Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum areas accorded the greatest number of teacher-days were maths , English and science , with English accounting for more than twice as many as science , and these two areas between them taking up about as many teacher-days as maths on its own . |
| 2 | They were computerized , all young enough to be looking for promotion and supposedly as mean as hell . |
| 3 | And then as sure as night follows day , they will be paid less . |
| 4 | 'E 's as daft as a brush , and twice as wooden as t'shaft . ’ |
| 5 | Rita , who was too afraid to show her face to the cameras , divorced her husband after she was forced to take part in an arranged marriage , a practice she believes is barbaric and almost as bad as prostitution . |
| 6 | But just as satisfying as compensation for Mrs. Morley would be a change in the law . |
| 7 | Terry replied , ‘ he 's retiring next year , fit as a fiddle , but still as soft as shit . ’ |