Example sentences of "as [noun] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To change the picture ; presuppositions are not a booster rocket to get faith off the ground — to be jettisoned as soon as faith is in orbit — but are as vital to faith as an engine to an aeroplane . |
| 2 | ‘ But as Colin is to me , so Maurice was to you . |
| 3 | Modernization conceived as differentiation is of course the linchpin of Parsonian sociology , but can be traced back through the work of Weber and even of Lukács to the aesthetic writings of the mature Hegel ( Ká0tz 1982 ) . |
| 4 | But they will also be rivals when former Blue Peter girl Caron , 29 , presents a game show on Radio 5 — at the same time as mum is on air on Radio 2 . |
| 5 | CW to contact DCS , as PC is under warranty . |
| 6 | The first stage ( Bronze ) can be attained by any group of youngsters who are willing to work with enthusiasm , as assessment is on the basis of improvement on the standard of movement that the student starts from ; this means that due allowance is made , where appropriate , for individual physical handicaps . |
| 7 | The idea was prompted by commercial interests and , valuable as money is in the game , it has no place in setting up these gimmicky matches . |
| 8 | In fact , the supposed readiness of Russians to ‘ accept ’ baptized or otherwise assimilated natives as Russians is in itself a manifestation of the national arrogance of the Russians , which eventually engendered a sense of inferiority among many of the indigenous peoples . |
| 9 | As gossip is to ladies and gambling to gentlemen , flirting is to both together . |
| 10 | As RPP is about putting in place a single mechanism for demand management , it will have a significant effect on suppliers . |
| 11 | The mystic 's understanding of this joy at the heart of experience is called visionary ; it is to ordinary human perception as waking is to sleeping ; and this carol , in its excited evocation of the significance of redemption in words and images , answers to this understanding . |
| 12 | In coming months , Max may be spending a bit more time in the country , as Sinitta is on the brink of signing a world-wide recording contract and a movie deal . |
| 13 | As Karl Barth expresses it , woman is to man as B is to A ; why should woman mind ? 17 The idea that western religion has itself been a cause of attitudes which have deeply harmed women obviously can not be given entrance by them . |
| 14 | A is to C as B is to D |
| 15 | First , as essential as independence is to both , in the context of internal audit it is bound to have a different emphasis because internal auditors are officials of the audited organization . |
| 16 | Drug-taking is woven as tightly into teenage social life as drinking is into the social lives of their parents . |
| 17 | On a continuum of complexity from the bottom of the structure to the top , where are the discontinuities that will allow us to identify layers of hierarchy that are distinct and separable , as different as ice is from water and water from steam ? |
| 18 | A laid-back little seaside resort regarded by Perth 's residents as being on their doorstep — although it 's as far as Aberdeen is from London — Kalbarri has a remote , island feel . |
| 19 | This triangle is established by finding the intersection B of circles centred on O and A with radii in the same proportion to and respectively as OA is to . |
| 20 | But as far as aim is with , on a typical day , say if I get out of the depot at quarter to nine , if you like , and look at today 's string , I go to Derby . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
| 22 | They start like ‘ Too Tough To Die ’ -era Ramones , with ‘ Deadhead ’ and the tell-tale ‘ Ein , zwei , drei , vier ’ countdown to ‘ Slide ’ — and then pummel through three or four numbers with a brightness and lethal-pop-edge that brings new life to their bludgeoned ‘ Bricks Are Heavy ’ album ( particularly the lurching ‘ Everglade ’ , which as a 45 was as devoid of pizzazz as Catchphrase is of wit and wisdom ) . |
| 23 | His use of Arabic , we 're told , is as different from the traditional forms as Dickens is from Chaucer . |
| 24 | As distribution is on a module name basis , the addition of a new version causes no further distribution . |
| 25 | ‘ … the notion of value within science is at the philosophical heart of scientific administration , just as truth is at the heart of the practice of science ’ . |
| 26 | This outperforms the return on conventional gilts of the same maturity so long as inflation is above 1 p.c. to 2 p.c . ’ |
| 27 | Information is as vital to a democratic regime as propaganda is to an authoritarian one ( Blumler , 1987 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ Meaning you 're just as soft about your Philippe as Rose is over Dieter . ’ |
| 29 | As Arthur is in breach of his duty by omitting to wear the goggles , it may be that the court will find that causation is not established . |
| 30 | As education is by far the most expensive local government service , this distinction was highly important . |