Example sentences of "as it be for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And one of the most significant changes I wanted to make , and I think we have made was that the , the letting of contracts and the vetting of contracts and so on would be done by our Q Ss , in the same way as it is for the civil work |
| 2 | Unemployment is a tragedy for the unemployed in Britain , just as it is for the greater number of unemployed in France and the United States . |
| 3 | To pass beyond it is to cross the threshold into another dimension which , for all its pragmatic gifts to the West over the centuries , remains as mysteriously little-known to us now as it was for the first explorers . |
| 4 | Distressing as it was for the Victorian establishment to contemplate having descended from monkeys , it would not be long before new advances in physiology and biochemistry revealed that we virtually are monkeys — differing from the chimpanzee , for instance , by a single chromosome in our genetic code . |
| 5 | Watercolour ‘ is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century ’ , reports RICHARD S TAYLOR , as he sets out to paint a timeworn French townscape . |
| 6 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
| 7 | Watercolour ‘ is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century ’ , reports RICHARD S TAYLOR , as he sets out to paint a timeworn French townscape . |
| 8 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
| 9 | Again the warning is vital as it was for the last two techniques . |
| 10 | It is their village now , just as much as it was for the old village families . |