Example sentences of "[det] [adv] [adj] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this stage the universe was a warm ball of gas , about half as hot as the surface of the sun . |
| 2 | These figures range from Azam Khan , ‘ one of the chief nobles of the Empire ’ whose principal claim to fame is his vast harem and his insatiable appetites ( ‘ a pederast , he is also fond of beautiful girls … whenever he is informed of the availability of a lad or a fine wench he endeavours to be the buyer ’ ) ; through Taqi , ‘ one of the famous eunuchs and the ringleader of the conjurors of Hindustan ’ ( ‘ his house is the abode of delicate beauties , some as fair as the dawn while others are as dark as volatile passion ’ ) ; to great musicians such as the blind drummer Shah Nawaz who played his own stomach as if it was a tabla drum ; or the disgusting Surkhi , a glutton who ‘ snored and expectorated loudly ’ but whose horrible habits were overlooked by his hosts because of the unique beauty of his voice ( ‘ as melodious as a nightingale ’ ) , his brilliant mimicry and his ready wit . |
| 3 | Very occasionally , flower-like impressions were detected on them , some the size of a buttercup , some as big as a rose . |
| 4 | The ground was broken by rifts and pits of naked , black peat , where water lay and sharp , white stones , some as big as a pigeon 's , some as a rabbit 's skull , glimmered in the moonlight . |
| 5 | Leaving the town on the south side is the Devil 's Staircase , a military road constructed at the time of the Jacobite rebellion , and not at all as fearsome as the name implies . |
| 6 | Provided they were n't all as gruesome as the Emissary . |
| 7 | First my father 's plans for my marrying a French princess , precluded my offering you anything more than a clandestine attachment — and now , with the future so uncertain , I fear that clandestine attachment and French princess are each as remote as the other . |
| 8 | Gold bracelets , each as thick as a child 's wrist , if their hair was blonde ; amber , ebony , ivory , white gold , amethysts … |
| 9 | She opened her eyes and froze with horror and disbelief at the sight of a vast creature staring down at her with green eyes each as big as a lilypond . |
| 10 | These results are examples of Sylvester 's law of degeneracy ( see Theorem XII of 1.22 ) , viz. the degeneracy of the product of two matrices is at least as great as the degeneracy of either factor , and at most as great as the sum of the degeneracies of the factors . |
| 11 | Theorem XII — Sylvester 's Law of Degeneracy : the degeneracy of the product of two square matrices is at least as great as the degeneracy of either factor , and at most as great as the sum of the degeneracies of the factors , or the order of the matrices , whichever is less . |