Example sentences of "something as [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I mean I was just finding myself expressing the views that er given the dramatic change in the composition of the County Council since the election , I would have thought something as major as the East Grinstead by-pass would need to be considered by the new council anyway and er I think it would be perhaps er assuming too much er to believe that the present council would follow the line of the previous council that 's only er a personal expression . |
| 2 | A kestrel 's prey might be something as small as a beetle , and as they tend to hover twenty or thirty feet above the ground , their eyesight and the accuracy of their dive are both awe-inspiring . |
| 3 | Research shows that something as simple as a bowl of cornflakes can improve moods dramatically , one researcher saying that the dose of carbohydrate acted on women like a tranquilliser . |
| 4 | Take something as simple as a backdrop . |
| 5 | We would like you to join us for dinner , meet our friends , enjoy a glass of wine or two over something as simple as a plate of pasta , or as extravagant as a six course meal . |
| 6 | Something as simple as a mug can turn a handful of pansies into a vivid display . |
| 7 | But of course any God capable of intelligently designing something as complex as the DNA/protein replicating machine must have been at least as complex and organized as that machine itself . |
| 8 | ‘ Something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes , ’ the Prince told an interviewer in 1982 , in a remark which gives some clue to the task he set himself . |
| 9 | The current Prince of Wales has been quoted as saying that ‘ something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes … after all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it ’ ( quoted in Rose , 1985 : 75 ) . |
| 10 | Something as tall as a steeple , in a trailing black dress , fair hair cascading ; a face turned , looking down at Ruth , with long mocking green eyes that glimmered like the sea . |
| 11 | One of the perplexities about the interpretation of quantum mechanics is what , if any , meaning it attaches to the reality of something as protean as an electron . |
| 12 | His deftness with something as prosaic as a cotton bud and bottle of adrenalin might not be everybody 's idea of art , but is certainly artful . |
| 13 | No one amends lightly something as vital as a blueprint . |
| 14 | Severe degradation and melting of the reactor 's core was regarded as something that was virtually impossible given that the plant was designed to cope with something as extreme as a guillotine break in a main coolant pipe . |
| 15 | With something as desirable as the Bölkow 207 , I did n't need a second offer , and on a thunderstorm-laden day ‘ TE turned finals onto Bourn 's Runway 19 to rendezvous with an eager air-tester and an equally impatient photographer . |
| 16 | How much faith can we have in a possible Chancellor who does not have any independent view on something as important as the PSBR . |
| 17 | In the poem you are about to hear , the famous poet , William Wordsworth tells us that the day we lose the ability to marvel at something as wonderful as a rainbow , we lose something very important . |
| 18 | He must have reckoned that having a back-up trade was always a handy thing when you 're going into something as risky as the music business . |
| 19 | Indeed , I now find it puzzling why , after all this time , evolution only produced something as dismal as a human . |
| 20 | A first flight in something as eccentric as a microlight will leave an impression that is indelible however hard you may try to forget it . |
| 21 | I mean something as basic as the family tree yeah |
| 22 | At last I hit on something as obvious as the bash with the heavy candlestick and decided that the murderer would use the weapon the wrong way up , that is , in a highly imperfect manner . |
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| 24 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |