Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er now it claims , of course that this is a more efficient purchasing mechanism on behalf of the patients and the community of this area the problem is , of course , it depends what you mean by efficiency and the truth is , that we may get increased our purchasing in terms of frugal as they put it delicately our patients ! |
| 2 | The lifeboat was scarcely controllable as she took heave head seas overall but once clear of the dangerous rocks James Douglas headed for St Abbs where one group of divers had been caught in the storm . |
| 3 | Anala ( 1974 ) thought that mussels should be the preferred prey for H. lapillus as they offered a richer source of food than barnacles ; 4.844 k cal g — 1 dry weight compared with 3.827 . |
| 4 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that , if a researcher is not sometimes surprised at what they observe , then they are failing to be as open-minded as they should . |
| 6 | You 're obviously not as self-assured as you lead people to believe . |
| 7 | Prepared as they were , the reality of what had happened to Famagusta struck silence from them all . |
| 8 | Prepared as he was , Li Yuan nonetheless felt a sudden tightening in his stomach . |
| 9 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 10 | Grab it by its nostrils and you can lead even the most awkward blighter around , meek as anything . ’ |
| 11 | Gently , under the comforting warmth of the duvet , he removed her jersey and bra , but his hands , not satisfied , sank lower , their movements purposeful as he removed her skirt to reveal the black woolly tights . |
| 12 | Delaney was unconvinced as he held out his hand . |
| 13 | Later , in about the 1850's John Wilson set up at Burnside to manufacture rugs , weaving Scotch Carpets ( or Ingrain as they are also called ) on hand looms . |
| 14 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 15 | Moran looked stern and self-conscious as he drove up the short avenue . |
| 16 | She tried hard not to appear self-conscious as she greeted the doorman at IMP 's headquarters where she worked . |
| 17 | New chief executive Lewis Platt shows a welcome colourful turn of phrase as he says ‘ We 're about as well-positioned as anyone to succeed in the murky environment that fiscal 1993 looks like it will be . |
| 18 | We are not so sensible as we ought to be of the Providence which hourly sustains us . |
| 19 | There was also a growing body of opinion in Westminster and Whitehall amongst many of those who had initially welcomed Sandys ’ 1957 Defence White Paper , that his doctrine was not as sensible as they had first thought . |
| 20 | No , they 're not as sensible as they are you remember in Prestley when we went there so what er , perhaps , especially for solid places , solid with the roads in Germany |
| 21 | Much more happily she went on : ‘ But that 's because I 'm not as sensible as she is — or as kind , or … . ’ |
| 22 | The object of the attentions of Tory apparatchiks — and ministers — is the new policy on employment law , moderate and sensible as it may seem . |
| 23 | Though consent is undeniably a defence to an action for conversion , there are difficulties in reconciling this result , sensible as it may seem , with general principles of agency , for since Y's act was unauthorised it could only be effective if done within an ostensible authority — but that doctrine is inapplicable to undisclosed agency . |
| 24 | She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship . |
| 25 | The Norsemen who battled their way into the northern uplands ( one of their leaders rejoiced in the name of Erik Bloodaxe ) must have been almost as poetic as they were bloodthirsty . |
| 26 | Last month we expressed concern that the Ginger Foods imported by Atlantis from the USA might not be as fresh as they should be , coming in screw top jars with no other seal . |
| 27 | On the carpet by the tallboy were several red carnations , as fresh as they had come from the florist , and beside them , a shattered glass spill . |
| 28 | they 're as fresh as they can be . |
| 29 | But surely you have no dreadful memories , so young and fresh as you are ? ’ |
| 30 | I was reminded of this , fresh as I was from reading some of the slanging that made the Bermondsey bye-election so appealing , when looking at a joint release from six trades unions . |