Example sentences of "as [noun pl] [vb base] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This keeps the game ‘ alive ’ from start to finish as teams jockey for the lead as in , say , soccer . |
| 2 | As athletes prepare for the Olympics , sporting organisations are looking for big sponsorship deals to pay for the trip to Barcelona . |
| 3 | IBM said it continued ‘ aggressively ’ to seek ways ’ to improve profitability , but admitted that sales of the AS/400 as well as of the mainframes declined as users wait for the new models . |
| 4 | IBM said it continued ‘ aggressively ’ to seek ways ’ to improve profitability , but admitted that sales of the AS/400 as well as of the mainframes declined as users wait for the new models . |
| 5 | Police are warning motorists not to travel on roads around Silverstone this evening where there are already eight mile tail backs as spectators arrive for the British Grand Prix . |
| 6 | Meanwhile as hospitals wait for the first evacuees … surgeons say they 'll work for nothing to save the sight of a ten year old bosnian boyu . |
| 7 | I was less impressed by a news story in the Sunday Times announcing that the Pope is cracking down on sinners for Easter week : ‘ The Pope has ordered priests in the confessional box to clamp down on sin as churches prepare for the traditional Easter rush of sinners seeking forgiveness this week , ’ it announced knowingly . |