Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You can use more glue than normal as the picture will not be displayed , and it is essential that the flowers should remain in their exact position . |
2 | The legislation as amended set the number of ( single-member ) parliamentary constituencies at 430 , rather than 377 as the government had proposed . |
3 | In the North the seasonally adjusted figure fell by more than 3,000 as the region started to gear up for the tourist season . |
4 | ‘ Overall we are more than pleased as the aim was to bring young players on for the 1995 World Cup , ’ he said . |
5 | The Tenant shall on the making of this Agreement pay to the Landlord the sum of £ ( pounds ) as a contribution towards the legal and other professional costs incurred by the Landlord in relation to this agreement Obviously , the tenant should try to avoid paying the landlord 's costs if possible as the transaction is presumably to the equal benefit of both the landlord and the tenant . |
6 | It now seems that Britain 's upturn started as long as a year ago . |
7 | It m probably not as long as a year but it 's quite a while |
8 | There is a kind of corporate responsibility , and as long as a government is just it is a citizen 's duty to support it , but when the actions or a government hurt the individual and harm the nation it is the duty of a citizen to withdraw his support . |
9 | The group informally known as labyrinthodonts ( from their characteristic labyrinth-ridged teeth ) included some impressive animals almost as long as a man : perhaps the alligators of the time . |
10 | Black as night , with flaming red eyes and tusks as long as a man 's arm , the Erymanthian Boar had killed many people . |
11 | By the central pole stood a great oaken chest , three feet high and as long as a man . |
12 | As long as a man was unfree , he had no access to the royal courts , but could plead only in his lord 's court . |
13 | A trail of suds as long as a day 's walk |
14 | In historical periods a loss factor of about 2 per cent per annum is known to have occurred ; compounded over a period of as long as a century , this will clearly drastically reduce the amount of coinage of year a available to the hoarder at the later date . |
15 | This , while nowhere near as long as a hummingbird 's tongue , is quite long enough from this position to burgle the nectaries . |
16 | It was , after all , as long as a cow . |
17 | As a general rule , though , it is easier to cope with a dry site than a wet one : as long as a water supply is available , a dry site can be moistened to highlight the differences in soil colour and texture . |
18 | The new 600 Plus film packs for all cameras , £8.99 for a pack of 10 , include a battery to power all the camera 's functions — so as long as a film is loaded , the camera has power . |
19 | Hitachi , Toshiba , Mitsubishi , Fujitsu , Nippon Electric and Matsushita — the largest of the ‘ mech-tronics ’ groups began making-robots as long as a decade ago . |
20 | However , as long as a system can recognize that this use of ‘ in the hand ’ implies that the hand is part of ‘ him ’ , it can avoid this kind of reasoning altogether and adopt a constraint propagation method to resolve both pronouns . |
21 | It is these internally generated or endogenous components , lasting sometimes as long as a second after the triggering stimulus , which offer the most potential for investigating mental activities . |
22 | The theory goes something like this : as long as a country can continue to borrow money , it will effectively be able to ‘ roll over ’ its debt indefinitely . |
23 | His cock felt as hard and as long as a barber 's pole , as he held it in his fist and ground the round , blunt tip against her tender haven . |
24 | Sometimes , as long as a minute passes before the ‘ yes ’ button is depressed by beak or paw . |
25 | It came unclouded to them from our fathers , and we will defend this land , as long as a drop of Indian blood warms the hearts of our men . |
26 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
27 | as long as a piece of string , but I might be okay cos Matthew 's junior captain this year |
28 | I suspect the answer to my first question is about numbers of jobs , by virtue of what you 've just said as long as a piece of string . |
29 | As long as a band can physically and economically do it , I would want to take their music to the people wherever they are . |
30 | ‘ No thanks , ’ he replied , his face as long as a landslide , ‘ I once went to the House of Commons to see how the country was run . |