Example sentences of "it be as [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To their credit , The Cherrys are more to do with cartoon frenzies than the slick professionalism which seemingly warrants a Spin front cover at the drop of a bobble hat , but it 's as hollow a victory as Linford Christie 's Olympic Gold in the absence of Carl Lewis . |
| 2 | They 've got to shut something and it 's as good a candidate as any . |
| 3 | It 's as good a way as any . |
| 4 | It 's as good a theory as any to explain it , because lord knows I never intended this to be anything other than a business arrangement . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think you 'll find it 's as good a time as any . ’ |
| 6 | I hope it 's as good a game as today 's was . |
| 7 | She traces the roots back in time ; she covers some of the more obvious ground ( with chapters on Happy Mondays , the Stone Roses etc ) ; she rights some wrongs ; she flirts with some myths ; she gives a platform to some of the previously unsung instigators ; she dumps a few reputations ; and , though imperfect , it 's as reliable a guide to current Manchester music as you are likely to get . |
| 8 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 9 | It is as good a way as any to the beginnings of an understanding and appreciation of any French province , to see the local markets in action , to watch the produce unloaded from the carts and vans , to hear the talk of the farmers and buyers in the cafés after the main business has been transacted . |
| 10 | We shall start our study of these with the Shipman 's Tale , as that tale forms a good bridge between the non-Chaucerian fabliaux and Chaucer 's other examples of this genre in certain ways , and it is as good a starting point as any for a discussion of Chaucer 's complex response to the norms of fabliau tradition within the Canterbury Tales . |
| 11 | If her weapon is indeed chemical , then it is as insidious a drug as any known to science . |
| 12 | It is as awesome a task as the work in Easterhouse by the Salvation Army captain Eric Buchanan is daunting . |
| 13 | When the English diplomat Sir Ralph Sadler visited her mother , Mary of Guise , on 22 March 1543 , the infant was duly unwrapped , so that her healthy state could be clearly seen , and Sadler could report that ‘ it is as goodly a child as I have seen of her age , and as like to live , with the grace of God ’ . |
| 14 | The Unix festival , Uniforum ‘ 93 , did n't feel like it was as successful a show as it was last year . |
| 15 | It was as much a speech to slam eleven years of Conservative government as to promote himself as a statesman , capable of assuming the role of Prime Minister . |
| 16 | It was as good a time as ever — the lawnmower season starts in mid-February , so any deal has to be done now . ’ |
| 17 | With John going to Wildenrath , Lindsey decided it was as good a time as ever to be converted onto his aircraft and in October John converted Lindsey onto the Corsair , and in doing so , Lindsey went from 230hp in the ‘ Me 108 ’ to 2,400hp in the Corsair , a horsepower-leap that must be the largest anyone flying warbirds has ever done . |
| 18 | Hoomey had said no one would go back there tonight and it was as good a place to mooch about in as any other . |
| 19 | It was as good a place as any . |
| 20 | It was as good a place as he could hope to find . |
| 21 | I do n't think it was as good a Cabinet and certainly the debates on economic policy really ceased to exist . |
| 22 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 23 | It was as suitable a match as any could be for Ireland 's heiress . ’ |
| 24 | In its first twenty or thirty years of life the new Board was rather more active than the Lords of Trade ; between 1720 and 1760 effective executive power passed to the Secretary of State in charge of relations with France and southern Europe , though the Board still served as the main clearing house for the American pressure groups which could keep up London connections ; in the last twenty years of its life , when Gibbon was a member , it was as complete a sinecure as he could have wished because power had now passed to the holder of a new Secretaryship of State . |
| 25 | It was as disgusting a concoction as I have seen and not particularly cheap . |
| 26 | It er you were taught , and er I ju I 'd say it was as liberal a education as you get now , but you 'd got to get your maths , you 'd got to English , you 'd got to get a language , you 'd got to get a science , and |
| 27 | Some time later I got an amp as well It was as big a piece of junk as the bass — a Fenton Weill Mk II with a Goodman speaker , which is nothing but a cheap copy of the Ampeg Portaflex B15N . |
| 28 | It was as green a light as you could get for the never-ending demands for U-turns from Mr Gould , followed by several Shadow Cabinet colleagues . |
| 29 | It was as large a set as had been developed earlier for general use , except for the London area ( where a few larger sets had been installed in the 1930s and some larger sets of somewhat antiquated design were also completed by the BEA in its early years ) , There were , however , doubts about the flexibility in start-up and shut-down times for the new 60MW and other new designs , and a fortiori about more advanced designs . |
| 30 | ‘ They scrummed well and it was as hard a match as I 've played in this season . |