Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect , s14(5) of the SGA provides : The preceding provisions of this section apply to a sale by a person who in the course of a business is acting as agent for another as they apply to a sale by a principal in the course of a business , except where that other is not selling in the course of a business and either the buyer knows that fact or reasonable steps are taken to bring it to the notice of the buyer before the contract is made . |
| 2 | THE CREW of a Glasgow ice-cream van escaped serious injury when their vehicle was fire-bombed as they served in a quiet street in the Ballieston area of the city . |
| 3 | The key point is that the old , regulated financial systems stopped people from borrowing as much as they wanted at a given level of interest rates . |
| 4 | But as Lazaris reminds us , money ( like nature ) is just a set of vibrations , an illusion that we create — and we can have as much as we like of an illusion ! |
| 5 | Ken may have been well into his thirties now , but he still saw things very much as he did as a youngster , as though the editor he had played in The Buccaneer had been reincarnated into the Kenneth Williams starring — and now there was no other word for it ; that was precisely what he was doing — in Share My Lettuce . |
| 6 | You can say as much as you like in a letter and it will not cost you any more than the price of a stamp . |
| 7 | His fingers were tobacco-stained as he fiddled with a biro . |
| 8 | Finally , a shopkeeper dialled 999 as he fell into a coma by the road . |
| 9 | Just as quick as it goes through a Crunchie . |
| 10 | if you hit something twice as big to what you 're hitting it 'll go twice as fast as it does with a snooker ball . |
| 11 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 12 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 13 | The rest of his party brought up the rear , baiting and goading Ranulf , who gave as good as he got with a stream of obscene English oaths . |
| 14 | Clasper was beginning to be seen by his own members for what he really was : a born agitator and troublemaker who was great to have around when plant managements behaved like bastards because he was one too and would give as good as he got in a stand-up fight . |
| 15 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 16 | It is in the outpatient department that many people feel particularly vulnerable as they wait in a cubicle , wearing paper gowns with no idea of what is happening , as staff rush around self-consciously doing more important things than talking to a patient . |
| 17 | Outside is a different matter — protective covers for the cabin and cowling are an excellent idea as long as they let in a free flow of air to minimise condensation . |
| 18 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 19 | Cuervas , who started disciplinary proceedings against both players yesterday , added that Maradona could play for Sevilla ‘ as long as he behaves in a dignified manner ’ . |
| 20 | As long as you go at a slow , steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser . |
| 21 | If both the frame and substitution items have gliding tones that is of course an added difficulty , but as long as you work with a frame that stays the same , you at least have something constant with which to compare the substitution items . |
| 22 | Tim Laurence , tallest player in the Durham University College squad and as tough as they came in a challenge , sported his hair above his ears , and at lectures his tie would always be knotted properly , his jacket and trousers immaculate . |
| 23 | Obtaining office copy entries ( as opposed to furnishing merely a copy of the registered title ) is advisable as it reveals at an early stage whether or not there is a second charge which may not have been disclosed to the husband 's solicitors . |
| 24 | Everyone had seen her arrive during morning assembly , her hair hanging loose as she leaned on a heavy walking-stick for support . |
| 25 | SEA-LION pups seem safe as they lounge on a Patagonian beach , slowly building their strength and preparing themselves for their departure into the sea . |
| 26 | I asked her to meet the press off the back of the BAC One-Eleven as it came to a stop in front of us . |
| 27 | It matters less and less as we move into an enjoyable account derived from a vocational puller-down of statues of the Shah and his father . |
| 28 | Her ever-loyal husband insisted it was business-as-usual as he acted as a steward as Cheltenham Races . |
| 29 | A tall lean figure with deep lines carved vertically down his brown cheeks , he came into the office looking as cool as he did on a winter 's day . |
| 30 | The last pitch is easier but quite intimidating as it pulls through a roof at the top of the crag . |