Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] a [noun sg] as [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jakobson 's essay thus constitutes as strong a claim as can possibly be made for the relevance of linguistics to literary study . |
| 2 | It was as conspicuous a warren as could well be imagined . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , a bibliography such as BNB is as comprehensive a listing as can be found , and is therefore used by many librarians as a base selection tool , to ensure that all new publications are at least considered for selection . |
| 4 | Indeed , tourism has been one of the crucial components in the west 's construction of the east , and a passage from Thomas Cook 's brochure for tours of Egypt and Palestine in 1925 encapsulates the Orientalist attitude : ‘ Native life and manners as seen from the steamer are as quaint a study as can well be imagined . |
| 5 | The seventh edition , in 1759 ‘ revised and altered according to the latest system of Botany ’ , included many new plants from overseas and , as Miller emphasised in the Preface , their descriptions had not been copied from books , but taken from nature : ‘ the far greater number are from growing plants which the author has under his care , and the others are from dried samples which are well preserved ; of which he has , perhaps , as large a collection as can be found in the possession of any private person . ’ |
| 6 | After 1980 the bureau — which most people believe does as good a job as can be expected — had 52 suits filed against it . |
| 7 | Downing Street is a sure stepping-stone to becoming head of a department but the price that has to be paid is as exacting a life-style as can be found in Whitehall . |