Example sentences of "the [noun pl] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite its distracting romantic plot , this was campaigning cinema which put a case for the nationalization of the mines as strong as the argument presented in The Citadel for a National Health Service . |
| 2 | Even when the more violent and disruptive aspects of events in France had become clearly visible , it was often the methods as much as the objectives of the revolutionaries which aroused opposition . |
| 3 | Believing that the recent emergence of theory in literary education is a symptom of disorder , I find the contradictions as symptomatic as the coherences . |
| 4 | Again , the spotlight has been on men — a reflection of the place of women in the arts as much as a marker of the unacceptability of lesbianism . |
| 5 | But as they got to know each other Annabelle discovered that Steven liked the arts as much as the sciences/hiking as well as driving/driving cars as well as repairing them . |
| 6 | I hope the Noble Earl will be able to give me an answer in perhaps in correspondence following this , also the date upon which at they were informed , because I am sure he will realise the implications as far as the rest of the British Police Service are concerned that as from April of this year they will have to take on a heavy burden of work which is now being carried out by the British Transport Police . |
| 7 | Sometime between 1806 and 1813 the twisting action we know today as remuage evolved , but it was the angled cut of the holes as much as the twisting motion which provided the key to the solution sought by the widow . |
| 8 | To the extent that awareness from multiple viewpoints is equalized , it is of the pleasures as much as the pains , and moves one to help the other rather than oneself when his need is greater . |
| 9 | They are great gossips , the men as much as the women , whispering behind raised hands , then bursting into sudden excesses of rage with wildly waving hands , flashing eyes , curled lips spitting torrents of invective . |
| 10 | The first edition , dated 1796 , apparently contained the notorious instruction , in the treatment of ‘ staggers ’ , of having the ‘ hair clipped off the pasterns as high as the fetlock , and boiling water poured on the part twice a day ’ . |
| 11 | An outcrop of white rock from the steep hillside seemed to the children as tall as a cliff . |
| 12 | This series shone for 11 years because the scripts were consistently sharp and the regulars as welcome as a cool lager on a hot day . |