Example sentences of "for [pron] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the highly oxygenated water below a weir swim the little fish not known for nothing as the ‘ miller 's thumb ’ : the flattened head of the fish was often compared with the thumb of the miller , worn it was said from testing the flour . |
| 2 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 3 | More conveniently for you as the creator of her adventure , your start could be her arrival . |
| 4 | Shirley Eaton looked fetching in her nurse 's uniform and a young probationer nurse was laying the tracks for a totally new profession for herself as the overemotional wallflower among the blossoming beauties of the hospital . |
| 5 | But she 's now making another name for herself as the brains behind the first horse register in the country . |
| 6 | ‘ Britten had written the part for him as the eldest son , Jaffet , which was a treble , ’ said Graham . |
| 7 | He did , indeed , have a marked preference for a monarchy , arguing for it as the ‘ most commodious government ’ . |
| 8 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 9 | Some go so far , though this is an excessive claim , as to argue that variable analysis is the embodiment of the scientific method , while more , if less fulsomely , do make strong claims for it as the epitome of objective , rigorous empirical social research against which all others are to be judged . |
| 10 | If there are likely to be difficulties about accommodation for yourself as the daughter at home , after your parent 's death , contact should be made well before this event is imminent with the Housing Manager of the local council for advice , and you might write also to the Housing Corporation Head Office , Maple House , 149 Tottenham Court Road , London W1P 0BN , who will send a free directory of registered Housing Associations and other housing schemes in the area of your choice , so that you can begin forward planning . |
| 11 | And although Edgar 's present listening has extended out past the Beach Boys , Credence Clearwater Revival and sundry American garage bands , The Stairs have made an inadvertent name for themselves as the most frighteningly authentic British beat combo in existence . |
| 12 | What began for us as the effort to capture a purely objective record of what we saw gradually dissolved into a quest , an odyssey of self-discovery which actually took place amongst the last of the lands of real living kings and queens , dragons and pirates , cannibals and headhunters , mystics and magicians . |