Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She was short , and as dark-skinned as the boatman , which was darker than most of the Bahamians . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ye 're my young brother 's bairn and as innocent as the lamb of God . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He was a Cancer , ever-changing , unpredictable , as bright and as mysterious as the moon . |
| 13 | I was as helpless and as degraded as the pig on the bench at the top of our garden nearly thirty years ago . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This was Enkidu , the " natural man " , reared with wild animals , and as swift as the gazelle . |
| 16 | As she looked up into his face Lisa was aware of eyes as black as ebony and as cold as the sea bed . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ As white and as whole as the skin of a baby ! ’ |
| 23 | And as gold as the Word is |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | And as important as the invention of teeth was , reproduction out of water via the amniote egg was an even more eventful turning point , and in more ways than one . |
| 26 | As I turned this thought over in my mind it became as sparkling and as beautiful as the morning itself . |
| 27 | She regarded it as an unofficial library , as remote and as Municipal as the library itself And then , one Saturday morning , she went into it with Walter Ash , to look at ( not to buy ) the text of Anouilh 's Ring Round the Moon , which was being currently performed at the local rep . |
| 28 | I had a slow-growing tumour in the lung and it would take time to reach obnoxious proportions , but as sure as the moon will rise and set and the tides with it , so my tumour would go on grinding away until … |
| 29 | We can hardly tell the Finance and Executive Committee that the British are unreliable at the vehicle plants , but as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar when it comes to components . ’ |
| 30 | We 've got in the new format sixty of the new new format but what we have been able to do is take elements of the new re-fitted stores and put those for instance erm Pronto we 've managed to take those and re-fit them separately but the actual new concept stores sits at about sixty-odd stores and currently what we 're doing is to check the that we have had a a re-fits this year erm where we 've taken space for other sub-lets where put the new concept back to but as far as the go in majority of the chain now we have most of the major elements i.e an upholstery area bed area Pronto representation and indeed the re-fit that was discussed in the Chairman 's statement the kitchen and bedroom re-fit erm was applicable to all stores so all of the stores have got new kitchens and bedrooms in |