Example sentences of "will be as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’ |
| 2 | They 'll be as forthcoming as a Swiss bank manager . |
| 3 | He 'll be as sick as a pig . |
| 4 | Watch that brickwork dry off in the sun , it 'll be as pale as the arch , here , in ten minutes . |
| 5 | I 'll be as silent as a dead man . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll be as bald as a coot if you go on like that . |
| 7 | You will be as worthless as a piece of dirt on the sole of my shoe . |
| 8 | It will be as good as the various methods of recording data allow . |
| 9 | With you and Cenzo together , our family will be as solid as a rock . ’ |
| 10 | Food is the theme at Oxford Gallery in the High Street from January 11 to February 10 , where its interpretation will be as multifarious as the artists themselves . |
| 11 | Ministers are worried the new charge , which comes into force in April , will be as hated as the poll tax and cause revolt among backbenchers and voters . |
| 12 | ‘ Three nines ’ is not uncommon : purity warranted to within 0.999 of absolute purity , with some certainty that the umpteenth consignment will be as pure as the first . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ It will be as hot as a world heavyweight fight . |
| 14 | Maybe ‘ Claremont Road ’ will be as famous as the South Bronx one day . ’ |
| 15 | So , if you can get the occasional high point in to vary the scale , the difference will be as important as an interesting flash of colour or pattern . |
| 16 | For agents in complex and quickly changing circumstances , that ‘ no more than ’ will be as important as the ‘ as much as ’ , until the time comes to judge in retrospect , when they can analyse and revalue without reserve . |
| 17 | Clerical , Medical and General Life Assurance Society does not guarantee that the amount to be paid if the contract is terminated at one of the durations specified will be as high as the amount indicated . |
| 18 | Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance Society does not guarantee that the amount to be paid if the contract is terminated at one of the durations specified will be as high as the amount indicated . |
| 19 | Observation statements , then , are always made in the language of some theory and will be as precise as the theoretical or conceptual framework that they utilize is precise . |
| 20 | Given that , at least in the first year of the new council tax , there will still be two-tier authorities in the shires , I hope that the Bill will be as tight as a drum to ensure that the tiered authorities that are not up for election do not use that freedom from the ballot box — as happened in Nottinghamshire with the poll tax — to wreck the council tax in the way that they wrecked the poll tax in its first year . |
| 21 | According to his prophecies , the king of the twelfth generation after John will be the Mouldwarp , a hairy man whose skin will be as thick as a goat 's . |
| 22 | Sir , — I believe to the majority of people the addition of VAT to domestic fuel bills will be as welcome as a large hole in a lifeboat would be . |
| 23 | It will be as dead as the Squeez-Ee files . |
| 24 | ‘ None of the products we are developing will be as big as the big blockbusters of the past . ’ |