Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal held that because the principle of effective protection only required that national courts should provide remedies for the protection of European rights which were as effective as the remedies available for the protection of similar rights in English law ; and since a plaintiff can recover damages against governmental bodies in English law only if a breach of private law can be shown ; and since the challenged action would not be actionable in tort in English law ; it followed that the principle of effective protection did not require that damages be available to the plaintiff as a remedy . |
| 2 | With few exceptions , not all of which were as abortive as the partly suspended sentence , the ground for legislative change was usually prepared by Royal Commissions , Committees of Inquiry or reports from the ACPS or other advisory bodies . |
| 3 | The improvisation stretched on , drawing Susan into it , locking into set patterns of repetition which were as fascinating as the gaze of a cobra . |
| 4 | Hopeful youngsters clashed with old timers playing out their last few seasons in the reserve leagues , which were as competitive as the first-team games and often a lot tougher . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't call me that , you great jerk , ’ said Perdita , hammering her fists against his chest , which was as hard as the ground outside . |
| 6 | They had a good supper of eggs and milk and crunchy , fresh bread in the kitchen which was as clean as the rest of the house but more cheerful with a big range fire that threw out heat like a furnace . |
| 7 | He went down the airless corridor to his Boss 's office , said hello to the secretary , and walked into the large oak-panelled room which was as big as the lobby of many a sizeable hotel . |
| 8 | The punt sailed out across a stretch of the cistern which was as calm as a pond . |