Example sentences of "as [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resenting this , and probably thinking that the requirement would be as short-lived as the fortunes of war , many of the peasants took derisive and ribald names . |
| 2 | I collapsed back into the armchair , almost as exhausted as if I 'd been climbing the Eigernordwand . |
| 3 | " Our arguments are terribly electric , we come out of them sometimes with our heads as exhausted as an electric battery after it has run down . " |
| 4 | He was as rooted as the policemen , as the people in the cars , as Steve and Mr Chan . |
| 5 | The refusal is as understandable as it is naive , but seems to constitute at the same time what amounts to an abnegation of intellectual curiosity about human needs . |
| 6 | For musicians , the lure of the West must be strong , and for reasons as understandable as basic working conditions and standard of living , but as a result we stand at a crossroads : how can we possibly avoid the continuing standardization of orchestral , instrumental and vocal production , and continue to have the opportunity of hearing music played in a style and tradition for which it was probably originally conceived . |
| 7 | She had closed the door When Nick was quiet , which was almost at once ( cold water was almost as hateful as spiders ) Miss Evans whispered timidly through it . |
| 8 | However , the lyrics , some of which are spoken by a seven-year-old , are annoyingly political and can be as unbelievable as the band 's promotional literature . |
| 9 | His voice was scathing , the twist of his mouth as derisive as she had ever seen and then suddenly , puzzlingly , he smiled . |
| 10 | As Philip Gibbs , correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph who was present at the battles as an observer , wrote : ‘ The suffering of all the German troops , huddled together in exposed places , must be as hideous as anything in the agony of mankind , slashed to bits by storms of shells and urged forward to counter-attacks which they know will be their death . ’ |
| 11 | She was no ingénue , to gape like a child at its first Guy Fawkes night , but the sheer volume of erupting sound and colour held her in its thrall , her face as rapt as those of the silent crowds around her . |
| 12 | I mean , he 's nearly as as overdrawn as Sophie and she 's , she 's nearly completed her course ! |
| 13 | They think they look all sweet , and underneath they 're as cruel as cruel . |
| 14 | She must be every bit as cruel as they say , my lady . ’ |
| 15 | Bonds can be as cruel as torture if applied with enough viciousness . |
| 16 | To do something as cruel as this to a member of your own family can not be something a fair and just woman would do . |
| 17 | Nails , unlike Jazz and Hoomey , looked just as weedy as when they had started their training — so much so , in fact , that his puny appearance along with his new , apparent docility had set the school 's pastoral care department into action . |
| 18 | Gambon relishes the Mafia boss routine and the scene where he gives Luciano his famous scar is somewhat offputting — but not as stomach-turning as the sight of a mad dog rival of Lucky 's biting off a hoodlum 's nose , then cutting out another 's tongue . |
| 19 | Was our friend Sir Vivien as rich as he pretended ? |
| 20 | Bargain set menus change with the market and are the best choice : Connaught-trained chef whisks up ultra-light leek terrine layered like lasagne , heaps of appley duck with green pasta tower , and neatly balanced fish casserole a la Dieppoise ; there 's also a meaty crab tart ( £3.95 ) and a choc pave as rich as the neighbourhood . |
| 21 | ‘ He is more hip than any man I know , ’ says film executive Mark Canton , who helped to make Jack as rich as he is today , by persuading him to play The Joker in Batman . |
| 22 | His wealth and influence created the saying , ‘ As rich as Sir Robert in the North ’ . |
| 23 | Its passengers were as rich as its decor — diplomats , royalty , aristocrats , tycoons , actors and opera singers were its frequent patrons over the decades . |
| 24 | Bream do not transfer successfully even to a water equally as rich as the one they came from . |
| 25 | The public infrastructure founded years ago when we felt rich patently does not deliver a quality of service we think we deserve — just at the time we realise we are not as rich as we thought . |
| 26 | Demands for capital are still high until our infrastructure is up to standard ; that is why we are not all as rich as some would like to make out . |
| 27 | It 's even better money than you could earn in high season , so it is , but of course your father is n't Sir Thomas Bloody Breakspear and as rich as a pig in shit , so you need the money , while his Holiness here does n't . |
| 28 | The fields were green and lush with pasture , the river Liffey flowed through land that was as rich as his Scottish farm was bleak and poor . |
| 29 | Her father died when she was a kid , as did her uncle , which meant that her grandfather who was as rich as Croesus had no one else to leave his ill-gotten gains to . |
| 30 | Is it a function of ageing or simply that the mode of communication may become more restrained and that the emotional experiences are as rich as ever ? |