Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 2 | As I went for vigorous afternoon walks along the footpath by the half-frozen river or across the frosty fields and up the sheep-tracks on to the hills and the bare moors beyond . |
| 3 | Just as you care for dry skin on the face , the scalp needs a soothing touch … gentle cleansing and moisturising . |
| 4 | Kandinskaya licked her lips as if stalling for time ; Jezrael could see her imminence paling as she strove for greater calm . |
| 5 | We had tried to get a couple of er , here in Portsmouth but he had to attend , so we thought as we prepared for this conference this morning er , on the miners , that it would be appropriate to get a miner 's lamp to put and have them simply inscribed with the erm , the memory of the occasion , which turned out to be |
| 6 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're also recognising the strength of local teams as we drive for increased market share in the individual countries of the new Europe . |
| 8 | £60m paid off as we save for rainy day |
| 9 | As we do for any competitor , ’ says Barry Wheeler , assistant marketing director of Otis . |
| 10 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 11 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
| 12 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 13 | " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . " |
| 14 | Not all were as exotic as those with a succession of Miss Worlds , some of whom had to be nursed along ( with a few retakes ) as they struggled for appropriate poise and vocabulary . |
| 15 | The heaters that can kill — warning to elderly as they search for cheap fuel |
| 16 | The portability of a VSAM file from one device to another , and from operation under one OS/VS system to another , or from DOS/VS to OS/VS is helpful , as it allows for rapid conversion when different disks are installed . |
| 17 | ( For example , in channel flow with no variation of mean quantities in the x-direction , τ varies linearly across the channel as it does for laminar motion — the first integral of eqn ( 2.6 ) . ) |
| 18 | But , as a concept determining the political and educational programme , it remained rather vague , standing as it did for all manner of virtues before a spectrum of interests . |
| 19 | Two years after the photograph had been taken Nasser came to power in a nationalist revolution which signalled the end for the European community in Alexandria , as it did for European domination of Egyptian affairs . |
| 20 | Brian Richards , vice president of UK preclinical R & D at Searle , which recently spent £15 million designing and building a genetic engineering pilot plant in High Wycombe , near London , argues that ‘ good manufacturing practice ’ may suffice for biotechnology factories — as it has for other fermentation industries such as the antibiotic industry . |
| 21 | Keeping himself hidden , Philip watched him as he looked for another stone . |
| 22 | He was still smiling as he reached for another claim-form . |
| 23 | As he reached for another lime Luke touched the preselect for Talent International . |
| 24 | The Pope visited six Angolan cities in this predominantly Catholic country , and was welcomed by large crowds as he called for national reconciliation , 13 months after the ending of 16 years of war between UNITA and dos Santos 's formerly Marxist-oriented Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
| 25 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 26 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup-holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 27 | At that very second that we call upon the Lord , just as this dying thief called on him , the Lord will hear us and make his answer instantly the same as he did for this man . |
| 28 | Seldom had Sergeant Camb felt so sorry for anyone as he did for this woman who lay against the piled pillows . |