Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it has been in existence for almost as long as there has been detective fiction . |
| 2 | The King was on a royal throne near the entrance , and the two Bishops of Durham and Ely stood at his feet A good omen had encouraged Hugh for just as he reached the chapel steps he heard the choir in full voice chanting the words " Hail renowned bishop of Christ " . |
| 3 | At the Bull & Gate , next door to the Town & Country Club in London 's Kentish Town , the management has been promoting pub rock in a back room with adjoining outer bar for almost as long as the form has existed . |
| 4 | I have had a word with Swan and he has agreed to become your personal private aeroplane for just as long as you remain small enough to fly on his back . ’ |
| 5 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 6 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 7 | Calendars , it seems , have almost become McGairy 's stock in trade for here as openers there are the original watercolours for Great Ayton and Saltburn Beach both selling at £160 to set alongside the sepia reproduction of Gunnerside and Staithes and Cowbar from the ICI Kennelix Oilfield Calendar , also of 1992 . |
| 8 | So it 's absolutely essential that we do go forward formally and take up all the issues in relation to the minimum achieved performance levels and the scheme arising from the consolidation of the effects of last year 's pay settlement , but as er most of the delegates from British Gas will know , I 've been er ensuring that we first of all get all of the reports in from the regional joint indu regional joint trade union secretaries to ensure that we have as much information for once as British Gas has , about what 's going on within the company , and secondly we 've had er full debates on the trade union side to ensure we were well aware of just exactly what our recollections were of what happened last year and to ensure we 're going forward in a clear and a positive way . |
| 9 | He took his seat in the House in February 1833 , but did not enjoy his position for long as , in the following month , he caught a chill and died in London 28 March 1833 . |
| 10 | ‘ So why do n't you do the ordering for tomorrow as usual ? |
| 11 | There are probably about 50 stars within radio range if we assume that they have had radio technology for only as long as we have . |
| 12 | Erm I 'm also , I 'm bound to say er not the whole issue that I counted the votes for correctly as I was not expecting the outcome . |