Example sentences of "[adv] for the time being " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 3 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 4 | Kirov fell silent , knowing that he had said enough for the time being . |
| 5 | Is that enough for the time being ? — IM |
| 6 | One assassination is enough for the time being . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Nevertheless , my child , you must answer to something , if only for the time being . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Being an MP still carried some weight ; he was PPS to a powerful minister at Defence , and the threat of the General Election had rolled away for the time being : he was someone to heed . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just that the hospital do n't want you to have any visitors — not just for the time being . |
| 12 | To the people from the people who 've gone home ob we hope this 'll only be for a few days and some have gone er to other homes just for the time being . |
| 13 | Old Kewlany and his mate , as mystified as anyone , were set to work elsewhere for the time being . |
| 14 | The likelihood that , after all the fanfare and ultimatums , it is not going to happen , or at least not for the time being , is another boost for the ‘ rebel ’ general in his lonely defiance of Lebanon 's Muslims — indeed , a good many of its Christians , too — much of the Arab world , and international communities . |
| 15 | ‘ Not for the time being . ’ |
| 16 | In this case , in fact , it has not proved necessary to move to the next stage of passing a statute , at least not for the time being . |
| 17 | ‘ Uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ means a zebra crossing at which traffic is not for the time being controlled by a police constable in uniform or by a traffic warden . |
| 18 | Not for the time being . |
| 19 | I now know for certain that Selina Street is n't tucking Alec Llewellyn , or not for the time being anyway . |
| 20 | Critical of the US deployment , the Soviet Union would not for the time being join an international force , but would consider how to respond if the UN Security Council decided on military action . |
| 21 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 22 | We can do no more for the time being , then , than acknowledge that a refined version of associative theory might be capable of dealing with features of latent inhibition that constitute problems for a theory which relies solely on the context — stimulus association for its explanation . |
| 23 | The result was that the story was set aside for the time being . |
| 24 | Leaving aside for the time being the question of ‘ hostile intent , ’ it is plain that it is not enough that the defendant deliberately does an act that has the incidental effect of obstructing the police ; he must also have some notion that he is obstructing and causing the police difficulties . |
| 25 | We should leave the neutrionors aside for the time being . |
| 26 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 27 | I 'd have taken in lodgers only for the war , but the solicitor advised me just to close the place up for the time being . |
| 28 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 29 | ‘ Given the present and foreseeable state of fishery resources in the Community and the degree to which fishing fleets have so far been restructured , the full-scale liberalisation of the activities of undertakings must be ruled out for the time being … |
| 30 | A boyfriend came with her , rather unkempt , so keep him out for the time being at least . |