Example sentences of "as [pron] was for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , for those who do n't quail , there is a happy finale — as there was for the hunchback of Belorussia ( or was it Kovno Gubernia , or the far side of the Pale ? ) whose demon companions danced his hump off , and sent him home with his shoulders straight and strong . |
| 2 | I mean the Marxism was the motivation just as it was for the Chinese but er I do n't think the Russian revolution remained Marxist revolution for very long But the achievement of revolution did make it possible for the success of revolution to be seen by the Chinese because it had already been achieved . |
| 3 | Petipa 's orders to Tchaikovsky were sacrosanct because the composer knew that if that ‘ dictator ’ did not approve the music would have to be changed ( as it was for The Nutcracker . ) |
| 4 | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was carried out as often for high strictures ( 20 of 27 ( 74% ) as it was for the group as a whole ( 48 of 62 ( 77% ) ) . |
| 5 | Hitler was never again to be at the centre of public attention as he was for a while following the plot of 20 July 1944 . |