Example sentences of "as for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " As for the evidence that cholera is spread in drinking water , there is , as Dr Dunstaple should be well aware , a considerable amount of evidence to support this view . |
| 2 | Legislation has a part to play in maintaining safety but individuals have a responsibility to control personal behaviour for their own benefit as well as for the survival and well-being of others . |
| 3 | As for the slogan that man is master of his fate , no doubt it has its uses in combating a fatalism which could contract still further the limits within which he can influence the spontaneous by reason and will . |
| 4 | As for the government and the civil service , virtually all of it is loyal to the president . |
| 5 | As for the possibility that the Orpheus and other mosaics from Withington might be the midway step of a distributed relationship ( between the former two and the latter ) — this , too , seems unlikely . |
| 6 | As for the supposition that psychoanalysis favours and furthers personal autonomy , I can find little evidence for it among either the analysts or the analysands whom I have known , unless by autonomy is meant a retreat into a private ( and invariably middle-class ) world of minor emotional fluctuations . |
| 7 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 8 | As for the idea that scallops might be cooked in one minute and no more , that old chef was genuinely outraged by it . |
| 9 | As for the wining and dining don , you wo n't find her , she does n't exist , and if she did the men would n't have her . |
| 10 | Philosophy may be studied at the third — and fourth-year levels , for single honours and for joint honours , as well as for the MA(General) and the MA ( General Honours ) . |
| 11 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |
| 12 | We turn to wild nature for new crops and new drugs , as well as for the beauty that enriches our lives . |
| 13 | As for the claim that the Cuk converter approaches 90% efficiency and produces minimal RF interference , exactly the same claims can be made for well-designed standard topologies . |
| 14 | As for the claim that the older acts and the common law had allowed the imposition of harsher penalties , this was not for the simple fact of combination but for activities linked with industrial disputes that could have attracted prosecution for riot , intimidation , assault or destruction of property as much after 1799 as before . |
| 15 | As for the comment that umpires should start enforcing this law , I assure Mr. Byran that the first-class umpires ' panel , the best in the world , are fully aware of the law , very observant , and most certainly fearless in its application . |
| 16 | It is odd to speak of the creation of a state as the ‘ pretext ’ for anything : the translator may possibly be responsible for the oddity here , as for the orotundity that precedes it . |
| 17 | Policing in Northern Ireland is a very controversial topic in a sensitive environment , and this sensitivity has implications for the research ( on which see Brewer 1990 b ) , especially its design and location , as well as for the validity and reliability of the results . |
| 18 | As for the view that the provisions of the Common Fisheries Policy ( and , in particular , the provisions relating to the quota system ) constituted a derogation from the fundamental principles of the E.E.C . |
| 19 | It may be as much for the homely , recognisable nature of this particular hero as for the energy and drama of the story that Lorna Doone has remained a classic for more than a century , and a classic adopted by the young for their own reading . |
| 20 | As for the matter that she raises , I welcome the fact that GP fund holders , and all GPs , are doing more in their own surgeries , which cuts waiting lists and speeds patient care . |
| 21 | The college want to make the sale , sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners last summer , to set up an endowment fund for maintenance , restoration and refurbishment of Royal Holloway 's Founder 's Building , as well as for the upkeep and security for the remaining pictures . |