Example sentences of "as it [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Galactic War continued , as it had for many generations . |
| 2 | The research of Geza Roheim , summarized in my Psycho-analysis of Culture , shows quite clearly that the oral period , for instance , does not have the same significance for Australian aborigine hunter-gatherers as it does for Melanesian agriculturalists ; and further that , in the former instance , the anal-sadistic hardly seems to exist ( with the consequent absence of sado-masochistic perversions or character traits in adults ) . |
| 3 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |
| 4 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 5 | The Charter , backed by David Hatch , managing editor of Radio 1 , is considered a defensive move by the BBC as it prepares for difficult negotiations with the government over the issue of privatisation of the national network . |