Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pron] are for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings are no less intense for inspectors and headteachers than they are for students and teachers in their first appointment . |
| 2 | They are thus willing to pay several times more for the wealthy readers than they are for the less wealthy or poor . |
| 3 | Although many lone parents work , Table 4 shows that earnings from employment are less likely to be their main source of income than they are for two parent families although for both groups this will be affected by fluctuations in employment and unemployment . |
| 4 | Whatever I designed would have to take account of circumstances as they are for the hard-pressed teaching population . |
| 5 | A number of tags are missing from the Text710 tagset because they are for word types that are not found in dictionaries . |
| 6 | ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces . |
| 7 | The laws are the same on a bullet train or on a jet airplane as they are for someone standing in one place . |
| 8 | Von Tunzelmann , remarking that prices had the greater influence on real wage trends over this period , finds that the indices available are much closer to each other than they are for the periods on either side . |
| 9 | In this test the sample is subjected to a periodic load ( or displacement ) , and a complex modulus is found which , for linear viscoelasticity , relates the stress — to the strain , these no longer being in phase with each other as they are for elastic materials . |
| 10 | I know they say a picture 's worth a thousand words ( and James would no doubt agree with you ) , but I think we 'll keep things as they are for the moment . |
| 11 | Er you happy to leave things as they are for the minute ? |
| 12 | A closer look at the DoNH budget reveals extraordinary disparities ; including the fact that they will , by 1995–96 , be giving more than 10 times as much to each of several central London museums than they are for all the national activities and programmes of the English Tourist Board . |
| 13 | Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co-operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co-operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co-operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation . |
| 14 | There is now a growing , widespread acceptance of CD-ROM as an effective electronic publishing medium and its established and growing base of users are as much a potential , almost captive , market for the textual databases of the past as they are for the multimedia databases of the immediate future . |
| 15 | The various features of denial are — exactly the same for the eating disorders , compulsive gambling or risk taking , addictive relationships and all other addictive diseases as they are for alcoholism or drug addiction . |
| 16 | Contemporary memoirs are as full of praise for the building 's beauty as they are for the work which took place within its walls : ‘ Its magnificence , proportions and pleasant air makes it unique among the buildings of the world , ’ wrote the chronicler Barni . |
| 17 | Wars are almost as disastrous for wildlife as they are for humans . |
| 18 | Environmental intangibles have been built into the cost-benefit analysis in the same way as they are for road schemes . |
| 19 | If nothing else these provide the opportunity to share problems , to reassure , and to make the point that modern children 's books are as enjoyable and informative for adults as they are for their intended audience . |
| 20 | There are many other activities and sports that are just as suitable for older women as they are for younger ones : golf , badminton , skiing ( cross country or downhill ) , croquet , table tennis , bowling , rambling , sailing , archery — anything that is , and continues to be , enjoyable . |
| 21 | And they have warned they are only prepared to leave services as they are for a trial period . |
| 22 | There are then ‘ tell-tale gaps ’ ( see Chapter 1 ) in a text for the illustrator as there are for the reader . |
| 23 | His principle is to maintain the gardens and grounds as they are for all the residents , so that from outside it is not apparent that the building has been divided up . |