Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb -s] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she searches for the killer of a diamond merchant , Melanie falls for the rabbi 's son , played by flashing-eyed newcomer Eric Thal . |
| 2 | THOROUGHLY MODEST MRS : Fergie covers up as she heads for the pool |
| 3 | The silver water shatters under her feet , the child bounces as he rides on her breast , and she no longer hears Sycorax , only the pulse of the sea as it breaks in frills on the smooth and shiny sand , the splash of her stride and the drumming of her heart as she makes for the forest to the north , her back turned to the bay where the English ship rides at anchor , where the sea battle will take place . |
| 4 | Her next test will be in the UK championships in Sheffield on June 6 as she prepares for the defence of her English Schools title at Hull on July 10/11 . |
| 5 | This is fairer as it allows for the fact that fewer overs remain in which the chasing team can attack , but does not set a rate out of proportion with the course of the match up to the time of the stoppage . |
| 6 | AimTrak is an ideal management information and reconciliation system for group companies , as it allows for the aggregation of funds from different member companies and provides a consolidated group figure , thus minimising individual bank charges . |
| 7 | The fit is polished as many times as it takes for the residuals to show no more evidence of a relationship with the X values — for the slope to be zero ; the slope usually changes by gradually smaller and smaller amounts , and converges on a stable result . |
| 8 | The recognition of the effects of conscious or unconscious value judgements on scientific theories raises the question of relativism as it occurs for the sociology of knowledge : ‘ Are all ideologies of equal value , at least , as far as the search for truth is concerned ? ’ |
| 9 | Mr. Raffan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the Government 's National Health Service review , " Working for Patients " , as it caters for the distinctive health care needs and circumstances in Wales . |
| 10 | I want to say in conclusion that it has as many consequences for the devout Evangelical as it does for the hardened Catholic . |
| 11 | Much of that worth depends , as it does for the teacher cited above , on recognition and status given to one 's work by others . |
| 12 | The neurosis of humanity arose out of the relation to the father , just as it does for the child . |
| 13 | In this context , " design " has the same definition as it does for the purposes of the design right and a design document includes a drawing or other documents such as specifications , photographs and data stored in a computer . |
| 14 | If it detects an object , it improves definition by increasing the pulse rate to 25–50 per second , and as it swoops for the kill , the rate reaches an incredible 200 per second . |
| 15 | Without the villus a visitor would see very little in Wilpattu , though occasionally a day-hunting leopard will step out on the road , or a sloth bear stand 6 ft ( 1.8 m ) high as it reaches for the fruit , honey or tree termites on which these fierce-looking predators feed . |
| 16 | The number is easy to divide by 8 as it consists for the most part of successive multiples of 8 . |
| 17 | Though this notion of what I shall be calling ‘ discursive metaphor ’ may seem itself to be metaphoric , it is , as we shall see , a justified extension of the standard definition , as it accounts for the distinct use of figurality in Brooke-Rose 's fiction . |
| 18 | This series of squares is disquieting as it heads for the horizon unless it allows for the curvature of the Earth . |
| 19 | The Angolan government , increasingly looking to free market policies to revive the economy , last month joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington , and says , as it has for the past three years , that a devaluation of the Kwanza and the lifting of controls on many goods is imminent . |
| 20 | Green was all for restoring Lord 's Island which seemed to have had a strange fascination for him , as it has for the present writer who has also , found for herself , the vestiges of the pier , the house , the shooting butts , etc . |
| 21 | Now that the work has been completed I hope the church will continue to attract pilgrims to the shrine of St Melangell , as it has for the last eight hundred years . |
| 22 | Then , set against the incredibly complicated French and Indian Wars , the actual story has Hawkeye falling in with the Brits as he falls for the daughter ( Stowe ) of a Scots officer . |
| 23 | Bored as he waits for the liquid to boil , eyed admiringly by his pint-sized partner , he plays with wooden spills , dipping them into the solution and passing them through the flame beneath . |
| 24 | He taps his pencil up and down as he waits for the finance director to finish . |
| 25 | As he waits for the computer to load up the programmes , he scans the rolls of newly arrived faxes . |
| 26 | Yes once again the Village Fete sees our Fanciful Pretender ready to join the procession as he has for the past 15 years . |
| 27 | Not surprisingly , Reilly has gone for tried and tested players , with few surprises , as he prepares for the most important assignment in his five-year international coaching reign . |
| 28 | Sheffield Wednesday 's John Harkes is one of five players with European clubs wanted by United States coach Bora Milutinovic as he prepares for the friendly match against Ireland in Dublin on April 29 . |
| 29 | All the testing at the Yamaha camp in Spain and in Australia , all the preparation , and all the homework are behind him now , and what he has left is the adrenalin pumping in his veins as he prepares for the biggest day of his sporting life . |
| 30 | Hankin could bring in another new face as he prepares for the 15-match survival fight . |