Example sentences of "as they [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny on the broader canvas of moral and social philosophy : the moral thrust of Caldwell is that people are often just as much to blame for failing to think as they are for thinking about their actions and its consequences , and this very argument was applied to rape in the paragraphs above . |
| 3 | Environmental intangibles have been built into the cost-benefit analysis in the same way as they are for road schemes . |
| 4 | Informative labels and simple counter identification through symbols about the location of goods are of considerable help to older people , as they are for shoppers of all ages . |
| 5 | As they are for the most part Gaelic-speaking folk , it is difficult to learn from themselves much of their true circumstances ; but there are friends in Portree who would gladly assist any soul who would like to be helpful to the dwellers on Stormy Hill . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | No cam buttons are pressed when weaving , as they are for Fair Isle , tuck , and so on . |
| 10 | They are particularly good where regular weekly , monthly , or yearly payments are due , as they are for cleaning , garaging , insurance and so on . |
| 11 | ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces . |
| 12 | Wars are almost as disastrous for wildlife as they are for humans . |
| 13 | Similarly , young emerging leaves and shoots that have not yet developed a tough skin are easier for fungus spores to penetrate as they are for sucking and biting insects , and this is why the first signs of mildew especially are always to be found on such tissue . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | er everybody stays as they are for three or six months . |
| 16 | The laws are the same on a bullet train or on a jet airplane as they are for someone standing in one place . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Whatever I designed would have to take account of circumstances as they are for the hard-pressed teaching population . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The exact numbers or names that we use to label a given address are arbitrary , just as they are for computer memory . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Last time he came home she said if things went on as they are for much longer he 'd lose the manor and the farm on the turn of a card ! ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Additional damages are also provided for as they are for copyright infringement and the unregistered design right generally . |
| 25 | And they have warned they are only prepared to leave services as they are for a trial period . |
| 26 | Er you happy to leave things as they are for the minute ? |
| 27 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 28 | Does the work move to them , or are cars made so expensive that people are obliged to live close to their work , as they were for much of this century ? |
| 29 | Although EEC policy is necessarily uniform for the Community as a whole , member governments are responsible for applying it in ways which are relevant to local problems , just as they were for identifying boundaries of their Less Favoured Areas in the first place . |
| 30 | Exact patterns of change will remain a matter of controversy for historians , as they were for contemporaries , but what emerges from the inadequate farm records and welter of subjective comment by biased and often condescending outside observers is a marked contrast between the fortunes of a few well-organised and prosperous landowners and the general backwardness of their counterparts and tenants . |