Example sentences of "[adv] as high as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | To this could be added the possibility of building the towers only as high as the wall itself , thus enabling the cannon used for defence to be moved along its length ( now on one level ) to whichever part it was most needed . |
2 | Well that 's , it was n't a obviously as high as the flood twenty seven years ago . |
3 | Jekub 's back wheels were nearly as high as a human . |
4 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
5 | They had the malt-sacks in there already , he saw , and heaps of oars , nearly as high as the tapestry . |
6 | Thus the Newsom Report , which examined secondary schooling for children of average or less than average ability , concluded that the proportion of schools in slum areas which were seriously inadequate was twice as high as the proportion of all schools in the sample . |
7 | The incidence of severe acute renal failure in the community is at least twice as high as the incidence reported from renal unit based studies . |
8 | Beyond , surrounding a thicket of rushes , stood an enclosure of posts and rails half as high as a man . |