Example sentences of "the [adj] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the importance of the positive aspects in Roosevelt 's relationship with Churchill , he regarded the latter as a political anachronism once thoughts turned from the defeat of the Axis to the world of the future . |
| 2 | They were also inclined to distinguish reason from imagination and to regard the latter as a sensual quality corresponding to the animal nature of man whereas intellect corresponded to his divine nature . |
| 3 | Previously they treated the latter as a special topic , now it is integrated into the chapters on alcohols and arenes . |
| 4 | I may have poured myself into my books , my home , my garden and my animals , but the loving feeling I have for them is not the same as a loving relationship , which goes beyond feeling into action and commitment . |
| 5 | This is not significant for less than three tracks , as it is effectively the same as a sequential search for one or two tracks . |
| 6 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 7 | But it looks just the same as a real animal . ’ |
| 8 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 9 | Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate , 48p at all other times , and should cost around the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 10 | Your call should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 11 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 12 | S DDL John likes the ball ( Note : Such a grammar is almost the same as a Chomsky context free grammar . |
| 13 | The whole setup weighs about the same as a small combo , but is easier to carry because there 's less bulk . |
| 14 | It looks the same as a racist stare , but it means something different . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman says that a training levy is the same as a selective employment tax . |
| 16 | Adult hadrosaurs were up to 13 metres in length and weighed from 4 to 6 tons , about the same as a large elephant . |
| 17 | For instance in setting a pamphlet or a book , a half-page would count the same as a full page . |
| 18 | If their protection under agreement and under law was exactly the same as a full time-worker then what 'd happen is simple . |
| 19 | For the purpose of the law of libel a hearsay statement is the same as a direct statement , and that is all there is to it . " |
| 20 | He said : ‘ Coming down for a month is not the same as a permanent move . |
| 21 | Er and not many fresh eggs but we did get dried eggs which were , were , it was n't a bad substitute but it was n't the same as a fresh egg but you could scramble them and you could use them for cooking but then you see there was very little fat . |
| 22 | The telerecording screen was exactly the same as a domestic television screen except that it was flat rather than curved , eliminating any distortion from the image when captured on film . |
| 23 | Each animal is an individual within the species — after all , each was a unique mixture of genes , the same as a human being . |
| 24 | Mind you , it had a chess program that he 'd load up for me but it just ai n't the same as a human being . |
| 25 | The court said that there was no general rule that a valuation made on an " erroneous principle " ( which presumably means the same as a mistaken decision ) had to stand unless it were also shown that a valuation on the right principle would produce a materially different figure from the figure of the erroneous valuation : if there were such a rule , it would place on the objector the extra burden of making a fresh valuation which in its turn might also be rejected . |
| 26 | On the other hand , fear of the unknown , shame at admitting that relatives have harmed them , and fear of retribution may create a kind of mental and emotional paralysis which is not the same as a positive wish to stay at home . |