Example sentences of "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 | People are more frightened as unemployment rises and they have less money to spend . |
| 7 | Many are also available as corner types , allowing a full-depth niche to be installed without the need to cut into the brickwork . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Many of these , such as the Rottweiler and German Shepherd dog , are now popular as companion dogs . |
| 12 | Liz and her husband are as poor as church mice . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They are as ordinary as water , |
| 15 | Cigarettes are as addictive as heroin . |
| 16 | No use pretending the Cross Ns are as cool as fabric boots , but I bet they will be a good deal more durable . |
| 17 | I say surprising , because some are as digestible as boot polish while others are simply unwatchable . |
| 18 | I admit Victor is evasive at times , but we have known one another since early childhood , we are as close as brother and sister — ’ |
| 19 | One lot are as good as gold — we 'll have them any day , but another lot are almost more than we can cope with ! |
| 20 | ‘ The young are as good as gold . |
| 21 | Both are as good as money in the bank . |
| 22 | My lips they are as cold as clay , |
| 23 | I know that my thoughts and feelings are as safe as Cabinet Office minutes behind this beard . |
| 24 | Although the principles of the techniques are as old as mathematics itself , the ability to solve the complex equations was only available with the advent of electronic computers . |
| 25 | The brothers are as different as day and night . |
| 26 | The two men are as different as chalk and cheese . |
| 27 | These phenomena are as different as chalk from cheese . |
| 28 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 29 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 30 | MONOPOLIES are as Mexican as mescal — and just as intoxicating . |