Example sentences of "were [adj] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You were scratchy as a cat on the prowl . |
2 | Do you think you were conscious as a child at the difference between the way your brother was treated and the way yourself ? |
3 | At this time the Party especially urged its officials to set an example to the country by rescuing orphaned or abandoned children who were destitute as a result of war and , in Moldavia , famine . |
4 | ‘ They made us more professional and were useful as a basis for court reports , ’ he says . |
5 | That you were lonely as a child . ’ |
6 | Charles Lindblom in his article ‘ The Science of Muddling Through ’ argued that ‘ rational ’ models of decision-making were inaccurate as a description of what policy-makers do and misleading as a prescription of a ‘ good ’ or ‘ proper ’ way of making decisions . |
7 | Indeed many of us , to different degrees in different situations , would reject the checkerboard solution not only in general and in advance , but even in particular cases if it were available as a possibility . |
8 | If the taxes that individuals pay for a local public good were higher as a consequence of higher income , the poor might enjoy a greater quantity of a local public good if they were resident in a high-income area . |
9 | Within the Mass Market Apparel businesses , following on the previous year 's mild winter , sales volumes at J E Morgan Heavyweight remained constant , although sales dollars were higher as a result of new product introductions and a higher price mix . |
10 | If it were vital as a reagent — for example to introduce a carbene — we would generate it in situ and use it under a fume hood ’ . |
11 | They were therefore still needing the measurements of the energies of the neutrons , which were necessary as a proof that they were indeed neutrons produced by dd fusion and not somehow spurious . |
12 | What sort of home could you possibly give her — even if you were suitable as a parent , anyway ? |
13 | We also omitted the four women who were infertile as a result of endometriosis because we were specially interested in the influence of birth control methods on endometriosis . |