Example sentences of "[adj] as [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopes high as Whitehall ponders new N Sea bids |
| 2 | Photo-finish as polls trim Labour lead |
| 3 | The big Healey was on its way out through simple old age and the ‘ small ’ Cobra was being superseded by the even more brutal 427 as Selby fought aerodynamic mediocrity with good old-fashioned cubic inches . |
| 4 | Historians were as willing as hagiographers to use oral tradition . |
| 5 | Although intelligence in the horse is an inherited characteristic , our handling of the horse will affect it as much as handling affects different characteristics of temperament . |
| 6 | The team promised much as Leeds made another bid for promotion . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Dushanbe remained tense as residents observed three days of officially sanctioned national mourning , ending on Feb. 17 , for those killed during the rioting . |
| 8 | This proved tricky as Maria spoke little English and I even less Greek . |
| 9 | But as sure as God made little apples , you certainly wo n't get there if you do n't make the effort . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Yeah , as sure as God made little apples , ’ came the reply . |
| 11 | As sure as God made little apples there is . |
| 12 | As long as man eats unhealthy food ( the product of unhealthy soil ) , even in the right proportions , the medical profession will perforce have to continue to treat the inevitable results . |
| 13 | Peace prevailed only as long as Ollie had undisputed access to Melanie or , if she was n't around , to John or 10-year-old Ryan . |
| 14 | The consensus on full employment lasted as long as measures to achieve full employment involved only marginal changes to society . |
| 15 | Dr Hopwood says : ‘ As long as people follow these rules they should be alright . ’ |
| 16 | As long as animals eat unhealthy plants , the vets will have to do likewise . |
| 17 | Andrew Watkinson , a member of the Advisory Committee on Release to the Environment , said that as long as Nickerson made careful checks for tubers and burnt off any remaining material , there would not be much likelihood of this occurring . |
| 18 | The streets of a city as atmospheric and romantic as Bruges do strange things to a man . |
| 19 | The story today is rather less critical as Lotus reports significant gains across the Windows software scene , with , for example , Freelance Graphics increasing its market share from 35% to 59% in just one month . |
| 20 | In the fuselage , holes as big as fanlights showed bright sky on the other side . |
| 21 | This is to be just as dogmatic as relativists accuse religious people of being . |
| 22 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 23 | Sit back … they were nearly caught fast asleep as Wolves hit two goals in the last ten minutes and scared the life out of them … |
| 24 | Byrne was outstanding as Bangor dumped hot favourites Linfield out of the Bass Irish Cup . |
| 25 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |