Example sentences of "be [adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again . |
2 | The specific policies and rhetoric have been different as the occasion demanded . |
3 | And here you are free as a bird , for once , provided you come back to your cage in time . |
4 | ‘ Rubbish , you 're strong as a harse , I tell you ! ’ |
5 | The only other time they 're paid compensation for loss of earnings , is when they 're sick as a result of an injury received on duty , you know Fire Brigade duty . |
6 | We 're all as the good Lord made us and some of us a sight worse . |
7 | Never shop when you 're tired as the chances are that you 'll find any bed comfortable |
8 | You are pretty as a picture and we would not want you drawing attention to yourself , would we ! ’ |
9 | Both activities are illegal as the plant is protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act . |
10 | Short sessions such as these are invaluable as the student is learning from actual patient care , and a wide range of subjects will be drawn together in order to bring about better understanding of this care . |
11 | ( I am blind as a bat without and contact lenses are too expensive and who do you think you are , you should be studying . ) |
12 | We can legitimately ask to what extent such personal qualities are important as a source of power within the public sector . |
13 | One was that the arts INSET programme could be deficient as the views of arts staff would not be represented when INSET decisions were being made . |
14 | Go on , Hepzibah , I 'm strong as a horse now and I could do with some air . ’ |
15 | A downturn is expected in 1993 since activity is anticipated to be lower as the company does not expect these contracts to be repeated . |
16 | Reliance need not be total as the issue is whether the description is material in influencing the decision to buy . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 ) . |
19 | One of his discoveries was originally thought by some to be wrong as no one was able to replicate it for nearly two years ; however , Fleischmann was eventually proved to be correct . |
20 | The term ‘ consultation ’ is often used inaccurately ; we should be clear as a union , but also CA as an organisation , as to what we mean by it . |
21 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | It will review the question of when agency status for the Prison Service might be appropriate as the changes set out in this White Paper are introduced . |
24 | In many cases this would be impossible as the count may hold titles in two or more places ! |
25 | It may not be easy as the race gets closer , especially if you have to travel and stay overnight . |
26 | ( Again care with the figures is necessary — subtraction of column 1 from column 2 would be meaningless as the figures are percentages of different amounts . |
27 | However , any contract action against Dynamight would be pointless as the judgment could probably not be enforced . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | ‘ What , so you 'd be sick as a parrot if we went over the moon together ? ’ |
30 | ‘ I 'm sick as a parrot not to be standing , ’ said Nigel . |