Example sentences of "[adj] as [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll need to spread your talents if you hope to make a living from writing and I 'd recommend reading Thirty Ways to Make Money From Writing by Jennie Hawthorne ( Rosters , £4.95 ) which covers markets as diverse as working for the trade press , humour and writing for children . |
| 2 | However divorce is as effective as dieting for shifting stubborn weight ! |
| 3 | On the contrary , they saw their San Francisco elderly as fighting for survival and self-esteem through a remarkable variety of strategies . |
| 4 | That seemed , when she thought about it , almost as good as saying for ever . |
| 5 | But there will never be an exercise as good as squats for working all of the muscles together . |
| 6 | ‘ I notice , ’ he said in good English , ‘ that you have been so bold as to ask for food at this late hour . |
| 7 | Which is as important as preparing for disorder itself . |
| 8 | ‘ There is the other side of the coin in that Alistair and Louis have deprived two local players of places so we ensured that they considered playing just as important as playing for Zimbabwe or Northern Transvaal . ’ |
| 9 | The cabins of wattle and clay , of timber , of turf packed with stone , showed no smoke from the woven-reed thatches , neat as favours for children , that mushroomed everywhere on high ground , and on the slopes of the rock-citadel opposite . |
| 10 | I have been confined almost a year by the dislocation of one of the ankle-bones of my leg , so have not been able to get as far as the Society House , but have enclosed the shilling you was so kind as to pay for a letter from Monsieur du Hamel . |
| 11 | To sequence the rest of RO , the entire fragment was cloned in M13 and sequenced as described for the RE' subclones . |
| 12 | Support was welcomed , but except in the case of Israel and the United States , the relationships which evolved tended to be as frustrating as rewarding for all the contestants . |
| 13 | Roads , railways , lakes , rivers , major settlements , chemical storage facilities and political boundaries can be displayed and used as overlays for the various modules that examine the impacts of chemical spills into the atmosphere and river systems . |
| 14 | ‘ It crossed my mind that I could push open the door and drop the dinghy myself , but I soon realised that the workload would be far too heavy , flying as low as intended for the drop . |