Example sentences of "the [adj] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was their talk on the cliff-top as the sun had gone down that had changed it all . |
2 | The guerrillas duly launched the missile north across the bay of Beirut at Jounieh , the first stage of the projectile falling into the Mediterranean as the warhead sped off towards the sleepy Christian harbour and its unsuspecting inhabitants . |
3 | In some areas the birth of a child might add a shilling or more a week to the wage , leading to some pessimistic projections of runaway demographic increase , notably by followers of Thomas Malthus whose " Essay on Population " of 1798 was the most important ideological underpinning for the views of those who were beginning to urge a much harsher attitude towards the poor as the cost of their relief surged . |
4 | The sock can go wi , the same as the jumper again . |
5 | Again , just to remind you of waiver of premium , this is exactly the same as the Covermaster so you really wo n't need to cover , copy this , it 's charged as we established earlier , as according to your client 's age and sex I E how old they are and what gender they are , you can see how the percentage of the premium is established . |
6 | I decide , I I choose , I will come , I will receive it , but the actual giving of that life , t is the same as the giving of the life to that babe , it was no choice of it , it was no , did n't i , was n't determined by it 's own will . |
7 | The same as the floor so I might pick the green marble . |
8 | Damaged shells are repaired , but the later-formed shell is never quite the same as the original . |
9 | ‘ But not the same as the bearer who brings the money ? ’ |
10 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that , under the current rules for SERPS , there is a cut-off in the amount which is the same as the cut-off for the earnings limit ? |
11 | It has been pointed out that the legal protection of children 's welfare is not the same as the conferment of rights on children , since it presupposes that welfare agencies , judges and even parents would have the right to take decisions on the child 's behalf . |
12 | It was the same as the monogram on the handkerchief . |
13 | The temperature is about 700 K , about the same as the surface temperature everywhere on Venus . |
14 | Enter the sleeve shape with the cuff measurement required at the first x and the top width ( which is often the same as the back width ) , at the second x . |
15 | It is no accident that the Greek word for ‘ person ’ is the same as the word for ‘ atom ’ . |
16 | ( ‘ Half-way decent ’ in this lowest common denominator-dominated field means the same as the word ‘ revolutionary ’ applied to an ad campaign , or ‘ epoch-making ’ used to describe a rock album . ) |
17 | It was on channel 20 , the same as the rig in our room , but there was no signal from Danny . |
18 | The Guide Promise is the same as the Brownie Promise , however their Motto and Law are different . |
19 | But an information gap is not necessarily the same as the operation of different schemata , which may be working at a deeper and less accessible level . |
20 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
21 | But their relatedness is not the same as the child . |
22 | So if the story is correct , the writer of the music for the National Anthem is the same as the composer of the music for Sally In Our Alley . |
23 | I 'm only glad I got ta date and that was it get on that just the same as the bloke that 's gon na |
24 | The only real characteristic of each day was that it was the same as the day before and to give any account of such days in strict sequence would make as tedious reading as it made tedious living . |
25 | As expected , another instalment of the seemingly never-ending agony — the same as yesterday , the same as the day before , the week before , the month before . |
26 | The cost at the time the system was developed was estimated at about the same as the salary of one personnel officer — for one year — without the costs of an office , car or secretary that the officer would need . |
27 | Pat had the same as the trading people , we knew what we took . |
28 | After making an allowance for what you 've used since the meter reader called , is it roughly the same as the reading on your bill ? |
29 | Consider a polymer chain consisting of r covalently bonded segments whose size is the same as the solvent molecules , i.e. where V 1 is the molar volume of component i . |
30 | The spot yield for a particular term to maturity is the same as the yield on a zero-coupon bond of the same maturity ( hence the alternative name ) . |