Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may be expected as well to have already worked for some time in a related financial area , such as stock broking . |
| 2 | The effects of the seeds that were hopefully planted in the minds of the young students during this period of contact with the world of photography may not become evident for years , but it seems likely that as long as lively and enthusiastic people remain involved in showing young people the variety of their creative options , Britain 's high artistic standards will be zealously maintained for some time to come . |
| 3 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 4 | Increases in the volume of shipping are usually accommodated for some time by existing docks and harbours before the pressure on them leads to a heavy capital investment in fresh and usually lengthy building . |
| 5 | When the Bank of Scotland had threatened to imprison his Constable partner Robert Cadell in Calton Hill Gaol , Cadell took refuge in the debtors ' sanctuary at Holyrood — where Thomas de Quincey had also stayed for some time . |
| 6 | Rhoda he had also known for some time . |
| 7 | It will fail to perform its function of maintaining a stable society if people 's expectations can not be reasonably guaranteed for some time to come . |
| 8 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 9 | Now all this hinted , I 'm sure you 'll agree , that the split had been brewing , indeed planned for some time . |
| 10 | The pharmacology of clozapine has been closely scrutinized for some time because of the drug 's atypical effects . |
| 11 | This is an important subject which is likely to remain actively debated for some time . |