Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was a Cancer , ever-changing , unpredictable , as bright and as mysterious as the moon . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | I was as helpless and as degraded as the pig on the bench at the top of our garden nearly thirty years ago . |
| 34 | But they are heavy , and as fragile as a Centurion tank . |
| 35 | Budget software was fully covered , with great screenshots and as much as a page per game ! |
| 36 | She clung to him , and his mouth found hers , and she tasted as fresh and as new as the morning , and desire had exploded within him , and he thought that after all he had been wrong : once would never be sufficient , he wanted her for always , he wanted to be with her , to share everything with her . |
| 37 | It was all enormously enjoyable and satisfying and as good as a week-end break . |
| 38 | Even though chronic hepatitis C appears to be an indolent disease in most patients , the observation that at least a fifth develop cirrhosis and as many as a quarter progress to liver failure indicates that chronic hepatitis C is not a benign disease . |
| 39 | The sweater was as light as a puff and as smooth as a bird to touch . |
| 40 | His face was as round and as red as an autumn apple . |
| 41 | ‘ He 's a clever man , ’ continued Ipuky ; ‘ and as devious as a politician needs to be . |
| 42 | Crazed like a pavement and as bald as a chicken , his head stared back at him . |
| 43 | This was Enkidu , the " natural man " , reared with wild animals , and as swift as the gazelle . |
| 44 | As she looked up into his face Lisa was aware of eyes as black as ebony and as cold as the sea bed . |
| 45 | France had no need of prudence , only of audacity and victor and of the small dark-haired man who knew how to make glory bright as the sun and as sweet as the violet . |
| 46 | But if anyone could relax her , it was Miguelito , if in real life he was as tender , as passionate and as exciting as the music he made . |
| 47 | It grows to a metre and a half in length and as thick as a man 's arm . |
| 48 | He was built like a basketball player ; tall and as thin as a stick insect . |
| 49 | ‘ But Christ 's teaching , Sir John , in certain parts and over certain hearts , lies as thin and as loose as a spider 's web . ’ |
| 50 | He was as free and as single as a bird , as he made sure to tell her , and they clearly got along well . |
| 51 | Characteristically , after this burst of bitter humour he added that ‘ it was quite nice ’ even though he found his host ‘ about as intelligent as a mule and as human as a boa-constrictor ’ . |
| 52 | This use of dub is no mere prop either , they play with an edge that 's as sharp and as clean as a surgeon 's scalpel . |
| 53 | Adapted by poet Grace Nichols , this production transposes the setting from pre- ‘ Fascist ’ Spain to pre-revolutionary Cuba , where the essence of the original shines through , as intense and as vibrant as the heat and colours of the ‘ land of sun and shadow ’ . |
| 54 | This entirely new production , due to go on to the Royal National Theatre in London , remains true to the essence of Lorca 's play , and as vibrant as the heat and colours of ‘ the land of sun and shadow ’ . |
| 55 | Looking at him as he stared into the night , she felt a surge of affection as pure and as uncomplicated as the flow of cold air against her face . |
| 56 | ‘ As white and as whole as the skin of a baby ! ’ |
| 57 | The medlab on the IMCV Insider Trading was large , high-tech and as soulless as a plaster saint . |
| 58 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 59 | And as gold as the Word is |
| 60 | A sweet , deep pain closed about his manhood , and it was then that desire rocketed out of control , and he felt himself become as hard and as high as the beech trees that stood sentinel to Tara 's western avenue … |