Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be as utilitarian as the rigid polyurethane foam commonly used in the reinforcement of GRP bodyshells , or as elegant as the aluminium or Nomex honeycombs employed in pukka aerospace sandwich materials ( as seen recently through holes in the wings of Tornado jets involved in the Gulf conflict ) . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's as much as we know , or as much as the Russians will tell us . ’ |
| 3 | Under the Local Government Act 1929 it was the positive duty of the local authority to recover the whole of the expenses ( or as much as the person could afford ) . |
| 4 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 5 | The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her . |
| 6 | Business plans can be as simple or as complicated as the designer wishes , but their prime function is to set well-defined goals and to identify the resources in terms of time , finance , accommodation , equipment , personnel and training that will be required to meet the objectives . |
| 7 | Heads of agreement which are not legally binding can be as detailed or as brief as the parties wish . |
| 8 | The Arias government did not reduce public expenditure , especially on social sectors and education , as much as the opposition proposed nor as much as the IMF advocated . |
| 9 | At the same time it can exploit the low thermal conductivity of the air ; i.e. the way the temperature of the air itself is neither as hot nor as cool as the land surface . |
| 10 | A similar long bridge crosses the Taw at Barnstaple , but this is neither as long nor as irregular as the Bideford bridge , and has been subject to more extensive alteration . |
| 11 | Er , my Lord I have to say that as far as the expert evidence from the accountant is concerned it is only Mr who has er offered an opinion , expressed an opinion upon that issue . |
| 12 | The IBOA pointed out that as important as the discussions on the actual cost reduction proposals were , other areas would have to be the subject of discussion also . |
| 13 | She was short , and as dark-skinned as the boatman , which was darker than most of the Bahamians . |
| 14 | He had played classical music on the stereo , which Boy had assured him he liked , and it was true ; Boy had never heard music like this before and he thought it was wonderful , a sound as big , and as warm , and as expensive as the car ; a sound as exciting as the sensation of being driven through the night by a stranger . |
| 15 | Haynes and Jack Henry Moore , who worked with him on the project , planned to be , as It predicted in late April , ‘ as experimental and as international as the Lord Chamberlain will allow ’ . |
| 16 | Ye 're my young brother 's bairn and as innocent as the lamb of God . ’ |
| 17 | In a way she was imposing , and as statuesque as the pictures in front of her ; it was just that she was not , and never could be , her father 's type . |
| 18 | Theory-crammed history of artificial and military intelligence which suggests that the ‘ cybernetic organism ’ is as ancient as the Greeks and as modern as the Tomohawk missile . |
| 19 | In a spectacle as lurid and as colourful as the opening ceremony two weeks ago the city and the people handed the Olympic flag over to Atlanta , USA and 1996 . |
| 20 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
| 21 | He was a Cancer , ever-changing , unpredictable , as bright and as mysterious as the moon . |
| 22 | I was as helpless and as degraded as the pig on the bench at the top of our garden nearly thirty years ago . |
| 23 | ‘ Ten for you , ten for me and as much as the others can add to it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This was Enkidu , the " natural man " , reared with wild animals , and as swift as the gazelle . |
| 26 | To complete satisfaction the DG recording is full of presence and as truthful as the performances . |
| 27 | This one-off music , dance and art extravaganza took place in the Briggait , one of Glasgow 's lesser-used venues — larger than Tramway and as cold as the Harland & Wolff shipyard . |
| 28 | As she looked up into his face Lisa was aware of eyes as black as ebony and as cold as the sea bed . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |