Example sentences of "[is] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unnecessary as regards persons whom the husband has not by his previous conduct induced to look to him for payment ; it is ineffectual as regards those who do not happen to see the advertisement . |
| 2 | During that time he sought inspiration and enrichment of the texture of the story in the surrounding countryside , in the paintings of Turner ( ‘ What he paints chiefly is light as modified by objects ’ ) and Romney ( ‘ I am struck by the red glow of [ his ] backgrounds , and his red flesh shades ’ ) , in the faces of women he met at dinner parties or saw by chance in a passing omnibus . |
| 3 | But I think conductors would not be the answer because what happens when the driver is smoking as has happened to me three times in three weeks . |
| 4 | Approximately that now I 've it 's very y'know woolly , most people do n't bother but you should really do the scatter plot to see whether a relationship is linear as opposed to something like that which would be curvier linear . |
| 5 | I think we 've all got used to , with some products at least , asking questions about how green it is , whether it 's recycled paper , whether it 's going to destroy the ozone layer , as well as asking questions like what price is it , but if we 're going to decide whether one jar of coffee is fair-traded as opposed to another one , what questions do we need to kn know the answers to , to decide that . |
| 6 | Generally the offence is straightforward as outlined but if an unlicensed pillion passenger on a motor bicycle persuaded the rider to take off his ‘ L ’ plates or the passenger took them off himself he would aid and abet the rider 's offence of no ‘ L ’ plates . |
| 7 | But the refuges of a mindless artistry which represents what is human as opposed to the social mechanism are being relentlessly hunted down by a schematic reason which compels everything to prove its significance and effect . |
| 8 | It is unnecessary as regards persons whom the husband has not by his previous conduct induced to look to him for payment ; it is ineffectual as regards those who do not happen to see the advertisement . |
| 9 | County are a tall , muscular team and their football , if not subtle , is effective as demonstrated by their fifth place in the Fourth Division . |
| 10 | The striking out is automatic as compared with Ord 13 , r 3(4) where the court has to give notice of intention to strike out where no action has been taken for 12 months . |
| 11 | The article is unmarked as regards spatio-temporal relations ; so the function of deictic reference is to set up a continual spatial , temporal and subjective opposition between proximal and distal relations . |
| 12 | Because the Bolt Thrower 's energy is divided between four individual bolts the strength of any hit is 4 as opposed to 5 for a single shot . |
| 13 | Basic rocks form the other end of the spectrum , they contain much less silicon dioxide , there is no free quartz ( all the silica is present as silicates ) , but there is a lot of feldspar , and a great deal of pyroxene , olivine and oxide minerals . |
| 14 | The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest . |
| 15 | There was a murder two nights ago in a clunch pit at Muddington — that Jacket is in exhibit and she 'll want to get on with that Is well as coping with the usual heavy load . " |
| 16 | The Soviet Union fears the short , medium and long term consequences of bordering countries which are actually sovereign nation states — that is sovereign as conceived outside Soviet ideology . |
| 17 | Thorough cleaning of the sieve meshes is important as retained particles severely restrict the aperture spaces available for grains to pass through . |
| 18 | The tree is robust as indicated by its bootstrap values ( all above 93% ) . |
| 19 | Some empirical evidence is available as regards the first of these ; the present research seeks to assess what role syntactic input plays . |
| 20 | Guidance and assistance on filing procedures is available as required . |
| 21 | A good eye is essential as illustrated by the Mexican who practised for only 10 minutes before becoming King Conker , and the first overseas winner , in 1976 . |
| 22 | The decoration is lavish as befits a bejewelled reliquary writ large . |
| 23 | Logically , that question is otiose as regards the nationality and residence requirements if the court rules , as I suggest it should , that those requirements are in any event contrary to Community law . |
| 24 | That an agreement is void as infringing Article 85 |
| 25 | Sheppard still intends swimming at the Grand Prix Superfinal as a guest competitor as she continues the build-up towards the National Championships in Sheffield in June ; a meet which is vital as regards selection for the European Championships , also to be held in Sheffield , in August . |
| 26 | While the information is correct as regards a growing number of employers ' occupational pension schemes , it does not apply to the basic State pension . |
| 27 | O. chelys differs from O. abyssalis in the following ways : the radial shields are separated and recessed into the disk while those of O. abyssalis are contiguous and not recessed ; the oral papillae are contiguous and slightly angular ; those of O. abyssalis are longer and more spinelike ; the oral shield is pentagonal as opposed to slightly arrow shaped in O. abyssalis . |
| 28 | Now you can manage with a shower , I mean it 's , it 's efficient as regards er keeping you er clean , but can you , to men there 's a different pleasure in having a shower , I enjoy both I would hate to h to be limited to one . |
| 29 | While this is true as regards the specific wording of the offence of genocide , it was pointed out in the parliamentary debate relating to the Genocide Bill that almost all the offences included in the Convention were in fact already offences under English law . |
| 30 | That figure is true as regards loans made in the 1991 fiscal year , and means 69% ( worth $1.8 billion ) of the contracts were won by non-Japanese companies . |