Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [conj] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Canetti is not , I think , earnestly recording his life ; his passion is really for the others he writes about , be they as famous as Brecht or as obscure as his landlady . |
| 2 | It was hard to tell if he was more discomforted at being accused of being as lecherous or as old as his father-in-law . |
| 3 | To line the can , cut out a rectangle of paper as long as the circumference of the can and as wide as its depth . |
| 4 | To cover the sides of the cake , roll out a long strip of marzipan as long as the circumference of the cake and as wide as its depth ( hint : the circumference of a round cake is three times its diameter ) . |
| 5 | Ryan had been as warm and as welcoming as his father . |
| 6 | A relationship is only as deep and as effective as its communication . |
| 7 | I want you to promise me that you will keep your intelligence as alive and as visible as your beauty . ’ |
| 8 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 9 | And as far as our group 's vision statement is concerned , to be acknowledged as the leading consultant in the rail er in the field of railway engineering . |
| 10 | She and her parents had spent four unforgettable days seeing the Tower of London , the British Museum and as much as her father could pack in without exhausting her . |
| 11 | His writing is larger than mine , I note , and as fine as his hair . |
| 12 | Thomas Sachs was as good and as generous as his word . |
| 13 | It was about a metre long and as thick as his wrist . |
| 14 | The newly lit candle , blood red and as thick as my wrist , contained the still flame and the tiny head within its caldera of wax like pieces of an alien game . |
| 15 | His Gluck Iphigenie this summer , first of a planned Drottningholm cycle , was self-consciously unobtrusive , almost rough in its stage manners — and as unexciting as his Don Giovanni from the same stable seen in Brighton . |
| 16 | It was the first National Forest park , created over 50 years ago , the 28,000 acres of verdant forest contain a history as colourful and as remarkable as its setting . |