Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the time being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 2 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 6 | ‘ 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 … |
| 7 | A boyfriend came with her , rather unkempt , so keep him out for the time being at least . |
| 8 | The only major event of the campaign , the call by Michel Rocard for a political ‘ big bang ’ on the Left to allow the creation of a new , broad based , social democratic party , appears to have fizzled out for the time being . |
| 9 | Erm with a thing like this , I mean what I usually say to people it depends on erm if you 've got a lot of numerical data , oh you might as well have this back for the time being so |
| 10 | The same applies to Eckhard Pfeiffer , who has certainly turned Compaq Computer Corp around for the time being , but has not been in the job long enough to demonstrate proven staying power . |