Example sentences of "[art] [adj] as [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was elusive , and she could only fill the long minutes with a pretence of animation as she was absorbed into a group of Heather 's relations , something inside her dying by the second as time passed and Luke kept his distance . |
| 2 | The failure of the Royal Commission 's own research to support their advocacy of large-scale units of local government led to scepticism in the 1970s as opinion swung away from a belief in bigness as a correlate of efficiency and progress . |
| 3 | Sow the seed in early to mid-spring , or late summer , preferably the latter as viability falls rapidly , outdoors where they are to grow — chervil does not do well if transplanted . |
| 4 | During the initial negotiations over ECSC , the international climate changed for the worse as conflict broke out in Korea in June 1950 . |
| 5 | When I told her what was troubling me she just gave me a piece of clean rag and said more or less the same as Mum had . |
| 6 | So , her self interest and the offspring 's self interest are the same as father 's intended . |
| 7 | He demanded a ‘ windfall tax ’ on their bonanza and said those who gamble on currencies should be treated the same as horse racing punters . |
| 8 | Commitment to employment to having a job is not the same as commitment to work to effort or activity . |
| 9 | In all honesty I think they are exactly the same as newpaper reports in that if a team wins 3–0 or 4–0 they automatically say it was a trouncing , and then dredge up ‘ facts ’ to evidence their overall assumption . |
| 10 | These activities are not the same as speech used for conversation . |
| 11 | While I was thinking of this , there was a murmuring in the inflamed blood vessels , a surging as healing bubbled through . |