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 .
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