Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a wooshing sound as the fat man sagged . |
| 2 | Some six hundred hectares of that land is actually designated as greenbelt , but in addition within that a number of those areas are er prevented from development in perpetuity we 'd argue because a large part of that area has got a historic status as stray land , which is a form of common land , which means it 's actually not not available for any form of development , similarly the flood planes of the river Ouse in particular is for physical development reasons er prevented from development in many areas , and those of you who were here this weekend will have no noticed the reason why , it was a flooding that took that took place on the Ouse valley , in addition to those constraints , open space within the city is at a premium erm the city falls below the Emperface standard , erm by er something like erm half a hectare per thousand population , so compared with the Emperface standard of two point four per thousand , the city reaches a quite a generous erm categorization of the recreational space we have available , only a total of two hectares per thousand , therefore , and this is very relevant to the Greater York debate , erm , really the only land for development within the city is recycled land , there are limited number of er sites which have not been developed in recent years erm which can be identified for development , and are being identified for development in our draft local plan . |
| 3 | It was a historic coup as Joyce had opened Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure there in 1954 . |
| 4 | It 's very important to recognize that York although a historic city as I mentioned er in the previous discussion , erm is a er is an industrial city with a significant number of employment problems , in particular in the rail engineering industry where we see a rapid er contraction of er what was Brown which is now A B B , clearly continuing problems in the rail industry with the er problems most certainly caused by privatization and also major job reductions in er firms such as Rowntrees and Terrys in the confectionery industry . |
| 5 | ‘ Although I 'm very far from being a rich man as yet , ’ Harry said with a smile , ‘ by Mum 's and Dad 's standards I am . |
| 6 | In the studies with gastrin and its analogues an often uncontrolled variable has been gastric acid secretion , although the presence of gastric acid is not essential for a colonic response as it is not abolished by total gastrectomy . |
| 7 | The corners of Lucinda 's mouth quirked up into a beaming smile as Vi watched , fascinated . |
| 8 | He held up a pacifying hand as he saw the other prepare for battle . |
| 9 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 10 | Q&A gives you a friendly feeling as you launch the program . |
| 11 | He gave the pair a friendly glance as they walked towards the riverside . |
| 12 | Springsteen circled my legs and howled a bad-tempered welcome as I opened the purple — yes , purple — envelope . |
| 13 | This is merely a hypothetical possibility as in practice there are few if any securities with negative betas . |
| 14 | In such circumstances , one or more persons may be appointed to sue or be sued in a representative capacity as having a common interest with all other persons ( Ord 5 , r 5(1) ) . |
| 15 | SEX-MAD flies are being lured to a sticky end as scientists search for a new pesticide . |
| 16 | TAKE That 's heart-throb Robbie Williams come to a sticky end as he celebrates his band 's latest hit , A Million Love Songs . |
| 17 | Virginia shifted self-consciously on the blue and yellow sofa , forcing a polite smile as Guy strolled past . |
| 18 | Leonora gave him a polite smile as she tied her hair securely at the nape of her neck . |
| 19 | ‘ Stop it ! ’ she hissed , engulfed by a shameful heat as his soft words stirred unwelcome emotions . |
| 20 | It is not just a one-way traffic as he tried to er indicate . |
| 21 | Carrington describes the prevailing a prevailing outlook as |
| 22 | This was fortunate for the Hearts forward Ian Ferguson who was as surprised as anyone to remain on the field after flooring Gus Caesar with as good a right hook as has been seen this side of Madison Square Gardens for many a long day . |
| 23 | I always feel tempted to say that I can be a right bastard as well . ’ |
| 24 | I 've a right cough as well and a tickle and |
| 25 | mislead a private customer as to any advantages or disadvantages of a contemplated transaction . |
| 26 | Institutional care is provided by a private company as well as by the state . |
| 27 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 28 | So this aspect of defence is quite close to being a private good as it is excludable and rivalrous , hence some households build their own shelters . |
| 29 | It therefore asserted what it considered to be the position at which the public/private distinction should be fixed , a position which would allow prostitution to be effectively a private matter as long as it was not conducted on the streets . |
| 30 | The Marchioness of Blandford has been moved to a private hospital as she continues to make a good recovery from a riding accident . |