Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation will change in due course as the younger generation becomes less and less involved in traditional family businesses and educational standards continue to improve , but for the foreseeable future job opportunities will exist for most nationalities in those parts of the Middle East where local populations are insufficient to meet the labour requirements of commerce and industry . |
| 2 | She had n't needed to offer such a weak plea as a scratched finger after all , Isabel remembered . |
| 3 | The concessions impressed the public , but were worthless without a new policy decision at the same political level as the original one to re-introduce interrogation-in-depth techniques . |
| 4 | The lists also show that the Elizabethan era was a period of considerable economic change as the woolstaplers were replaced by the butchers and the tanners ; cattle rather than sheep became the basis of local wealth , especially after 1541 when the disappearance of the Wyggestons removed a family which had dominated the town 's economy for two or three generations . |
| 5 | Delhi resembled an armed camp as the government pulled out all the stops to prevent a rally called to demand early elections . |
| 6 | A high-end deskside Model 755 sitting above the existing Model 750 is likely to come with the same 100MHz 7100 processor as the 735 , but with expanded memory , disk and other peripheral options . |
| 7 | Likewise , military research into the use of liquid hydrogen as the means of propulsion would subsequently be pursued by CNES , ELDO and ESA , prior to its successful use in Ariane . |
| 8 | This control group had no abnormalities known to interfere with serum lipid concentrations , and each patients underwent the same fasting and colonic preparation as the cancer patients . |
| 9 | Here is found the cities ' oldest remaining housing stock built to accommodate low-paid workers in adjacent factories and menial city-centre jobs and generally receiving very little maintenance as the owners await the transition of the land to a higher-value use like shops or offices or the threat of compulsory purchase for the construction of new relief roads or other types of public-sector development . |
| 10 | A proper respect for the Modern thinking that underlay such tools of social and economic experiment as the centre of Zlin , the original Bauhaus buildings , the Weissenhof , the Maison Savoye and many more , demands that their documentation should be preserved , but they themselves should be allowed to die . |
| 11 | The next couple of moments were total disbelief as the rod arched over and a powerful fish made a bee-line towards the far bank , ’ Cat on , ’ I shouted to Rick and a bleary-eyed bearded creature emerged from next door ! |
| 12 | The large sail , now unfurled , was billowing in the strong wind as the ship circled across the water towards the far-distant shoreline . |
| 13 | The level of commitment increases monetary outlay as the corporation commits to higher levels of an idea 's growth . |
| 14 | Recently , the gallery was under the threat of total closure as the centre had lost its local funding . |
| 15 | Nevertheless there is an increasing tendency for such workers to regard this function as a separate job , not part of food production or handling , to be carried out by other unskilled people . |
| 16 | Warming up by straight-driving Rajesh Chauhan for four , he then took 12 from one over from the off-spinner — an off-drive , a full-blooded swing over midwicket and a dismissive pull as the bowler wilted under the assault . |
| 17 | The sequence shows the partly clear skies that moved into central England this afternoon as the earlier band of rain cleared away eastward , but that large area of speckled cloud northwest of Ireland will bring wintry showers tonight . |
| 18 | The ‘ movement ’ seemed to lack organisation or clear direction as the end of the year drew close . |
| 19 | Previously a runner could choose to make the 900 foot ascent on the same direct route as the descent . |
| 20 | The Royal Family is showing itself to be just as vulnerable to social change as the rest of us . |
| 21 | Examples can be found in the research literature on elderly people , where it is reported that those without children tend to form equivalent ties with whichever kin are available , typically a niece or nephew , although there is some doubt about whether such a person can properly be expected to provide such extensive or reliable support as a ‘ real ’ child ( Townsend , 1965 ; Allan , 1983 ; Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 22 | The champagne corks were popping to brighten a raw afternoon as the pair became the seventh and eighth jockeys to reach the 100-winner mark this term . |
| 23 | The Dutch striker grabbed four goals to become the Italian League 's top scorer as the leaders romped to a 5–1 victory over Napoli . |
| 24 | The Dutch international grabbed four goals to become the Italian League 's top scorer as the leaders romped to a 5–1 victory over Napoli . |
| 25 | Aiming to raise £750,000 , The Spirit of 1992 has had approval for BES status from the Inland Revenue as the company will be both manufacturing and trading . |
| 26 | Chapter 5 discussed ways of subjectively quantifying decreasing uncertainty as the project progresses . |
| 27 | Also , although some of the demands which had been made in 1381 were echoed in the later risings , in none of them was there anything so clear-cut in the way of a social programme as the demands put forward at Mile End and Smithfield . |
| 28 | Slabs , grooves , the odd bulge , then chimneys ; I mentally crossed off each successfully negotiated landmark as the cloud built up . |
| 29 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 30 | My goggles ice up at regular intervals and I wipe them with my glove , afraid that I will miss the trail a groundless fear as the dogs follow the pack scent . |