Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the opposite is nearer the truth as private shareholders own less and less of British industry and the institutions own more and more . |
| 2 | And er put a dollop er dipped your hand into this the grit as well started rubbing using the water we 'd got . |
| 3 | The wife , if she so wishes , will be able to claim half the allowance as of right . |
| 4 | He will then bill us for half the cost as agreed . |
| 5 | In Rex v. Bishop of Chester ( 1747 ) 1 W.Bl. 22 the bishop as visitor had removed the applicant as a canon . |
| 6 | So do you mean that your husband was able to continue with this a bit as well as working for ? |
| 7 | And this a , this a bedroom as well ? |
| 8 | It suddenly seems as peculiar a notion as the balance of one 's mind . |
| 9 | ‘ Conflict ’ is not as clear a concept as one might think . |
| 10 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 11 | One way of answering the question might be that Stalin was as unorthodox a Marxist as Makarenko , but this avoids the crucial problem of political control . |
| 12 | And frowned at each other , as ill-coordinated a double-act as Fanny and Johnny Cradock : it was hard to tell which one found the other most irritating . |
| 13 | With its equally seductive central Romance it is unaccountable that this sonata has not become as popular a success as the ubiquitous Franck . |
| 14 | It was as conspicuous a warren as could well be imagined . |
| 15 | This is as faithful a reproduction as I have seen , except that I remember the ghosts being eatable for a lot longer than they are here . |
| 16 | That had been as grievous a thing as seeing the head triumph ; that had caused the centuries of religious persecutions and wars . |
| 17 | However , it should be ensured that such considerations do not preclude the drafting of the document in as commercial a manner as possible , taking into account at all times the purpose of its production . |
| 18 | James Baker , the Chief of Staff , was a natural compro-miser happy to settle for half a loaf as long as it could be made to look like a victory for the president . |
| 19 | So , although there is an irrational element to eroticism , it ought , I am arguing , not to be so irrational a process as to violate the other 's autonomy . |
| 20 | If Albany speaks , it suggests an attempt to reassert authority he has just been trying to give away ( as Gurr proposes about as upbeat a close as leaving Denmark in Fortinbras 's control ) . |
| 21 | If you plan to eat in the living room , try to buy as generous a table as possible but one which will look quite in keeping with the room when it is not laid for a meal . |
| 22 | You are as free a man as I am , we do but agree over the hire of a courier . |
| 23 | and then it happened different every night as well |
| 24 | Until that moment arrives , we must go on running over these creatures with as brave a face as we can muster . |
| 25 | Once again the popular show ‘ The World of Drawings and Watercolours ’ will be taking place at the Park Lane Hotel , and Spink and Son will be at Stand M1 with as distinguished a collection as ever . |
| 26 | Dorcas had led the way into the best kitchen , as charming a room as best kitchens used to be in farmhouses which had no parlours — the fire reflected in a bright row of pewter plates and dishes ; the sand-scoured deal tables so clean you longed to stroke them ; the salt-coffer in one chimney corner , and a three-cornered chair in the other , the walls being handsomely tapestried with flitches of bacon , and the ceiling ornamented with pendent hams . |
| 27 | Sally-Anne gave the matter as grave a consideration as though he were asking her her opinion of the latest exhibition of Japanese art , or Beerbohm Tree 's newest play . |
| 28 | And the the they give me as light a job as they can you know . |
| 29 | The first step is to produce a set of descriptive statistics of such variables as employment , unemployment , output , productivity and labour costs for Northern Ireland , at as detailed a level as the data permit . |
| 30 | Draw up as detailed a picture as possible . |