Example sentences of "as for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Technology ’ , for Robbins as for Pynchon , becomes a short-hand term for the conditioning and patterning pressures in American life ; pressures to be resisted whether in his comic struggle with his Remington type-writer which frames his next novel , Still Life with Woodpecker ( 1980 ) , or , more importantly , through his disruption of narrative illusion and orderly sequence . |
| 2 | For Burroughs as for Pynchon , conventional plot sequence would confirm the reader within his/her cultural conditioning , hence the importance of discontinuity , shock tactics and surreally destabilizing images . |
| 3 | And as for defence , ’ he went on , ‘ Britain would be defended by arms manufactured in Germany or France just as well as by arms manufactured in Britain , if this were necessary for good economic reasons . ’ |
| 4 | As for Rob Davies , some small problems still exist . |
| 5 | As for Newry , they are a much better side than last season , and they get credit for refusing to buckle after being reduced to ten men at 2–1 down in the 54th minute . |
| 6 | Look out for the splatter ( a knuckle-cracking heavy who uses more force than a bouncer ) , pay a quick visit to heaven and hell , and as for Santa 's in-store ‘ grotty ’ … it 's tacky , vulgar , and full of overpriced garbage they could n't sell during the year ! |
| 7 | A range of methods have been applied to the recognition of printed characters , or unconnected handwriting , especially for oriental alphabets as well as for English . |
| 8 | The procedure for turning up Halsbury is much the same as for Statutes in Force . |
| 9 | As for differences between Ipswich and Newham , Table 4.4 indicates that in Newham people in poorer home care circumstances ( in both action and control samples ) are remaining at home compared with Ipswich ; in particular they are more likely to suffer from persistent wandering , to live alone , and to have no closely involved informal carer . |
| 10 | Naturally the poem does not mean the same thing for him as for Bilbo . |
| 11 | As for marriage , yes , he fancied that . |
| 12 | As for Ian McGeechan , his reading of the Welsh lineout had left Scotland , in fact and figuratively , a jump ahead . |
| 13 | As for coelenterates , though , several arguments suggest that all four extant cnidarian classes can be recognized in early metazoan assemblages . |
| 14 | As for Treacle … she 'll play a role as company for other nervous deer that come in for care and treatment . |
| 15 | As for cardinals , after Kilwardby 's death in 1310 there were no more English bishops among them until Langham in 1368 and only four others — three Dominicans in this reign and Adam Easton later — before 1378 , compared with fourteen Italian and one hundred and twelve French cardinals . |
| 16 | As for buses , I er , just have n't got a clue . |
| 17 | Yet long-distance routes are just as important for cyclists as for motorists . |
| 18 | The horn part continues to be written entirely as for horn in F and its true character lies within the comfortable F-horn compass . |
| 19 | When public funds are required to support someone in private care the needs of that person should be assessed in the same way as for admission to statutory care and admission should depend on the results of that assessment . |
| 20 | Gland packing can need replacing on valves ( same procedure as for taps ) , but washers rarely need replacing . |
| 21 | In the 1920s , when astronomers began to look at the spectra of stars in other galaxies , they found something most peculiar : there were the same characteristic sets of missing colours as for stars in our own galaxy , but they were all shifted by the same relative amount toward the red end of the spectrum . |
| 22 | In the cases of premises operated under hotel , restricted hotel , restaurant , or entertainment licence or a registered club , the basic permitted hours are the same as for premises operated under a public house or a refreshment licence , but no application is required for Sunday opening ( subs . |
| 23 | Nonetheless , despite these radical changes in design , the basic cellular organization of the nervous system , with its neurons , synapses and ensembles of interconnecting cells , is the same for vertebrates as for invertebrates , as is much of their biochemistry . |
| 24 | ‘ As for enjoyment , ’ he went on tauntingly , his breath mingling with hers as he bent his head again , ‘ tell me you 're not enjoying this , Maria . ’ |
| 25 | Ataturk was able to control the mullahs and to find a place for them as well as for merchants and intellectuals in the new Turkey . |
| 26 | We might compare this ethical relation to Cixous ' remarks about the need to love the other or Kristeva 's recent preoccupation with love which , from this perspective , hardly involves the sudden apostasy of which she has been accused , but rather as for Levinas consists of a way of formulating a ‘ responsibility for the Other , being-for-the-other ’ . |
| 27 | As for Pascoe … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ As for Pascoe , he 's a financial man . |
| 29 | Such records are not only a stimulus for enthusiasm and an aid to forward planning but have communication value for a team of staff as well as for parents , and help continuity in case of staff change . |
| 30 | As for North , ‘ he would either go to jail or be decorated ’ , Secord used to say to Hakim ; and McFarlane told him — as he sat jet-lagged and exhausted in his office the night after a gruelling Iranian session in Frankfurt — that ‘ if the world only knew how many times you have kept a semblance of integrity and gumption to US policy , they would make you Secretary of State . ’ |