Example sentences of "[is] [adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The confusion of person in the first sentence is understandable as the contract was written out in Old George 's hand ; and as the sole contracting party on one side it was easier for him to write my than the more impersonal , if more accurate , the master 's or some other third person equivalent . |
| 2 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 3 | The Department 's objection , on the grounds that this would delay the road 's completion by two years , was over-ruled ; the resulting hold-up is self-inflicted as the DoT gave too little thought to the damaging effects of the original scheme . |
| 4 | With this type of wave the swash , or rush of water up the beach from the breaking wave , is weak as the water plunges directly on to the beach . |
| 5 | The box hedge is solid as a wall as far as the corner , but just round there it ends , and that short side is privet , and there 's a place in it where an old wicket 's been taken out , and the gap has n't grown in completely yet . |
| 6 | Wilson insisted on America 's right as a neutral to continue trading with Europe . |
| 7 | By Jan. 21 the US Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger , while clearly recognizing " Israel 's right as a sovereign state to retaliate , to defend itself " , was able to confirm that Israel had pledged to work closely with the USA and " will consult us first " before taking any such action . |
| 8 | Although such a strategy is possible as a distinct strategy , it is more often employed as a tactic for reducing emissions as part of the air quality management strategy . |
| 9 | Full control is possible as the work is brought into contact with the cutter |
| 10 | And the palm 's high as an elephant 's eye and everything 's growing right up to the sky . |
| 11 | The Fundació has its premises on loan from the local government for fifty years , which is fortunate as the building took some finding , and cost Pta . |
| 12 | One , which asserts that to each s ε Z+ there corresponds k(s) ε Z+ such that each positive integer is expressible as a sum of at most k(s) positive integral sth powers , was first proved by Hilbert ( in 1909 ! ) . |
| 13 | He 's straight as a die . |
| 14 | As it is among your flowers , the best thing is to keep pulling it out ( this is easy as the roots are very shallow ) and hoe between plants weekly to remove new seedlings . |
| 15 | Eating and drinking out is easy as the street is full of cafés and bars . |
| 16 | This auction is unusual as the deceased had quite a lot of paintings of cats — we normally have more pictures of dogs at this particular auction . |
| 17 | Gastric carcinoma is very common in patients presenting with metastasis of unknown origin , although at present the antibody 's clinical usefulness is questionable as the disease has a poor prognosis . |
| 18 | This is remarkable as the universities have a statutory responsibility for this year and it is an integral part of medical education that is required before full registration with the GMC . |
| 19 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 20 | Seats that can face wither forward or to the rear are standard on many models , which is useful as the seat will have a longer utility value . |
| 21 | This is useful as the path involves very few synapses . |
| 22 | ( This is incorrect as the law says the claim must be presented before the end of the period of three months beginning with the EDT i.e. in this case on the 8th October at the latest . ) |
| 23 | The explanation is that the planets were believed to rule the hours of the day is well as the days of the week and that each day was associated with the planet that rules its first hour . |
| 24 | Although most writers favour Melanie 's avarice as the cause of the delay , this is unlikely as the manuscript was not released , even though she was over 80 when she died , and her greed was thus left unsatisfied . |
| 25 | Unless the landlord is prepared to agree that the insurance should be in the joint names of the landlord and tenant , which is unlikely as the landlord would wish to keep control of the policy and proceeds , the tenant should ensure that either the landlord will act reasonably in deciding which other risks it may wish to insure against , or that the tenant will also have the right to nominate risks . |
| 26 | It 's plain as a pikestaff . |
| 27 | Making comparisons of crude death rates across time or between populations is problematic as the rate is obviously influenced by the age composition of populations : a population with a large component of older people will illustrate a higher crude death rate than a population of the same size including a lot of younger people . |
| 28 | This is important as the area is still young and both theorist and practitioner will benefit from mutual and current awareness of each other 's achievements and problems . |
| 29 | Blackrag Madonna is blind as a dead rat . |
| 30 | The power and effectiveness of such discrimination , however , is eroding as the ‘ national champions ’ increasingly go offshore either to produce or to procure technologies . |