Example sentences of "the time being " in BNC.
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1 | But for the time being , with a young family at home , he is very happy to have switched to contract catering . |
2 | A toneless , disjunctive fact , droll and very uneasy , one of those amputated thoughts I have just mentioned and –so a sensation , a crawling sensation of the time being out of joint ; there is more Hamlet to The Possessed than what is personal to Stavrogin , ‘ the Prince ’ as he first appears , though on the surface of his mind Dostoevsky evidently meant Prince Hal , not the Prince of Denmark . |
3 | But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage . |
4 | The steamroller had hit a bump , but for the time being it was back on course . |
5 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
6 | But for the time being , dancing meant little to him . |
7 | The cost of the replacement equipment is thus reduced and may attract CGT when it is disposed of ; but for the time being , liability for CGT is avoided . |
8 | So for the time being it would be prudent to treat money as a major variable in our relationship with crime and conformity . |
9 | Topaz wished she could see Andrew and comfort him , but for the time being that would be too dangerous . |
10 | It is only for the time being . |
11 | But for the time being this will do nicely . |
12 | Others have had to rely on government funding to keep going , although funding from the Department of the Environment through the Urban Programme has been restricted and only seven centres have been funded on a continuing basis by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and ( fir the time being ) the Legal Aid Board . |
13 | Later we will discuss different technical constructions , but for the time being we will define precisely what makes melody , and what , probably , makes it distinctive . |
14 | In later years Nietzsche came to have a more favourable attitude to these aspects of classical studies , but for the time being his dissatisfaction was almost unqualified . |
15 | She did what she chose to do , and was as for the time being she chose to be . |
16 | Whether such a prognosis is indeed likely or not is a question to which we shall return shortly , but for the time being let us merely note the danger , which is in any event a very real one , and pass on . |
17 | ‘ There is a possibility that this chap will move to another university next year , but for the time being I 've had to look for a way to take the heat off . |
18 | The impact of molecular biology will eventually revolutionise our whole way of thinking about cancer and is management , but for the time being three areas are receiving particular attention : |
19 | But for the time being this will do nicely . |
20 | But for the time being I happen to think it best to wait a little , in the hope that something triggers your memory into returning of its own accord . ’ |
21 | We still have a detective sergeant and a couple of local officers working on it , but for the time being we 've run out of anything to go on . |
22 | We still have a detective sergeant and a couple of local officers working on it , but for the time being we 've run out of anything to go on . |
23 | And Mr Sullivan says he has no plans to sell the painting … for at least the time being . |
24 | But for the time being conservationists everywhere are happy to know that the swans and the anglers are no longer rivers apart . |
25 | But for the time being , the first salmon skin shoes are expected to be ready for sale in 8 weeks time . |
26 | But for the time being , Private Morrison 's family , already overcome by grief , can only wait and hope his body will be released to them soon . |
27 | But for the time being , they 're happy to lap up the hospitality of their rescuers . |
28 | But for the time being , for this group of travellers at least , the party 's over . |
29 | Roy says he 'd like to blow a raspberry at its decision , but for the time being he 'll abide by its ruling . |