Example sentences of "be [adj] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Reliance need not be total as the issue is whether the description is material in influencing the decision to buy .
2 The normal course of trials is likely to be different as the court will often direct that a witness statement stand as the evidence in chief , or at least part of the evidence in chief , of its maker and , in any event , a witness statement may put to the maker in cross-examination .
3 The construction must be free from dirt traps ( so any form of framed system with infill panels will not be acceptable as the construction forms dirt traps which can never be effectively cleaned ) .
4 See also Ginera v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 136 where an application for Sunday opening in respect of a provisional grant of licence was held to be incompetent as the licence is not in force and only the holder of a public house licence can make application for Sunday opening .
5 In many cases this would be impossible as the count may hold titles in two or more places !
6 It may not be easy as the race gets closer , especially if you have to travel and stay overnight .
7 However , any contract action against Dynamight would be pointless as the judgment could probably not be enforced .
8 Security at Enniskillen Courthouse will be tight as the army witnesses , identified only as solders N , M , K and L give evidence into the deaths of the three armed terrorists .
9 Normally a classified image would be colour-coded as the eye is not capable of distinguishing more than six or seven levels of grey .
10 The orientation of the rolls will depend on whatever small perturbations happen to be present as the temperature difference is raised .
11 It was always thought that if an investor ( or purchaser ) completed an agreement knowing that some of the warranties were untrue and that fact had not been disclosed , then he would not be prevented from bringing an action for breach of warranty , though the equitable remedy of rescission for misrepresentation would not be available as the investor could not satisfy the requirement to come to equity with clean hands .
12 In the future this will be essential as the system moves towards an integrated structure .
13 Volenti was held to be inapplicable as the doctor could not be said to have agreed to the risk .
14 We would initially require a payment of £X and further payments might be necessary as the case progresses , as further bills are incurred .
15 Then someone will call us and they will take a blood sample , and I will be terrified as the needle goes in and I feel that they are draining me , that I have no blood left to give .
16 She would be silent as the grave this time — give her mind to getting free .
17 My fears were to be unfounded as the nurse chatted to me and before could stop fantasizing about women in uniform the needle was in and the blood was pumping .
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