Example sentences of "[be] [adj] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light passes through this to the pupil ( the central hole in the iris ) , the iris itself being composed of circular muscles which are visible as the blue , brown or hazel colour of the eye . |
| 2 | Present-day health officials would have been horrified as the 15,000 strong crowd fell upon the pieces that had been flung to the winds and ate them . |
| 3 | More aggressive chemicals are ruled out because of possible damage and abrasives are unsatisfactory as the aggregate lodges in surface scores . |
| 4 | If the assessor is not involved in provision , they can take a more objective look at individual client need , be able to say whether some need is unmet , and not be tempted to offer those services for which they are responsible as the sole , potentially inappropriate solution to the client 's problems . |
| 5 | The variation in size would have been enormous as the existing parish councils would have been joined by such cities as Sheffield as ‘ local councils ’ . |
| 6 | It is reasonable to suppose that the ‘ leading ’ industries will be willing to concede money wage increases to their workers equal to the rate of productivity growth : this will not in itself be inflationary as the average price level in these industries can be held constant . |
| 7 | A lesson of this kind would be appropriate as the final stage in a unit of work on ways of asking permission . |
| 8 | Hugo 's cross may be identifiable as the walrus-ivory cross at the Cloisters in New York . |
| 9 | His spelling errors may be unrecognisable as the intended word — girf for giraffe ; michm for making ; negys for needle . |
| 10 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , problems still remain with regard to delivery and it seems that in the case of an individual delivery will still be necessary as the old law still applies , with the result that a document will be treated as delivered when it is clear that it was intended by one of the parties that he was to be bound by the terms of the document . |
| 12 | Tendring District Council believes a decision would be premature as the final version of the district plan — the area 's blueprint for future development — is not completed . |
| 13 | His spelling errors will be recognisable as the intended word — cof for cough ; entad for entered . |
| 14 | I have got to alter myself so completely that at the end I should hardly be recognisable as the same person . |
| 15 | This is a clear way of showing the relationships , but it can be misleading as the linked list with pointers is not the only tool that can be used to link record occurrences . |
| 16 | This argument was rejected and the patent was held to be valid as the many unsuccessful attempts by inventors to find a solution coupled with the immediate commercial success of the present invention denied the possibility of a finding of obviousness . |
| 17 | Chris Patten has been sworn-in as the new , and probably final , Governor of Hong Kong . |
| 18 | Fides Krucker and Chris Enns are superb as the two down-and-outs , using their voices with extreme cleverness to depict the alternate venality and heroic detachment of the trampish life . |
| 19 | High standards of cleanliness are essential as the extra warmth and humidity can encourage pests and diseases . |
| 20 | Seeming to be merely speckles and punctures at first , actually they were tall as the highest trees . |
| 21 | were inseparable as the two chained sticks |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , ’ said Mounce , ‘ I 'm not going to give you a lot of crap about being pure as the driven snow myself . |
| 23 | He based his tax cuts on American research by Lindsey that concluded that reductions in the top tax rates to the American Government in 1981/82 were costless as the top 170,000 taxpayers ended up paying $26.6bn under new legislation instead of $26bn under the old . |
| 24 | Seen and heard en masse those at the Paris conference were recognizable as the middle class 's awkward squad : idealistic non-makers of money , profoundly suspicious of governments and the works of capitalism , individualistic and a touch anarchistic , decent in a stubborn , purposeful way and kindly . |
| 25 | One of those who identified a stylistic discrepancy pointed to the phrase " half-eaten lunch " as being explainable as the idiomatic form of expression of the character , Rice . |
| 26 | Hahnemann 's practical simplicity is masterful as the small granules not only provide a tiny , manageable dose , for using with patients , but also the smallest practical unit to effect such large dilution ratio . |
| 27 | Is pure as the whitest chalk . |
| 28 | Answer guide : The calculation of the opening wealth here is straightforward as the historic cost , replacement cost , and net realizable value can be judged to be effectively the same . |
| 29 | Linda Hibberd , as the Mother Abbess , gives a powerful rendition of Climb Ev'ry Mountain , and Robin Nedwell is perfect as the ebullient Max . |
| 30 | Leaving aside for now the question of whether independence is appropriate as the ultimate goal for us all , it is important to recognise the inherent difficulty and contradiction in trying to achieve or work towards independence through a teacher/pupil relationship which remains essentially a dependent one . |