Example sentences of "but [prep] the time " 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 | But for the time being it gives Japanese firms a small advantage . |
| 3 | The steamroller had hit a bump , but for the time being it was back on course . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But for the time being , dancing meant little to him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But for the time being this will do nicely . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But for the time being the whole field of myth was reinterpreted in terms of Dionysiac pessimism and thereby revitalized , gaining a new weight and significance . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | But for the time being this will do nicely . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But for the time being conservationists everywhere are happy to know that the swans and the anglers are no longer rivers apart . |
| 19 | But for the time being , the first salmon skin shoes are expected to be ready for sale in 8 weeks time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But for the time being , they 're happy to lap up the hospitality of their rescuers . |
| 22 | But for the time being , for this group of travellers at least , the party 's over . |
| 23 | It was n't loud and she could n't distinguish anything he said , but during the time she was in the closet she could hear it droning on , with breaks here and there when her mother must be speaking . |
| 24 | He 'd had a real pimple when he arrived , but during the time he took to find and bribe an official to provide the documents , the blemish had healed , . |
| 25 | She had been brought up a Unitarian , but about the time of her brother 's death she decided to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 26 | Changes can be made in the look of any step not by a change in the tempo but in the time signature : for example , dancing a pas de basque to a 2/4 or 6/8 instead of the usual 3/4 . |
| 27 | There will be a few overcast or windless days when the batteries will not be adequately recharged and a traditional generator will have to be called upon , but in the time they are charging , wind generators and solar panels will easily pay for themselves in saved fuel costs . |
| 28 | Reference to the both Taskopruzade 's original and Mecdi 's translation , makes it difficult to understand how such confusion has arisen ; for although relatively few facts are given there about Abdulkerim , and although it is impossible to specify with any assurance the precise dates of his Muftilik , one thing at least is clearly stated : that Abdulkerim was Mufti not in the time of Bayezid II ( 886–918/1481–1512 ) but in the time of Mehmed II ( 855–86/1451–81 ) . |
| 29 | Some hon. Members referred to the issue , but in the time available I say only that we all accept that second homes present a threat in parts of Wales . |
| 30 | And and he took quite a lot of them but in the time that |