Example sentences of "as [art] [adj] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geena Davis will star as the Sixties femme fatale |
| 2 | Representations and ultimata from Japan and other nations were ignored , and it was this Russian occupation of Manchuria that was to serve as the immediate casus belli of Russo Japanese confrontation . |
| 3 | West Germany , Switzerland , Austria and Canada all welcomed the proposal and , along with Scandinavia , became known as the Thirty Per Cent Club . |
| 4 | Posthumous records and books have been released and nowadays Bashlachev is recognised as the only bona fide genius of Russian rock . |
| 5 | Year-to-year variations in sulphur dioxide concentrations occur such as the 1 per cent increase between 1987 and 1988 and the 3 per cent decrease between 1988 and 1989 . |
| 6 | And experience does tell as the French Grand prix turns into a demolition derby … after two laps world championship leader Kerton retires with a broken bracket … |
| 7 | One of the main facilitators for community involvement is what has become known in I B M as the ten per cent scheme . |
| 8 | Securities with betas less than 1 are called defensive shares as a 1 per cent increase in the expected market rate of return is likely to yield a less than 1 per cent increase in the expected rate of return of the security . |
| 9 | Pearson , up 12p to 728p , was helped by a rumoured Kleinwort Benson upgrading , and Amersham International jumped 27p to 435p as Hoffman-La Roche , the Swiss group , emerged as a 5 per cent shareholder . |
| 10 | Then there are items in private collections that Campion has discovered , such as a 1952 Lied von der Erde with Richard Lewis , conducted by Barbirolli , that would be fascinating to hear . |
| 11 | Borders businesses are also likely to benefit as a 17 per cent reduction in water bills is planned . |
| 12 | Cologne 's unusually intense art scene began with what Kacprzak describes as a post-war vie de bohème , made possible by low rents in Cologne and Düsseldorf , and a rather un-German tolerance for something less than order . |
| 13 | The dressing-down comes as a 60 per cent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ While you provide the contrast as a proper femme fatale . ’ |
| 15 | But there is also be a performance-related fee of 5 per cent , plus VAT , of any annual out-performance by the trust 's NAV of ‘ target performance ’ — which is defined as a 2 per cent margin over the Frank Russell 2000 Index , the standard index of US small company performance . |
| 16 | Seventeen records are to be stored as an 85 per cent packed direct file . |
| 17 | Four Quartets was recognized as an extraordinary tour de force , however , in which the balance between stylistic adaptation , lyric statement and dramatic narrative had been maintained throughout . |
| 18 | Celebrated as the ex-mistress of Edward VII , as an international grande dame , and as a matchless hostess , Alice Keppel reigned like a queen over Florentine society . |
| 19 | You 've got ta look at it as an ongoing er on an ongoing problem but erm you , you could 've perhaps have gone into it a little bit more then just to find out erm there was also a mention of , of an income rise in the spring |
| 20 | From the airline 's point of view , the gift ( disguised as an 8.8 per cent investment stake by BNP ) could therefore not have been more conveniently timed . |