Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an interesting contrast between the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church in that the Church of Ireland tends to create new parishes out of old as the need arises while the Roman Catholic Church builds new churches where they are needed but keeps still to the already existing parish structure . |
| 2 | It was still quite early , and banks of mist lay between the mountain peaks , touched by a haze of pink as the sun caught them . |
| 3 | Umbrellarama … a forest of umbrella 's brightens up the Hong Kong stadium 's cloak of grey as the rain sets in on finals day . |
| 4 | But his ruthlessness made him as much a figure of fun as a minister of fear , and whatever his future holds , Souness will always be pursued by a sense of resentment in Scotland . |
| 5 | No records will be broken that 's for sure as the sun begins to boil … |
| 6 | That may be the constitutional position — though no one knows for sure as the situation has not arisen since Henry VIII created the C of E for this purpose — but it is certainly not one which is acceptable . |
| 7 | But music types in Manhattan and Hollywood say that they can see a country act as plain as a barn door . |
| 8 | These need not be specified in full as the Listing begins on or after the start string and finishes on or before the end string without exceeding the specified range . |
| 9 | These need not be specified in full as the Listing will start on or after the start string and finish on or before the end string , without exceeding the range given by them . |
| 10 | By criticizing the Conservative Party mid-term the right-wing press can build up a certain degree of credibility with its readers which it can then use to maximum effect by suspending criticism of the Conservative Party and increasing its attacks on Labour as the election approaches . |
| 11 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 12 | The excitement had been intense and Denis watched in alarm as his uncle went every shade of red before going into purple and subsiding again to pink as the tension eased . |
| 13 | One long sandy beach surrounds a huge calm bay with crystal clear green water near the shore changing to blue as the sky deepens . |
| 14 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |