Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , black comedy 's screen coverage is limited to The Real McCoy — whose shaky sets and second-rate scripts hinder the scene 's advancement as much as the very presence of the show helps it . |
| 2 | The clumsy phrasing lodged in Blanche 's mind as much as the content . |
| 3 | Development is not viewed simply as the product of the child-rearing regime adopted by parents ; it is an interactive process , where the child influences the mother 's behaviour as much as the mother the child . |
| 4 | I find this final strand of Kane 's theory as unacceptable as the first two in its pretensions to scientific validity and equally as objectionable in its racist undertones . |
| 5 | While the buildings at Broadgate and Canary Wharf are not as wonderful , they have achieved contributions to London 's streetscape as fine as the best from our past . |
| 6 | The dedication was a gesture of pained sorrow at his father 's death as much as an act of filial piety , and the natural way to do it was to reproduce the style and character of his essentially Edwardian father . |
| 7 | There were no unions or guilds or other associations for they were not needed ; our employers were fair-minded and trustworthy , but the greatest incentive of all was the fact that , as reporters , we enjoyed the smell of printers ' ink as much as the actor is supposed to enjoy the smell of grease-paint — we loved our jobs and would usually much rather be chasing down ‘ a hot story ’ than eating . |