Example sentences of "[adj] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marquis managed to pour the brandy without spilling it , his face chalk-white as the ramifications of Horatia 's return began to dawn on him . |
| 2 | Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss . |
| 3 | Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss . |
| 4 | Not only tragedy would feel the ban , but comedy , too , since all drama begins with human frailty , and none so universal and absurd as the propensity of mankind to behave badly . |
| 5 | He had left the warmth of the Blue Boar after the usual extended throwing out time , and now felt elated as the four pints of rough local cider began to work on him . |
| 6 | Milan : The underlying tone remained weak as the MIB edged up one point to 1,174 . |
| 7 | Robyn , whose legs felt suddenly weak as the adrenalin drained out of her , sat down . |
| 8 | After getting physically very weak as the result of being unable to eat without extreme discomfort , a few weeks ago Molly was admitted to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital Great Ormond Street where doctors found and dealt with a severe restriction in her stomach . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , that 's a Gemini for you — changeable as the wind . |
| 10 | Changeable as the weather I 'd say . |
| 11 | Instances given by insiders include the total abolition of the closed shop ; the radical breaking-up of the National Health Service ; student loans ; rates ; vouchers for schools ; and , in earlier , pre-Hillsborough days , the restoration of what she and the late Airey Neave used , according to insiders , to refer to in private as the restoration of good local government in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | He certainly had those Maggie thought , broad as the proverbial barn door . |
| 13 | Yamaichi economist Neil MacKinnon said : ‘ The polls suggest we will have a hung parliament , with Labour as the biggest party . |
| 14 | PAUL Johnson refers to Labour as the party that hates England . |
| 15 | Opinion on the exchanges was divided about the likely reaction to Labour as the party with the most seats but no overall majority . |
| 16 | In the real world , these results are neither as good for the Tories nor as bad for Labour as the polls and media predictions have made them seem . |
| 17 | Although he believes the Labour vote is firmer than that of the Conservatives , the cautious conclusion in his camp is that , in the range of possibilities , a Labour majority government has a slight edge over Labour as the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 18 | Davies still looks to Labour as the likeliest carrier for such ideas . |
| 19 | Does he realise that throughout the country in the election people who care about the Post Office and Post Office services will vote Labour as the only way to preserve a good postal service ? |
| 20 | Therefore , perhaps Labour as the largest anti-Protection party , should be allowed to govern . |
| 21 | HARRIET Harman yesterday staked a claim for Labour as the party for women whose needs she said had been ignored under 13 years of Conservative rule . |
| 22 | The PPD platform included keeping Spanish as the official language , maintaining a distinct national and cultural identity and separate representation in international sporting events . |
| 23 | Since there was neither oxygen to fuel the processes of decay nor any scavenging animals to feed on the bodies and destroy them , the tiny carcasses remained complete as the settling mud particles slowly entombed them . |
| 24 | They were speeding along the A40 trunk road now , the landscape growing ever more undulating as the Cotswolds drew near , the pale winter sunlight falling warmly on honey-stoned farmhouses and curving boundary walls . |
| 25 | Contradictions can be subsumed in something so unproblematic as the designation of places . |
| 26 | This proved impractical as the PAN contained far more data than were required to update the PMIS . |
| 27 | The McGhee decision has proved to be controversial as the plaintiff never established that the defendant was a cause of his damage . |
| 28 | For the Spectrum owner who is either using or considering the purchase of a Microdrive system an interface unit may be unnecessary as the Microdrive interface itself is supplied with a serial interface which can be used to drive a printer . |
| 29 | You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because |
| 30 | But her new sheets smelled of lavender and there was a comforting stone hot-water-bottle at the foot of the bed , wrapped up in part of an old blanket so that it would not bruise her toes , and Victoria 's gentle breathing was drowsy as the humming of bees , and she slept , with the tears drying on her cheeks . |