Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and cream houses , a horse rigid as bone |
| 2 | The coup of 1330 which finally overthrew the regime and established Edward III as king opened a second successful phase in Beaumont 's career . |
| 3 | Church leaders should gather data much as airline pilots read their instrument panel during flight . |
| 4 | He shook his head , his eyes dark as glass as they studied her . |
| 5 | The new Chairman was Mr. J. C. Moult , with Mr. David Blank as Vice-Chairman . |
| 6 | ‘ You have n't heard the end of this , ’ he ground out , his eyes black as pitch as they locked on her face . |
| 7 | Former Max Factor marketing director David Hughes has resurfaced at Rimmel International as marketing manager , as tipped by Marketing Week ( September 6 ) . |
| 8 | To counter the strong-running Yorktown forwards , the Manor defence was re-organised , and with Neil Pink as sweeper , the back four of Michael Hefferman , Michael Larkin , Jamie Minto and Chris Payne took full control . |
| 9 | Officers were elected at the meeting with Richard Heron continuing as chairman . |
| 10 | At the back of my mind I was conscious of feeling very cold and of legs heavy as lead . |
| 11 | The bank-controlled Visa and MasterCard networks , with more than 75% of the general-purpose cards market between them , are fighting a discount war with American Express to keep shops and restaurants loyal as recession slows their billings , while fending off powerful non-bank competitors , led by AT&T and Sears Roebuck , who want to join their networks . |
| 12 | Lamont announces March 10 as Budget Day |
| 13 | What is remarkable is that , in some systems , such as the deep layers of the superior colliculus and the motor cortex , such stimulation still elicits reactions such as eye movements or muscle twitches ( Donoghue and Wise 1982 ; Schiller and Stryker 1972 ) . |
| 14 | Mr. F.J. Norris , the Head of Modern Languages , had first come to the School , on teaching practice , in 1933 , and returned in January 1934 as Form Master of Junior A. He soon moved up into the Senior School . |
| 15 | Just three hours after being sworn in to his new job on January 1st as governor of Rhode Island , the gravelly-voiced Mr Sundlun ordered the closure of 45 small banks and credit unions . |
| 16 | Lehzen came to England , after service in the aristocratic family of von Marenholtz , in December 1819 as governess to Princess Féodore , daughter ( by her first marriage ) of Princess Victoria of Leiningen , since 1818 Duchess of Kent , to whom was born , shortly before Lehzen 's arrival , the future Queen Victoria . |
| 17 | Michael Forsyth was dismissed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Sept. 7 as chair of the Scottish Conservative Party and at the same time was promoted from Under-Secretary of State to Minister of State at the Scottish Office . |
| 18 | — Now you shall see , but take this by the way — He came home this Morning at his usual Hour of Four , waken 'd me out of a sweet Dream of something else , by tumbling over the Tea-table , which he broke all to pieces , after his Man and he had rowl 'd about the Room like sick Passengers in a Storm , he comes flounce into Bed , dead as a Salmon into a Fishmonger 's Basket ; his Feet cold as Ice , his Breath hot as a Furnace , and his hands and Face as greasy as his Flanel Night-cap. — O Matrimony ! |
| 19 | The Fourth Council met at the Shrine of Asuryan and chose Caradryel of Yvresse , who was as different from Caledor II as night from day . |
| 20 | The unrest began on May 5 as textile workers went on strike in support of a pay demand . |
| 21 | It burst from its chrysalis in February 1992 as Cable & Wireless World , swiftly to reach such a high standard that the third edition , published in July , is a gold award winner . |
| 22 | SWAN INTERNATIONAL AS YACHT BROKERAGE * MANAGEMENT * CHARTER * CONSULTANTS * INSURANCE |
| 23 | Boris Yeltsin , the leading radical populist and one of President Mikhail Gorbachev 's fiercest critics , was elected on May 29 as Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet , making him de facto President of the Russian Federation , the Soviet Union 's largest and most powerful republic . |
| 24 | C Ltd would then pay up a dividend to the newly acquired B Ltd as group income . |
| 25 | Tanzania 's President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was elected on Aug. 16 as chair of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) party , with 1,846 out of 1,851 votes cast , in succession to the " elder statesman " leader Julius Nyerere , who had held on to the party chairmanship for five years since stepping down as state President in 1985 . |
| 26 | Wires hot as world sends its greetings |
| 27 | There was further disruption in the Lok Sabha on Aug. 14 as Congress ( I ) members protested against events the previous day when BJP workers were alleged to have attacked Scindia 's house in New Delhi . |
| 28 | He had been considered a de facto prime minister since his appointment in May 1990 as chair of an interministerial committee overseeing the economy [ see p. 37445 ] . |
| 29 | Elves are pale-skinned with fine , aesthetically beautiful features and hair fine as flax . |
| 30 | And a passing glimpse of a profile clear as bronze , and at the moment of passing as aloof and serene . |