Example sentences of "for [art] [noun pl] as [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The Martian encampment they find may be deserted but the lichen-like vegetation , triggered into accelerated growth by a light drizzle of rain , proves more than just a minor hazard for the astronauts as they race against time to repair the ship . |
2 | It 's as difficult for the stewards as it is for us , ’ he said . |
3 | Life was fraught enough for the Stevenses as it was , with the constant care of Jennifer , without her adding to their problems , and besides , she had come to value her privacy and her independence . |
4 | But if you 're in a situation where that 's not possible then you 'll do the very best you can , but you 're always going to be on the look out for the priorities as they change , cos once the person stops breathing they become unconscious , they stop breathing , their heart stops , then everything else has to wait and you have to try and get on with that , okay ? |
5 | led wo late Tranmere strikes made it safe for the Merseysiders as they consolidated their second place in the Division One table . |
6 | Occasionally a light showed silver , faint in one of the streets below , and but for that , and for the sounds as their feet struck the timbers of a bridge , they might have been walking in some open courtyard instead of in narrow alleys raised between the walls of tall buildings . |
7 | There was an added incentive this year for the students as it was their last opportunity to catch the eye of Sue Rich , captain and selector of the British Team for the World Student Games which take place later this year . |
8 | In January 1975 the contract for the buildings as they now stand was awarded to Messrs A A Quinn of Tandragee at a price of £54932 . |
9 | Now er the er the draw gear , it 's not just er er a coupling and a draw bar , it connects up with the er the buffer spring , which also er serves for the buffers as you know them , on the outside . |
10 | ‘ It is difficult for the Browns as their house is a gable-end property which makes it difficult to heat . |
11 | At the end of November , ten or eleven boys climbed the big walnut tree in the middle of the village , swinging about among its branches , and women and children scrabbled laughingly for the nuts as they fell . |
12 | The organisation would be unable to respond positively to as many requests for financial help for the arts as it would have liked . |
13 | Dorcas suddenly felt almost as sorry for the humans as he |
14 | Their reward was an encounter against New Zealand , but the All Blacks ' strength and experience proved too much for the Koreans as they went down 14–0 . |
15 | Most fortunately for the Allies as it turned out , since within days Falkenhayn was to unleash all his troops from the area of fallen Antwerp , together with supplementary formations of volunteers , stiffened by regulars , in a massive stroke down the coastline , with the object of encircling the sanguine Joffre 's left flank . |
16 | Militarisation worked for the Nazis as it had for the Prussians in that it helped control large numbers of people , allowed a cheap and easy growth of populist emotion and nationalist identity and became the mainspring of industry by providing demand . |