Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The prices are the same as a holiday in Amsterdam . |
2 | However , the artist 's aims may not be the same as a record company's. so the manager has to vet what big business wants musicians to do . |
3 | Three so she 'd say , Oh you know mind I 've cut it up a bit do you you should n't it 's still a quarter still a quarter you have n't lost a bit of it but it 's still a quarter three twelfths is the same as a quarter . |
4 | And three twelfths is the same as a quarter is n't it . |
5 | Okay have you done things like erm three twelfths is the same as a quarter ? have you done that at school ? |
6 | So twenty five per cent is the same as a quarter |
7 | For example , a rise in temperature of 10°C is the same as a rise in temperature of 10 K. |
8 | Third , I do not accept the principle that the meaning of utterances is the same as a person 's ( alleged ) reasons for saying what he says . |
9 | any name which is the same as a name appearing in the index of names kept by the Registrar of Companies ( s. 714 ) ; |
10 | The effect of such an order under the Act is the same as a discharge in bankruptcy . |
11 | The price surprised him : you get a lot of car for just over £20,000 , if only in terms of its length , which is the same as a Mercedes 260E and a couple of inches more than the 5-series BMWs . |
12 | I mean that 's the same as a colour photograph . |
13 | What do we do , you must take away everything that 's in the brackets , so we take away a twenty , so that 's the same as a minus twenty and then we 'll take away a minus one , signs are the same so it 's add one . |
14 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |