Example sentences of "as for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Naturally the poem does not mean the same thing for him as for Bilbo . |
| 4 | As for marriage , yes , he fancied that . |
| 5 | As for Treacle … she 'll play a role as company for other nervous deer that come in for care and treatment . |
| 6 | The horn part continues to be written entirely as for horn in F and its true character lies within the comfortable F-horn compass . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | In April 1985 , interest paid to bank depositors was put on the same tax footing as for building societies : tax is deducted at source at a composite rate . |
| 11 | Er , so , there is undoubtedly a lot of work still to be done in making the D S O competitive , as for building maintenance work , I 'm not certain we 've ever considered having a building maintenance D S O. We may have looked at it in the days before D S Os , but that 's er , a long time ago , and it 's certainly worth having a look . |
| 12 | As for self-sacrifice it was mostly incredible . |
| 13 | There is to be no fertility in year of arrival then fertility as for remainder of population . |
| 14 | The same as for M. crenata . |
| 15 | As for M. brasiliense . |
| 16 | As for confession , which had been allowed to laymen , this was to be undertaken only when the penitent was in mortal danger : the emphasis now was not on contrition but on absolution which could only be given by a priest . |
| 17 | As for lunch up the mountain , forget it — if you can . |
| 18 | And as for ad spots during the games , they 're there all right , but they 're part of life , accepted , they do n't annoy anyone . ’ |
| 19 | As for love , I fell easily and often . |
| 20 | ‘ After last night I ca n't deny the desire , but as for love … ’ |
| 21 | As for payment times , we can not disagree : they are unpredictable , and only those institutions willing to sustain major expenses , after the contract is signed and until the funds are finally transferred , should consider working with these programmes . |
| 22 | ft. building was erected for the machinists and cutters as well as for garment distribution . |
| 23 | There is also wide support for the mixed economy — a private enterprise economy , subject to government controls — as well as for state provision of welfare services . |
| 24 | As for school libraries , the confusion caused by the complexity of educational change and the financial problems of local education authorities make it easy to believe that they have virtually ceased functioning . |
| 25 | As for smoking , we reached a compromise . |
| 26 | As for smoking , there are nights when it 's been friend , fire and food to me . |
| 27 | As for painting , John Good this month shows Jacqueline Humphries , who has been exploring the notion of the ‘ arrested gesture ’ in relation to both the drip and the grid , from 2 May until 20 June . |
| 28 | ‘ As for painting — I do n't know where I 'm going though steadily downhill , I expect , ’ he told Edie . |
| 29 | and as for painting , he would no more let me touch a painting brush ! |
| 30 | Most leaf cuttings need warmth and humidity to strike quickly ; keep covered as for softwood cuttings until well rooted . |