Example sentences of "[adj] as a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It is therefore a good ideas to make copies from fairly early on of all language and anthropological materials , and to keep them in other places , such as a technical studies department or headquarters office . |
2 | The main complex building has tripled in size with many new Victorian and Edwardian displays , such as a bygone chemists , grocers , sweet shop , railway station , wireless shop , maid 's bedroom , photographer 's studio and a World War II street scene plus much more … |
3 | This procedure takes a new snapshot and does pixel counts for various subareas such as a narrow strips at the edge of the region of the reference area which is supposed to contain the reference card . |
4 | It follows from this that a consumer who uses an appliance which is not " ordinarily intended for private use " , such as a heavy goods vehicle , will not be covered beyond death or personal injury under the CPA 1987 . |
5 | The flat , known in 1978 as a Red Brigades hideout , had been extensively searched at the time by all the security services , and it was suggested that the letters might have been planted there more recently to embarrass the government , particularly Andreotti ( now Prime Minister again ) and Cossiga ( Interior Minister in 1978 ) , who had held out against negotiating with the Red Brigades . |
6 | From the pastoral comforts of the Plateau de Bénou , the road twists abruptly down past the villages of Bilhères and of Bielle , another valley ‘ capital ’ this , with some fine fifteenth-and sixteenth-century house fronts , but particularly commendable as a slated roofs cape seen from higher up the road — this is Béarn , and grey slates arc what you expect on roofs , no longer Basque tiles . |