Example sentences of "[adj] as is [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If primaries are ruled out , lists must be drawn up by delegates of the parties , best chosen by a postal ballot and assembled as is the usual West German practice in a nominating convention . |
| 2 | Fancye and fresh as is the emrawde grene , |
| 3 | Erm his name James Buchanan James Buchanan was asked to do something about the violations of the Fugitive Slave Law , this is the one that returned slaves back to their owners , erm and Buchanan said , I quote wisely limited and restrained as is the president 's power under our constitution , he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question . |
| 4 | Under these circumstances , it is scarcely surprising that walking in Britain is of diminishing importance , with total distance walked decreasing as is the percentage of all journeys that are made on foot . |
| 5 | Note , however , that this should not be as explicit as is the name of the murderer . |
| 6 | The latter has much in common with both pavements from Leicester , but the kaleidoscopic patterns are not identical to those of the Blackfriars mosaic , while the floral device of the lozenge arrangement ( based on four halves of an eight-lozenge star , around a central square ) in the St. Nicholas Street pavement is tilted , not perpendicular as is the floral device in the Great Witcombe mosaic . |
| 7 | The well developed buccal capsule of the adult parasite is prominent as is the bursa of the male . |
| 8 | Although more people are aware of the term ‘ Euthanasia ’ and what this entails , general attitudes about death and its meaning are at best still ambivalent as is the case also in America , but where there is evidence since the 1960s of a burgeoning of courses in schools , colleges and some universities . |
| 9 | Piecemeal approaches to rural development are as inappropriate as is the encouragement of people in the belief that they can have similar services , income levels and amenities to those existing in other areas when policy and local circumstances will never in practice be able to provide them . |
| 10 | The visual similarity in the detailed structure is obvious as is the regular nature of the rhythm ( Fig. 3 above left ) . |
| 11 | ‘ The advantage to be derived by the lower class of your parishioners in case of accident or severe illness from such an asylum is sufficiently obvious as is the great saving to the parish rates ’ . |
| 12 | In their examination of the Narnia stories , the Rustins ( 1987 , pp.47–8 ) found that C. S. Lewis gave distinct roles to the male and female characters : ‘ The sexual division of labour is entirely conventional as is the apportionment of sensitivity and intuition to girls and courage and decisiveness to the boys ’ . |
| 13 | The dorsal fin runs out to a point and is fringed with orange as is the anal fin . |
| 14 | The variety is enormous as is the nature of the response to feminism which they reflect . |
| 15 | Proper management control of safety is important as is the provision of proper safety systems . |
| 16 | Cleanliness and hygiene are obviously important as is the siting of new animal houses or manure stores in order to obtain maximum dispersion of the odour . |
| 17 | The pressure to secure a greater measure of uniformity by explicit and formal statement is considerable as is a growing tendency to secure change , or block it , by litigation . |
| 18 | The misery to the old person is considerable as is the expense to the National Health Service . |
| 19 | Notwithstanding that the royal prerogative as a source of power for the government antedates Acts of Parliament , has been at the root of a civil war and a revolution in England and has been litigated about on countless major occasions in respect of its use both at home and overseas , its scope is still unclear as is the role of the courts in relation thereto . |
| 20 | After a time this ability becomes as instinctive as is the power of singing or whistling a note of any pitch desired , but it should be obvious that horn parts should keep to ‘ vocal ’ intervals or stepwise movement as far as possible . |
| 21 | Not only are characters within the tale likened to animals — for instance the miller , proud as a peacock , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " , or his wife , " " peert as is a pye " " ( 3926 , 3935 , 3950 ) — but an animal has a substantial role to play in the story : the clerk 's horse , a stallion , who even has a name , Bayard . |
| 22 | High-speed transport and telecommunications — the fast movement of people , goods , information and ideas — are vital as is the development of a highly-trained workforce capable of using the new technologies . |
| 23 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 24 | A 10ns version is said to be imminent as is a slower , low power version — where the current will be cut to nearly a quarter of the full power version . |
| 25 | In fact it is shown , in courses on elementary logic , that the assertions unc and unc are equivalent as is the pair unc and |
| 26 | The first details we have of the latter , in the Host 's invitation to him to follow the Monk , initially suggest , if we still believe appearances and associations can be a sign of character , that he is as likely to turn out as the threadbare and serious Clerk on his horse " " as leene as is a rake " " does ( I : 284 ) as to prove to be what the Monk has proved not to be : |
| 27 | That ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ has ‘ such-and-such ’ for its fulfilment is as unproblematic as is the rule of grammar that ‘ X does such-and-such ’ is the execution of the order to X ‘ Do such-and-such ’ , or the rule of whist that the act of trumping has the consequence that the trick is won — provided one 's opponent does not use a higher trump . |
| 28 | Admirable as is the catalogue 's aim to present a rounded view of artistic activity in Genoa , this goal is undermined by isolating coins , ceramics and frontispieces into separate cubicles off the staircase at Palazzo Spinola and by exiling the fabrics to the attic . |
| 29 | The installation is very professional as is the actual program , but what else would you expect from leading leisure company SIERRA . |
| 30 | The liable person will normally be the resident who owns the property ( s75 ) ; joint owners are jointly liable as is the resident spouse of a liable person ( s77 ) . |