Example sentences of "[be] [adj] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thick , textured fabrics are unsuitable as they do not take the stiffening well and also produce too much bulk around the roller . |
| 2 | ‘ Nelly the Elephant ’ had just been chorus-interruptus as she was saying goodbye to the thingy , and a large girl in her mother 's dirndl skirt from IIIB was attacking the string round the paper with her teeth and pretending not to hear that the music had started again , when I felt the red drain out of my skirt and into my face . |
| 3 | Under very low nutrient conditions in general , however , species numbers are low as they are , contrariwise , under greenhouse competition experiments with high nutrient levels . |
| 4 | But at high NO concentrations , ozone levels are low as it reacts with NO to form NO&sub2 ; . |
| 5 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 6 | MR MICHAEL Howard , the Water Minister , yesterday effectively admitted that water shares have been underpriced as he formally closed the deadline for application amid City predictions that the issue will open at a premium of up to 30 per cent . |
| 7 | ‘ We are interdependent as we always were , ’ Maurin said . |
| 8 | I have a waiting list , Miss Thorne , and I am overcrowded as it is . |
| 9 | Gentle exercise such as walking is as valid when you are old as it is when you are young . |
| 10 | Even from the kerb in the gloom the guard 's shrugs and humorously uplifted eyes are visible as he declines to telephone the duty officer , ring a British Committee office empty at this time of night , break the sacred sleep of anyone else on the telephone list . |
| 11 | It shows San Carlo to have had a big nose and long ears , features which must have been real as they also appear in several portraits . |
| 12 | Well to be quite honest I think the reason she wanted it in Norwich was cos Glasgow 're over-loaded as it was I think and they had to learn new skills and staff support and therefore it might not be a good idea to have them as well |
| 13 | They 're woven as you see on thirty six inch wide hand-looms . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you think you 're happier as you are ? ’ she replied . |
| 15 | when you 're good as me . |
| 16 | You 're wonderful as you are . |
| 17 | Yes , we 're alright as we 'll ever be |
| 18 | Some of the items are fine as they are but are not given unconditional approval because they should only be eaten in moderation . |
| 19 | A cylinder viewed under similar circumstances will reveal edges that are soft as they turn away from the observer . |
| 20 | Vic 's knuckles are white as he grips the steering wheel . |
| 21 | The grey slates and shales of the Silurian rock are obvious as you walk . |
| 22 | Mr G Ventateswaram , the film industrialist , said of the awards : ‘ They are unique as they have no other purpose than encouraging good cinema and TV . ’ |
| 23 | Reflux of radiolabelled food and liquids can be measured using the technique of gamma scintigraph ; however , in this procedure the subjects are non-ambulant as they have to be continually monitored by standing in front of , or lying under , a gammacamera to detect the reflux event . |
| 24 | TIP : Highlights and lowlights are great as they thicken the cortex of the hair . |
| 25 | What possible justification can there be for that , given the fact the actions are reasonable as they stay this year . |
| 26 | Nigger was on leave from the navy and had been impressed as he watched Yanto hit a drunken sailor who had tried to grope a young girl . |
| 27 | Radio waves are useful as we can make them carry information by modulating them — for example , changing the amplitude of the fluctuations so that the change represents information . |
| 28 | However , Pavlov , the famous behaviour scientist , listed four main groups of temperament types , which are useful as they relate to the animal 's response to learning and difficult circumstances . |
| 29 | The four Strauss songs are unremarkable as I have already inferred , but the Sibelius , Rangström and Grieg , the texts fully comprehended , are all given considered readings . |
| 30 | I mean I think the , I , I think it can effect this , but not that materially erm there are many as you know different provinces round the world and what happens in the C I S is , is obviously very important for the Middle East and so erm it will have an impact . |