Example sentences of "is [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The climate in schools is receptive as school communities look for management advice to assist in the implementation of DMR ; the school board structure ; new curriculum guidelines ( e.g. 5–14 ) ; and other initiatives as well as the changing expectations of pupils and parents . |
| 2 | Mr Robert Jackson , who is retiring as chairman of the Victorian History Society in the town , said a folk museum would complement The Bowes Museum while providing residents and tourists with a history of Barnard Castle . |
| 3 | He resigned as group chief executive to join Capital House shortly after Lord Stevens , who is retiring as chairman at the next annual meeting , became a shareholder . |
| 4 | Pearl Frost , who is retiring as secretary at Myland Primary School , Colchester , with five-year-old pupils Jodee Mayer and Stephen Stoker and the book of her working life . |
| 5 | Myrtle Milner is retiring as postmistress in the village of Wharram-le-Street , near Malton . |
| 6 | The sky is clear as glass . |
| 7 | On a global level , client satisfaction is clear as client numbers are increasing , but still the CAB can not be sure that its own aims of offering accurate and impartial advice and information are fulfilled . |
| 8 | And in the USA , where thermal protection products are distribution by Cooperheat Inc , confidence is high as health scares associated with other barrier materials are driving customers towards silica-based textiles . |
| 9 | However , it 's all extremely well played , the Waltz is light as air , and the Elegy all the more moving for its having been relieved of any hint of bogus pathos . |
| 10 | I narrow my eyes to stare into his ; the light of the pub is dim as dust and I can not make out the pinpoints . |
| 11 | Should , say , the factor ( ) be repeated r times , then in terms of a set of constants B i the expansion is expressible as Restoration to a common denominator and comparison of the coefficients of powers of s in the numerator with those in the original numerator determines the constants B i in equation ( 11.37 ) or A i in equation ( 11.36 ) . |
| 12 | This is said to depend on the intention of Parliament but the test is fictitious as Parliament frequently gives no thought to the question . |
| 13 | For example , one man pays 90 per cent of the maintenance costs himself , all of which is allowable as tax allowance on medical grounds . |
| 14 | The disinfection effect is dubious as heat transfer from the steam is rarely sufficient to heat surfaces for sufficient time to effect destruction of micro-organisms . |
| 15 | The United Nations plans to withdraw its peace-keeping force from Sarajevo saying its task is impossible as violence worsens in Bosnia . |
| 16 | In the latter case , the payment is taxable as income . |
| 17 | Allan is unusual as company chairmen go , combining his job with a career as a Hollywood scriptwriter with hits such as Do n't Look Now , Castaway and Witches . |
| 18 | The poll tax water charge is £30 but a direct comparison is inappropriate as poll tax charge is levied on each adult whereas the council tax water charge will apply to households . |
| 19 | The poll tax water charge is £30 but a direct comparison is inappropriate as poll tax charge is levied on each adult whereas the council tax water charge will apply to households . |
| 20 | Every wooden door latch still lifts and drops perfectly , every moulded stone in the ingle-nook is smooth as silk . |
| 21 | is white as candlewax and cold . |
| 22 | The ‘ glass ’ is hard as steel , and this is but a magical source of illumination . |
| 23 | where life is hard as death . |
| 24 | Meth-odologically this is flawed as cohort influences such as patterns of smoking and other behavioural factors , diet , privation in childhood and access to , and quality of , medical care may also be important . |
| 25 | The prospects for an acceptable permanent solution were discussed at a District Council meeting recently and it seemed agreed that the travellers should have a permanent site and that the situation is urgent as tension is growing . |
| 26 | Pupils ' paper art show is large as life |
| 27 | Now it is crumbling as water trapped by the Aswan Dam brings rising damp . |
| 28 | Any copy taken under s42(1) is admissible as evidence of any matter referred to in the guardian 's report or in evidence given by him ( s42(2) ) . |
| 29 | For example , a headteacher 's certificate is admissible as evidence of school attendance ( Education Act 1944 , s95(2) ) . |
| 30 | His car is good as gold . |