Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were scratchy as a cat on the prowl . |
| 2 | Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ’ |
| 3 | Do you think you were conscious as a child at the difference between the way your brother was treated and the way yourself ? |
| 4 | But visitors were welcome as the flowers in May , and many a happy Sunday afternoon swimming party off the Windrush cliffs was enjoyed by all , including the occasional group of Kunio 's student friends from U.B.C. |
| 5 | At this time the Party especially urged its officials to set an example to the country by rescuing orphaned or abandoned children who were destitute as a result of war and , in Moldavia , famine . |
| 6 | ‘ They made us more professional and were useful as a basis for court reports , ’ he says . |
| 7 | When , finally , he had stilled , his despair and self-possession were tangible as the squalor of the place . |
| 8 | That you were lonely as a child . ’ |
| 9 | Charles Lindblom in his article ‘ The Science of Muddling Through ’ argued that ‘ rational ’ models of decision-making were inaccurate as a description of what policy-makers do and misleading as a prescription of a ‘ good ’ or ‘ proper ’ way of making decisions . |
| 10 | Indeed many of us , to different degrees in different situations , would reject the checkerboard solution not only in general and in advance , but even in particular cases if it were available as a possibility . |
| 11 | If the taxes that individuals pay for a local public good were higher as a consequence of higher income , the poor might enjoy a greater quantity of a local public good if they were resident in a high-income area . |
| 12 | Within the Mass Market Apparel businesses , following on the previous year 's mild winter , sales volumes at J E Morgan Heavyweight remained constant , although sales dollars were higher as a result of new product introductions and a higher price mix . |
| 13 | Prospects for silver were bleak as the year 's downward trend looked set to continue . |
| 14 | If it were vital as a reagent — for example to introduce a carbene — we would generate it in situ and use it under a fume hood ’ . |
| 15 | Only last summer , years after it was all over and Astrid had found her stone cottage with roses round the door , golden/grey in a late summer orchard , she met Jay , and her eyes were green as the flames on ashwood . |
| 16 | They were therefore still needing the measurements of the energies of the neutrons , which were necessary as a proof that they were indeed neutrons produced by dd fusion and not somehow spurious . |
| 17 | Who once were harmless as the Flocks they fed ; |
| 18 | What sort of home could you possibly give her — even if you were suitable as a parent , anyway ? |
| 19 | But her eyes were wide as the oceans , and worlds beyond human ken drifted there . |
| 20 | During the day ‘ Ark Royal 's ’ own fighters were active as the carriers headed back towards Gibraltar . |
| 21 | We also omitted the four women who were infertile as a result of endometriosis because we were specially interested in the influence of birth control methods on endometriosis . |
| 22 | let me just get back that was abhorrent as a word w has already been used and er should be used again by what you said , you saw s somebody being raped by two soldiers . |
| 23 | To Trent the splash was loud as a bomb . |
| 24 | She was pissed as a fart . |
| 25 | Borg was outstanding as a competitor , too . |
| 26 | He was helpless as a lamb |
| 27 | Well , she used to sort of keep shop for him , she was deaf as a post ! |
| 28 | The Committee considered that such a criterion was unsuitable as a basis for criminal liability . |
| 29 | That guy was sore as a cowboy 's … ’ |
| 30 | But her new sheets smelled of lavender and there was a comforting stone hot-water-bottle at the foot of the bed , wrapped up in part of an old blanket so that it would not bruise her toes , and Victoria 's gentle breathing was drowsy as the humming of bees , and she slept , with the tears drying on her cheeks . |