Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delhi resembled an armed camp as the government pulled out all the stops to prevent a rally called to demand early elections . |
| 2 | This control group had no abnormalities known to interfere with serum lipid concentrations , and each patients underwent the same fasting and colonic preparation as the cancer patients . |
| 3 | A proper respect for the Modern thinking that underlay such tools of social and economic experiment as the centre of Zlin , the original Bauhaus buildings , the Weissenhof , the Maison Savoye and many more , demands that their documentation should be preserved , but they themselves should be allowed to die . |
| 4 | The next couple of moments were total disbelief as the rod arched over and a powerful fish made a bee-line towards the far bank , ’ Cat on , ’ I shouted to Rick and a bleary-eyed bearded creature emerged from next door ! |
| 5 | The large sail , now unfurled , was billowing in the strong wind as the ship circled across the water towards the far-distant shoreline . |
| 6 | The level of commitment increases monetary outlay as the corporation commits to higher levels of an idea 's growth . |
| 7 | Recently , the gallery was under the threat of total closure as the centre had lost its local funding . |
| 8 | Warming up by straight-driving Rajesh Chauhan for four , he then took 12 from one over from the off-spinner — an off-drive , a full-blooded swing over midwicket and a dismissive pull as the bowler wilted under the assault . |
| 9 | The ‘ movement ’ seemed to lack organisation or clear direction as the end of the year drew close . |
| 10 | Previously a runner could choose to make the 900 foot ascent on the same direct route as the descent . |
| 11 | The Royal Family is showing itself to be just as vulnerable to social change as the rest of us . |
| 12 | Aiming to raise £750,000 , The Spirit of 1992 has had approval for BES status from the Inland Revenue as the company will be both manufacturing and trading . |
| 13 | Chapter 5 discussed ways of subjectively quantifying decreasing uncertainty as the project progresses . |
| 14 | Slabs , grooves , the odd bulge , then chimneys ; I mentally crossed off each successfully negotiated landmark as the cloud built up . |
| 15 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 16 | At this stage we do n't want to do a detailed study as the project may not be viable . |
| 17 | We enjoy this programme as no doubt do thousands of others . |
| 18 | All they felt was another thump as the lorry bounced gently off the far side of the road and down the lane that ran towards the railway . |
| 19 | Following yesterday 's revival in fortunes , the London share market was in a despondent mood as the Treasury deflated hopes of early interest rate cuts . |
| 20 | Relatives of Jonathan Probyn watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out . |
| 21 | The room is deep black , and there is the sound of a racing heartbeat as the visitor is plunged into the impression of a sea of Guinness with the lights of bubbles twinkling underfoot . |
| 22 | Perhaps for this reason , the Old Stager was in particularly censorious mood as the team gathered desultorily around him . |
| 23 | The low RF interference and low component count claims are usually made because the Cuk topology is not only able to accommodate the input and output filter chokes on the same magnetic core as the transformer , but it can also reduce the input and output ripple currents to very low levels . |
| 24 | A long gossip about the adventures of the last few days , with some exaggeration as the wine flows about the strength of the winds and the size of the waves . |
| 25 | Thus , for example , in the case of such a social group as a ball team , the team is the generalized other in so far as it enters as an organized process or social activity — into the experience of any one of the individual members of it . |
| 26 | The ease of lexical access can also vary on a moment-to-moment basis as the context of the preceding sentence constrains the number of likely alternatives . |
| 27 | The dinosaurs alone have commanded as much popular attention as the rest of the fossil animal kingdom combined . |
| 28 | Seagrave Road is the most convenient car park for the exhibition , but we recommend that you travel by public transport as the area can become terribly congested . |
| 29 | As shown in ex. 6 and 8 , in Arion it recurs like a tiny Leitmotif to suggest Nature moved by music , not only in each of the three main lyrical movements , but also in the concluding recitative as the Dolphin arrives at the bidding of Arion 's song . |
| 30 | ( It is this effect which is responsible for the common observation of the wind ‘ dropping ’ on a clear evening as the ground cools by radiation . ) |