Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be especially useful as preparation before a museum visit . |
| 2 | She 'll probably be as nutty as hell and come from West Yorkshire or something . |
| 3 | But changes in legislation — like changes in local government provision — will only be as effective as society permits them to be . |
| 4 | For example , brief counselling by general practitioners has been shown to be as effective as benzodioazepine tranquillizers for patients with minor affective disorders of recent onset ( Catalan et al. 1984b ) . |
| 5 | Patents protecting new products appeared to be more important than patents protecting processes , but , nevertheless , did not seem to be as effective as lead time , learning curve advantages , and marketing advantages . |
| 6 | ‘ But the bed and blankets , ’ I intervened ( Old Shallot being intent on delivering his pennysworth ! ) , ‘ would be as dry as tinder . ’ |
| 7 | " Your dinner 'll be as dry as dust . " |
| 8 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 9 | She points out , however , that man 's power over woman , like his power over language , is illusory , for ‘ man thinks he shapes and masters and exchanges words and women , while all the time language is shaping and mastering him ( and women ) , so that his exchanges and controls and double standards must be as mutable as language itself ’ ( 246 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ agreed Mildred , ‘ this year should be as easy as pie without her breathing down our necks . ’ |
| 11 | In comparison with accountants , bank managers , NHS doctors and estate agents , they were found to be as easy to talk to as bank managers and easier to talk to than all the others bar NHS doctors , to be easier to understand than accountants and estate agents , to be more efficient than accountants and estate agents , to be more hardworking than accountants , bank managers and estate agents , to be as dependable as bank managers and more dependable than accountants and estate agents , to be as up-to-date as accountants and more up-to-date than estate agents . |
| 12 | He 'd be willing to bet he 'd be as bleary as hell . |
| 13 | will be as sharp as iron |
| 14 | The bed should be as wide as space permits . |
| 15 | Bonds can be as cruel as torture if applied with enough viciousness . |
| 16 | I 'll put you in charge of the guard and you 'll be as right as rain . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I shall be as right as rain in no time . ’ |
| 18 | Oh you 'll be , be as right as rain by that time . |
| 19 | Put another few down me and I 'll be as right as rain . |
| 20 | That 'll bring the bruising out and the ankle will be as right as rain in a week or two . ’ |
| 21 | I 'll be as right as rain again soon . |
| 22 | You 'll be as warm as toast . " |
| 23 | The OEO Agent was clever and courageous , but not complicated : as long as I 'm useful to her , Ace thought , and do what she wants , she 'll be as nice as pie . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , protein trees could be as misleading as rRNA trees for very distantly related organisms . |
| 25 | Frosts can occur well into the summer , while snow may fall in spring , and autumn days can be as balmy as summer or bitter as winter . |
| 26 | It would be as much as Dad could do to keep himself in order after he 'd had a drop too much . |
| 27 | Brown wrapping-paper would be as seductive as peach rayon . |
| 28 | Do n't just prolong the issue , do n't pick on us and lock us in a room thinking that when we come out we 're going to be as good as gold , because we 're not . |
| 29 | All you have to do is be as good as gold for a week . |
| 30 | City : Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank . |