Example sentences of "as [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was- ’ She stopped as Ace and Petion came through the office door with a black man she did n't recognize . |
| 2 | On death their placed as aggregate and rain down onto the sea floor where they dissolve if the water is deep enough . |
| 3 | In general the circuits of figures 10.11(a) and ( b ) behave as low and high-pass filters respectively , the responses being given by equation ( 10.40 ) with the appropriate values of Z 1 and Z 2 inserted in each case . |
| 4 | Perhaps something as natty and camp as Ratty in The Wind in the Willows . |
| 5 | But there was no shortage of it : and it was n't all old and dry like walnuts , it was as fresh and sweetly-smelling as the day the deer was slain . |
| 6 | Its first two major applications were as light and motive power and they are still the most familiar ; both can be conveniently dated in 1879 , when Edison perfected the incandescent lamp and Siemens made his electric tram . |
| 7 | The case of Nicholson v. Revill is one of the many instances in which this rule of law has been applied , and the reason upon which the rule is founded is as clear and plain as the rule itself . |
| 8 | Indeed all sections of the exhibition struck me as exciting and thought-provoking with the exception of the ceramics section which is mediocre . |
| 9 | Returned to the invisibility of the home front , where we should have been all along , unaccounted for among the statistics of unemployment , stuck with the main responsibility for unpaid community care as the welfare state collapsed , women have seen the major characteristics of the depression of the 1980s depicted as male and youth unemployment , the destruction of men 's jobs , small businessmen going bankrupt and resentment turning to violence on the streets . |
| 10 | Like most wrasse , it is known to change sex ( from female to male ) , but it is unlikely that any can function as male and female at the same time . |
| 11 | After he gave up the booze at Christmas 1977 — for good - he gave us his splendid Brian which is as clever and well-judged a piece of comic acting as you 'll see . |
| 12 | I want to hold something deep and soft beneath the flesh , something as easy and fluid as nostalgia ( as tangible as a stuffed bear ) , as simple as a final lullaby , lulling me to softness , lulling me to sleep . |
| 13 | Miles Davis has already described Prince 's music as jazz ; his use of electronics can be a as minimal and futurist as Front 242 or DAF ; at other times his intentions are patently psychedelic . |
| 14 | IF Evander Holyfield 's fists prove as fast and slick as the promoters ' tongues have been these past few days , his world heavyweight title defence against Riddick Bowe tonight promises to be a masterpiece . |
| 15 | This is not to suggest that our primary schools are perfect ; perfection in something as complex and variable as education would be very hard to achieve . |
| 16 | Phragmata occupying these two positions have been referred to as pre- and postphragmata mata respectively and both may be carried by either the meso- or metathorax of some insects ; no phragma is ever borne by the prothorax . |
| 17 | This he described as offensive and unjust' . |
| 18 | Unreconstructed premodernists regard the hover as effete and arriviste , citing the quasi-male purposeful movement of the cylinder mower and the pictorial geometries it creates as proof of its superiority . |
| 19 | Now that Sinn Fein 's votes are safely stored away , the IRA feel free to wreak havoc against targets which they regard as unionist and Protestant . |
| 20 | He argues that in the historical process of conflict and compromises , one fundamental class emerges as dominant and directive , not only in the economic sphere , but also in the moral and intellectual spheres . |
| 21 | After the Southern Uplands of Scotland he had had to pass near to another industrial city and one quite as grim and dark as the others he had seen . |
| 22 | This environment is one where the users and analysts work as a team rather than as expert and non-expert . |
| 23 | It is curious how he manages to make John Major sound about as animated and self-willed as a sack of potatoes.Ask him whether the PM takes his advice , and you get a similar impression . |
| 24 | In the discussion groups , some men seemed proud that they were n't romantic , viewing it as boring and effeminate , or of strictly short-term value . |
| 25 | She wore a short grey habit and behind her glasses , her eyes were as bright and dark as a robin 's . |
| 26 | The outdoor adventures are looked upon as fun and relaxation , although I must say they pay their way . ’ |