Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw not Alina , but something with eyes of blazing green ; her hair a long mane strewn with weeds , her dress a dripping shroud , her teeth sharp , her skin pale and scaly as a snake 's . |
| 2 | Running for 147 kilometres between Loch Lomond , just north of Glasgow to the foot of Ben Nevis , near Fort William , it was opened by the Countryside Commission for Scotland in 1980 as the country 's first official long distance path . |
| 3 | It is suggested that the words in square brackets be deleted from clause 11.2 as the landlord 's solicitors will doubtless make several statements in writing to the tenant 's solicitors during a transaction and not always in reply to written inquiries . |
| 4 | He kneeled in prayer between her thighs , his face cruel as an angel 's . |
| 5 | Henrietta dived into the pool and her head emerged , neat and glossy as a seal 's . |
| 6 | She knew that the job of breaking the news was n't a routine chore , that she had n't been chosen merely because she was the only woman in his team and he saw this as a woman 's job . |
| 7 | I write this as the world 's Number One fan of the Demon Boyz , a roughneck little Tottenham posse . |
| 8 | The landscape is as simple , naive and charming as a child 's painting . |
| 9 | He looked hurt when she did n't join him , his emotions transparent as a child 's . |
| 10 | A tall and awkward body and yet light as a child 's . |
| 11 | Wind the Dodge right out to the 6500rpm red line — there 's a cut-out at 6700rpm — and the engine stays on boost , the widely spaced gear ratios are disguised and acceleration is impressive enough , without ever feeling as energetic or gutsy as the Vauxhall 's . |
| 12 | The ground was broken by rifts and pits of naked , black peat , where water lay and sharp , white stones , some as big as a pigeon 's , some as a rabbit 's skull , glimmered in the moonlight . |
| 13 | Ukraine replaced the rouble with the karbovanets currency coupon on Nov. 12 as the republic 's currency and economic crises continued . |
| 14 | Datapro 's 1991 workstation user-ratings study ranks Hewlett-Packard Co 's 700 as the industry 's best overall workstation family , surpassing Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 15 | While various factors are taken into account , including improved marketing organisation or new initiatives to cater for export markets and size of the unit 's operations , a basic feature is that the unit must show a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings over three consecutive twelve monthly periods — the final year should end as near 31.10.89 as the unit 's accounting system permits and may not be earlier than 31.12.88 . |
| 16 | So long as the goods remain the Seller 's property in accordance with clause 8.1. the Buyer will : 8.3.1. insure them against loss or damage under a policy which protects the Seller 's interest in the goods ; 8.3.2. store them separately from other , similar goods owned by any other person , so that they remain identifiable as the Seller 's property ; 8.3.3. allow the authorised representatives of the Seller to have access at any reasonable time to the premises where the goods are stored , in order to inspect the goods . |
| 17 | 8(3) So long as the goods remain the Seller 's property in accordance with clause 8(1) the Buyer will : ( a ) insure them against loss or damage under a policy which protects the Seller 's interest in the goods ; ( b ) store them separately from other , similar goods owned by any person , so that they remain identifiable as the Seller 's property ; ( c ) allow the authorised representatives of the Seller to have access at any reasonable time to the premises where the goods are stored , in order to inspect the goods . |
| 18 | The little man nodded his bald head , his eyes simple as a child 's . |
| 19 | Cautious as the Council 's immediate formulations almost always were , the outcome was that the Latin liturgy was replaced by the vernacular , the cup was offered to the laity , married men would at least be ordained to the diaconate , Protestant Bible societies were to be worked with , the modern world was to be sympathized with rather than condemned . |
| 20 | A thin wedge of what looked like mud caked between the heel and the sole of the left shoe ; the pattern of blood stiffening the fine fawn cashmere of the sweater ; the half-open mouth fixed in a rictus between a smile and a sneer ; the dead eyes seeming as he watched to shrink into their sockets ; the left hand with its long pale fingers , curved and delicate as a girl 's ; the palm of the right hand thick with blood . |
| 21 | Tuning of a viola , in this forest delicate as an owl 's ear , |
| 22 | face haggard as a grandfather 's |
| 23 | The trend could see India overtake China ( estimated population 1,160 million but rising less rapidly ) by the year 2011 as the world 's most populous country . |
| 24 | The agreement went a long way towards meeting demands of organizations such as the World Wide Fund for Nature and Greenpeace , which had staged lengthy public campaigns in favour of preserving the Antarctic as the planet 's last great wilderness . |
| 25 | Vignettes drawn ad vivum depict the lives of the inhabitants of the distant regions , such as a raja 's procession in Sumatra , and a Tupinambá village in Brazil . |
| 26 | In addition to this more or less regular sort of investiture , there seem to have been investitures on a number of special occasions , both state occasions such as the accession of a sultan , a victory or the birth of a prince , where the right of investiture extended to a number of scholars , and also more personal occasions such as a scholar 's acceding to a high learned office , where the right of investiture was limited to the individual involved . |
| 27 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence has taken place in connection with that vehicle ( p 94 ) . |
| 28 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence in connection with that vehicle has taken place . |
| 29 | We have been working closely with over 20 publishers on a number of major projects to ensure that computer systems are functional from 1st January , and able to collect the required information , such as a customer 's VAT number and a two character country code . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ without lawful authority or reasonable excuse ’ Lawful authority means the lawful carrying of the weapon such as a policeman 's truncheon . |