Example sentences of "as [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's not as sexy as me is she ? |
| 2 | They are commemorated by a plaque on the alms-houses at nearby Burraton Combe , given in 1726 by James Buller ‘ … whose glorious memory as well as illustrious favours ought not to be forgotten but kept , as t is hoped they will be , in everlasting remembrance . ’ |
| 3 | The necessary inference from such a principle as his is that the interpreters of law should be the.ones to define the rights of individuals and to trace the bounds of legitimate government over them . |
| 4 | Her religious sensibility is much nearer to that of the affective Franciscan devotion just as his is to the Dominican tradition of speculative thought . |
| 5 | As yours is low mileage , the cam followers will be OK to use again . |
| 6 | ‘ My back 's as straight as yours is ! ’ he shouted . |
| 7 | BELVILLE : And I to show I can defy your resentment will show you a countenance as intrepid as yours is lovely . |
| 8 | I 'd give 'im the back o' me 'and big as 'e is , an' 'e knows it . |
| 9 | So long as yu is living an yu want eat food |
| 10 | It 's a shame that someone as obviously capable of expressing himself as you is given to such bursts of undisguised racism and ignorance . |
| 11 | He 's not as old as you is he ? |
| 12 | I do n't think he 's I do n't think he 's interested as you is he really ? |
| 13 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 14 | As long as she is ‘ fed and watered ’ , she writes , the local authority is satisfied : ‘ It has forgotten about the quality of my life . ’ |
| 15 | Her first record shows her to be as musical as she is technically accomplished . |
| 16 | Fond as she is of children , however , they are by no means her only interest . |
| 17 | Kanga , as she is better known , was an ex-girlfriend and has remained a trusted friend . |
| 18 | My mother I can hardly see save as she is now while I am writing . |
| 19 | Myself and English , as she is taught in schools , came to a conflict and gradually to a more and more friendly agreement through the necessity of writing long letters daily to one who was neither a schoolboy nor an elder , the subject of the letters being matters concerning nobody else in the world . |
| 20 | In fact , it was n't until after we were married I knew he wanted to go out with me ’ ) , as she is the Yanks ( ‘ American tourists talk so loudly so they can be heard above their clothes ’ ) . |
| 21 | A woman is born into one lineage but is transferred to her husband 's lineage as soon as she is married . |
| 22 | As soon as she is married and enters her husband 's family and clan group she is considered a potential source of danger , because her sexuality remains still incompletely controlled and its beneficiality as yet not proven through child-bearing . |
| 23 | When she meets other animals , walk on and ignore her — as she is timid of strange people , I think this will overrule her aggression towards a strange dog , and she will catch up very quickly . |
| 24 | Tomorrow 's Europe must have a Bill of Rights and a Thatcher Carta , she cried , despite being about as keen on a Bill of Rights for Britain and a Social Charter for today 's EC as she is on workers ' soviets |
| 25 | I think she looks great as she is … |
| 26 | ‘ Lola went through such a lot at a young age — I admire her — I 'm certainly not as strong as she is . ’ |
| 27 | Lola went through such a lot at a young age — I admire her — I 'm certainly not as strong as she is . ’ |
| 28 | Talking of volunteering , this is 's last newsletter as she is moving ( has moved ! ) to Cofton Hackett . |
| 29 | We have been without this issue as she is still receiving the last of her treatment from Charing Cross Hospital . |
| 30 | Alternatively you might like to wait to see the proposal first as she is a most serious person who struck me as a likely author . |