Example sentences of "sharp [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Divisions of social class were less sharp than the size and format differences of the quality and popular papers . |
| 2 | Hammond , who had been in the Foreign Office since 1824 after a distinguished academic career at Oxford , was considered to be ‘ sharp and a glutton at work ’ , and emerges as a powerful figure who over nearly twenty years as the permanent head of the Office brought nearly every aspect of its work under his personal control . |
| 3 | However , if the crisis has been particularly sharp and the depression of sufficient duration then it is more likely that the total of will increase sufficiently to push up the price of consumer goods . |
| 4 | The world stockmarket hiccup of October 1987 pulled people up sharp and the malaise of the six years which followed gave plenty of time for reflection . |
| 5 | The words sounded sharp but the tone was kindly . |
| 6 | Hard and sharp as a meteorite , this carbonized giant clam finally yielded to saws and machetes , razor blades and tweezers . |
| 7 | Steel threaded through her muscles , and her senses became as sharp as a cat 's . |
| 8 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 9 | Cute as lace pants , sharp as a stiletto and hungry as a Bengal tiger . |
| 10 | His ears were sharp as a jackal 's and he could spot the tracks of a hippo from an extraordinary distance . |
| 11 | The sense of disappointment was as sharp as a blow , painful out of all proportion , so much so that for a moment I was almost angry with him for not being there . |
| 12 | It was a scary journey , scrabbling over that slippery great red tongue and passing through a great hall of teeth and palate , each pillar taller than she was and as sharp as a knife . |
| 13 | Enya , as ever , is dressed in a simple but elegant style , straight and sturdy as young reed and sharp as a blade of grass . |
| 14 | He 'd thought he 'd die himself , he said when they came to the white iron gate , he 'd thought he 'd die when he 'd heard the woman 's scream , sharp as a blade above the whine of the wind and the rain . |
| 15 | He was a tallish man with a mind as sharp as a razor . |
| 16 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
| 17 | It was about eight inches long , double edged and as sharp as a razor . |
| 18 | In fact he was as sharp as a man half his age . |
| 19 | ‘ Sharp as a tack , shipmates . |
| 20 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 21 | My left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 22 | Dan comments ‘ Paceley was as sharp as a tack and super dependable . |
| 23 | She was so sweet and funny , sharp as a tack and yet never unkind . |
| 24 | The devilish smile , oblique and sharp as a scar , had come back to the gaunt face . |
| 25 | In fact , we all knew he was sharp , sharp as a carving knife . |
| 26 | He was fluent , learned , a man of books , and yet , she had heard him with her father on small points , as sharp as a tinker … too many false trails , too many different scents … as if he , too , were puzzling over his path … |
| 27 | ‘ Come along , you two , ’ Sir says , sharp as a needle . |
| 28 | Clever as hell , yes ; sharp as a needle , yes ; knowing most answers to given problems , yes . |
| 29 | Hard and sharp as a flint , from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret , and self-contained , and solitary as an oyster . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ There 's no danger , ’ he translated , his eyes on the soothsayer 's hands , ‘ but the boar that we want is as fast as the wind and as sharp as an eagle . ’ |