Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A man and woman who freely and willingly engage in anal intercourse are thus as guilty of buggery as a man who perpetrates a violent anal attack .
2 The upper wing was as bare of fabric as a garden gate .
3 ‘ Well , ’ said Liese , who was now engaged to a nice young architect called Leonard , and who was proud and plump and stuffed as full of delight as a feather cushion — over-stuffed , Brenda remarked ‘ I suppose it 's better to believe in something than nothing .
4 and as full of suspense as a wasp .
5 Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know .
6 Sea animals take full advantage of the efficient passage of sound through water , and the ocean is as full of sound as a woodland in spring .
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