Example sentences of "but as [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different constituents will move through the system at different rates and one time-step in the simulation could represent a day for mobile salts but as much as a millennium for a relatively immobile element such as aluminium . |
| 2 | The haul up from there to the top of the highest bank was several hundred feet of deep heather , pollen-dusty and honey-scented , but as friendly as a hedgehog for a flea . |
| 3 | His voice quiet but as winding as a blow in the solar plexus , he invited , ‘ Tell me more about your mother , Luce . ’ |
| 4 | He was at least 6 foot 3 inches tall and massively built ; not muscular , like the skinhead , but as heavy as an elephant . |
| 5 | Tuberculosis as a child had kept Billy out of the war , but he was now a fit twenty-six year old , as tall as Yanto , but as thin as a rake . |