Example sentences of "be as big as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're as big as the Sun — some are even bigger . ’ |
| 2 | It was getting to be as big as a cathedral . |
| 3 | The pun on Spinoza was too good for Coleridge to resist , and the remarkable nose he attributed to Walsh may well have been borrowed from his memories of the innkeeper at the Castle of Comfort , on the road from Stowey to Holford : his nose , which was locally famous , was said to be as big as a fist and ‘ well warted ’ . |
| 4 | " The slice of bread should be as big as a dessert plate and nearly 1 inch thick . |
| 5 | Roger Sippl reckons the market for customer service management software and systems will grow to be as big as the Manufacturing Resource Planning ( MRP ) market is now , and expects there will be room enough for three players . |
| 6 | It wo n't be as big as The Liar but it will be a good read at Christmas . |
| 7 | But a machine that was powerful enough to accelerate particles to the grand unification energy would have to be as big as the Solar System-and would be unlikely to be funded in the present economic climate . |
| 8 | ‘ My penis , ’ he announced , ‘ is as big as the Empire State Building . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And mine penis , ’ he proclaimed , ‘ mine penis is as big as the World Trade Centre . ’ |
| 10 | That island 's as big as a forceball pitch . ’ |
| 11 | It was as big as a settee but it was dead quiet . |
| 12 | The entrance hall of the hotel was as big as a railway station itself . |
| 13 | The donkey was as big as the ox and its ears were short like a pony 's . |
| 14 | He went down the airless corridor to his Boss 's office , said hello to the secretary , and walked into the large oak-panelled room which was as big as the lobby of many a sizeable hotel . |
| 15 | It was as big as the island itself , if not bigger , and the rocks below seemed to be wobbling under the strain of holding it up . |
| 16 | And a bubble blew up under the mud , and when the bubble was as big as an elephant it burst , and out popped Mrs Dinwiddie . |