Example sentences of "as [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maude Stanley was only expressing a truism , as far as respectable society was concerned , when she advised that in starting a club ‘ discipline and order are the first requisites ’ . |
| 2 | Kang proposed that the two states should acquire separate UN membership as a temporary measure until such time as Korean reunification was achieved . |
| 3 | As pungent smoke was blown into her face , Diana 's eyes went red and watery . |
| 4 | Born in Herefordshire but living at Naunton in Gloucestershire Scu hit the top as stable jockey to David Nicholson before forming a devastating partnership with Martin Pipe . |
| 5 | The deal provides for Nichimen to distribute in Japan Transtech 's 80860-based TRAM-TTM 110 parallel processor board , as well as associated Transputer software such as compilers . |
| 6 | As associated reality is the regressive character of prison conditions . |
| 7 | Yet authentic conversation and involvement must allow for a full range of likes and dislikes to be expressed , and also for criticism as well as acknowledgement , but we need to do this in such a way that we do as little damage as possible to other people as people . |
| 8 | The inhabitants of Darcy 's Utopia will have as much or as little difficulty getting together as anyone else . |
| 9 | ‘ International Communism has as much or as little significance as the Commonwealth . ’ |
| 10 | These last jetés would be completely out of place in Lander 's Etudes where a strong ‘ flick ’ outwards of the leading foot propels the dancer straight forwards through the air with little or no time to pause in arabesque on landing because the continuous repetition of this strong movement is intended to cover as much ground in as little time as possible . |
| 11 | It is therefore to the advantage of poor troops ( Goblins ) to have as much depth and as little frontage as possible . |
| 12 | with as little centralisation as possible ( to give junior management more scope ) , |
| 13 | Filtration can be a problem as bubble-nesting gouramis need relatively calm water to build in and anabantoid fry are very small and could disappear if the filter is too powerful . |
| 14 | The speaker has available to him the full range of ‘ voice quality ’ effects ( as well as facial expression , postural and gestural systems ) . |
| 15 | Carson knew better than to use the Mercedes as in-town transport-traffic and parking problems made a car into a liability during the daytime . |
| 16 | Follow all instructions on the packages as insulating material can be toxic . |
| 17 | Make in the same way as potted crab . |
| 18 | ‘ The old man 's as touchy as sweating gelignite tonight , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Linen , we all know , crushes as easily as timid love ; she looked uncrushable . |
| 20 | This was followed by a mystery stomach bug which struck down Blues midfielder Ian McCoosh and several directors in Tbilisi — plus virtual house-arrest in the hotel as Georgian security feared for the safety of their Western visitors . |
| 21 | As dry air has curative properties , any meat or fish hung in the cleits dried off without going rotten and would then ‘ keep ’ for months . |
| 22 | Then came Louis ' voice , cold as dry ice , utterly controlled , utterly vicious : ‘ Drop it . ’ |
| 23 | The UK 's highest sulphur pollution as dry deposition and gas is in the power station belts of the East Midlands , South Yorkshire and north Kent . |
| 24 | Dry heat : This process is rarely applied as a means of disinfection as dry heat is less effective than wet heat . |
| 25 | At this date he rarely bought without consulting Colin , but as neither man had any real sense of time , their meetings required considerable stage-management . |
| 26 | Presenting symptoms were not specific as neither patient initially complained of dysphagia . |
| 27 | This in turn implies that the two generalizations already hinted at-that it was not normal practice either for the kasabat kadi to return to the medrese stream or for him to make the jump to the mevleviyet kadiliks were by then established : both are , of course , in a sense implicit in the Kanunname in so far as neither eventuality is mentioned , though , equally , neither is specifically excluded . |
| 28 | At Board/WEA level , as neither body wished the impasse with which members found themselves confronted to continue interminably Hickson met Green informally . |
| 29 | The need to avoid defeat was obvious , hence the draw was probably a fair result , as neither side deserved to win . |
| 30 | They had expected to record their fourth victory over home side this season , but on a poor service , the game was a dour affair , as neither side dominated the proceedings . |