time in which an appeal can be made is ticking away . |
| 25 | In December 1927 , while he was in the midst of his darkness , and in june 1928 when he was better , the House of Commons rejected a proposal , carried by large majorities in the Church bodies , for a new prayer book , which was the old prayer book , from the age of King Charles II , modestly revised in a pastoral spirit long after the time when it needed revision . |
| 26 | It was just after six , long after the time she should have gone off duty , and that was exactly what all the physiotherapists had done . |
| 27 | With dark hair and moustache , he was always well dressed , regardless of the time of day . |
| 28 | In patients with ulcerative colitis who underwent a total ( nine ) or subtotal ( five ) colectomy the percentage of perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity remained unchanged regardless of the time passed after colectomy ( maximum duration of follow up was over 20 years ) . |
| 29 | You ca n't please all of the people all of the time . |
| 30 | In his role as the world 's Central Banker , a position bestowed on him by the dollar 's reserve currency status , he can not please all of the people all of the time . |