Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the options it allows a speaker is to select the element acting as subject as a marked thematic choice , an option not normally available since the subject is the unmarked theme of a declarative clause in English . |
| 2 | There is an interesting contrast between the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church in that the Church of Ireland tends to create new parishes out of old as the need arises while the Roman Catholic Church builds new churches where they are needed but keeps still to the already existing parish structure . |
| 3 | The [ Gold Coast ] line is equipped with Webb and Thompson 's instruments , and to explain the electric staff regulations , in a temperature somewhere around 90 degrees , to a native stationmaster who understands about as much of English as the average English railway official does of French , is a task which white officials feelingly affirm requires a considerable amount of patience , to say nothing of linguistic gymnastics . |
| 4 | It was still quite early , and banks of mist lay between the mountain peaks , touched by a haze of pink as the sun caught them . |
| 5 | Umbrellarama … a forest of umbrella 's brightens up the Hong Kong stadium 's cloak of grey as the rain sets in on finals day . |
| 6 | To the west he could see the outline of houses , probably a council estate , a trim row of identical roofs and square slabs of darkness broken by patterned squares of yellow as the early risers switched on their lights . |
| 7 | But his ruthlessness made him as much a figure of fun as a minister of fear , and whatever his future holds , Souness will always be pursued by a sense of resentment in Scotland . |
| 8 | That may be the constitutional position — though no one knows for sure as the situation has not arisen since Henry VIII created the C of E for this purpose — but it is certainly not one which is acceptable . |
| 9 | No records will be broken that 's for sure as the sun begins to boil … |
| 10 | But music types in Manhattan and Hollywood say that they can see a country act as plain as a barn door . |
| 11 | These need not be specified in full as the Listing begins on or after the start string and finishes on or before the end string without exceeding the specified range . |
| 12 | These need not be specified in full as the Listing will start on or after the start string and finish on or before the end string , without exceeding the range given by them . |
| 13 | In general as the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth noted in 1980 , ‘ the more you earn the more you get on top of pay ’ . |
| 14 | She braced herself , her face flaming as her body made contact with his , then she was fighting in earnest as the sheer physical awareness of his body tore through her . |
| 15 | By criticizing the Conservative Party mid-term the right-wing press can build up a certain degree of credibility with its readers which it can then use to maximum effect by suspending criticism of the Conservative Party and increasing its attacks on Labour as the election approaches . |
| 16 | The war rages on unabated as the Dark Elves seek to gain access to the Inner Lands and conquer the Holy Shrines . |
| 17 | In common with other leading manufacturers , Nike has majored on fit as the latest sports shoe battleground , but the Oregonians have arrived at their solution in a relatively minimalist fashion . |
| 18 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 19 | The excitement had been intense and Denis watched in alarm as his uncle went every shade of red before going into purple and subsiding again to pink as the tension eased . |
| 20 | One long sandy beach surrounds a huge calm bay with crystal clear green water near the shore changing to blue as the sky deepens . |
| 21 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |