Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geographers are well represented in industry , commerce , government and the professions , and are widely sought-after as graduate trainees . |
| 2 | Yet the two sets of Lieder are vastly superior as music . |
| 3 | Trivial names are much better as memory aids as well . |
| 4 | GCE AS levels are normally acceptable as entrance qualifications ( see section ‘ Requirements for Entry to the University ’ ) . |
| 5 | They are not typical as CIP systems in industrial use tend to be complete add-on units . |
| 6 | I know , you 're as scatty as mummy you are ! |
| 7 | One minute you 're like fire in my arms , the next you 're as cold as ice . |
| 8 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
| 9 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
| 10 | In fact , as Christopher Hill says , they 're as different as vinegar from wine . |
| 11 | ‘ Basically we 're as different as chalk and cheese , and we have completely different life styles — for a start I 'm a family man , and he 's not . |
| 12 | They look alike but they 're as different as chalk and cheese . ’ |
| 13 | Oh , Lee , you 're as large as life . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're as bad as Mistress Sarah , ’ she answered . |
| 15 | " You 're as bad as Daddy , " she said . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're as bad as Mummy . |
| 17 | ‘ I agree you 're as hard as granite , ’ she returned smartly , ‘ but I do n't know that I like being called a drip . ’ |
| 18 | Who art as black as hell , as dark as night . |
| 19 | People are more frightened as unemployment rises and they have less money to spend . |
| 20 | Many are also available as corner types , allowing a full-depth niche to be installed without the need to cut into the brickwork . |
| 21 | Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves . |
| 22 | ‘ You think I am as cold as stone , ’ he said . |
| 23 | A significant part of screening a design idea for practicality involves knowing the kinds of facilities or ‘ computer talents ’ that are realistically available as building blocks . |
| 24 | It is one of the more exquisite forms of Catch 22 that leaders of the ‘ moderate ’ engineers ' and electricians ' union amalgamation , usually praised by the Conservatives as a model for other union leaders , are now available as evidence of the unsatisfactory nature of Labour 's electoral system . |
| 25 | Many of these , such as the Rottweiler and German Shepherd dog , are now popular as companion dogs . |
| 26 | Liz and her husband are as poor as church mice . |
| 27 | Secondly , since alternative methods of endometrial samples are as accurate as dilatation and curettage , and acceptable to most patients , it seems reasonable to suggest that with appropriate guidelines , training , and support of the family health services authority , general practitioners could perform some of the procedures otherwise carried out in gynaecology outpatient services or the operating theatre . |
| 28 | They are as ordinary as water , |
| 29 | Cigarettes are as addictive as heroin . |
| 30 | No use pretending the Cross Ns are as cool as fabric boots , but I bet they will be a good deal more durable . |