Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My life with him was short , ’ his wife said , ‘ but clear and bright as a crystal . ’ |
| 2 | The sky became as clear and grey as a mountain rock-pool . |
| 3 | Varying the textures within this sort of monochromatic colour scheme can be just as interesting and lively as a scheme full of more obvious contrasts . |
| 4 | His reply was as light and harmless as a butterfly . |
| 5 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 6 | He is most relaxed when he is in the converted barn in Devon that is now his painting studio ; it is stone-floored and filled with light and quiet as a church . |
| 7 | Johnny 's ring … old and valuable and a family heirloom . |
| 8 | Adolescents are going to be embarrassed and ashamed if a teacher suggests that their dialect , which is part of their identity , must be radically changed . |
| 9 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 10 | Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree . |
| 11 | Her face was set and nervous and white as a clown 's with powder , except for her lips which were bright orange . |
| 12 | She felt as if she were suspended over a chasm between a past that was dark and terrifying and a future that inexorably beckoned . |
| 13 | The Anarkali was dark and quiet and a lot of the light was coming from the candle between us . |
| 14 | If all these gorgeous chaps are going to rally to the standard when we stick it in the salt pot , then I , for one , am going to be as fragrant and petal-soft as a lady in a soap commercial . |
| 15 | As frail and pitiful as a moth in spring . |
| 16 | The essence of showmanship had become the capacity to build up from one 's regular audience , to bring in whole families , to attract women and children , to win over religious families who were normally against organized entertainment , to convince trade unionists and the politically active that a moment 's respite was harmless enough , and to convince the respectable and well-to-do that a visit to the movies was not a disgraceful act . |
| 17 | Just as it seems strange and unnecessary that the law should have to choose between duress as a complete defence to murder , and duress as no defence at all , so it seems strange and unnecessary that a killing which narrowly fails to come within the requirements of self-defence or other justifiable force should then be classified as murder . |
| 18 | It was as tall and cold as a glacier rolling down a valley , crunching trees like matchsticks . |
| 19 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |
| 20 | To watch the ceaseless spinning for too long made you feel sick and dizzy and a bit out of step with everything else . |
| 21 | What is important , however , is that the bias should be conscious and deliberate and a matter of corporate policy . |
| 22 | He becomes as soft and nervous as a cow ( 1867 ) ; he feels as worn out as a donkey ( 1867 ) ; yet still he splashes in the Seine like a porpoise ( 1870 ) . |
| 23 | They looked so filthy and disreputable that a woman walking her dog stopped to stare at them as they straggled wearily across the wide , almost deserted beach . |
| 24 | ‘ It began as a sort of rest-station and leave resort , as seasonal and artificial as a seaside fun-fair . |
| 25 | Her eyes , no longer hidden behind glasses , looked large and blue as a summer sky . |
| 26 | Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority . |
| 27 | So Peter Yeo had to look reassuring and solid and a bit older , while Timothy Hutton could probably have come to work in striped organza without losing a single client . |
| 28 | Despite the homely sounds , the place felt as cold and dank as a tomb . |
| 29 | Simply by sitting there , he rendered the dining-room as cold and cheerless as a room in a commercial traveller 's guesthouse . |
| 30 | It was as lifeless and rigid as a piece of sculpture ; dispelling the illusion of flight . |