Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the tests were truly designed for the control of ‘ anti-social influences in the arts ’ , as the Report said , then how could the law seem other than misconceived when a decade or more of legal scrutiny and barristers ' banter had been publicly squandered on the anti-social potential of pubic hair , the peculiar dangers of which seemed clearer to the police than to juries . |
| 2 | We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient . |
| 3 | However , it could be that , in some transactions , where economic loss is suffered because of a breach caused by wilful default ( or perhaps even inadvertent default ) , such clauses would not be regarded as reasonable where a consumer suffered economic loss . |
| 4 | It now seems that Britain 's upturn started as long as a year ago . |
| 5 | It m probably not as long as a year but it 's quite a while |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Black as night , with flaming red eyes and tusks as long as a man 's arm , the Erymanthian Boar had killed many people . |
| 9 | By the central pole stood a great oaken chest , three feet high and as long as a man . |
| 10 | As long as a man was unfree , he had no access to the royal courts , but could plead only in his lord 's court . |
| 11 | A trail of suds as long as a day 's walk |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This , while nowhere near as long as a hummingbird 's tongue , is quite long enough from this position to burgle the nectaries . |
| 14 | It was , after all , as long as a cow . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Hitachi , Toshiba , Mitsubishi , Fujitsu , Nippon Electric and Matsushita — the largest of the ‘ mech-tronics ’ groups began making-robots as long as a decade ago . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sometimes , as long as a minute passes before the ‘ yes ’ button is depressed by beak or paw . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | as long as a piece of string , but I might be okay cos Matthew 's junior captain this year |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As long as a band can physically and economically do it , I would want to take their music to the people wherever they are . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | And Di said what 's the matter , you 've got a face as long as a fiddle ? |
| 30 | At last somebody who 's on without a face as long as a fiddle . |