Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to me that the stench of Billingsley 's cigar smoke clung to the boat like the sulphurous reek of the pit , and with it lingered the realisation that I had been twisted into dishonesty as easily as a length of rope could be coiled into hanks . |
| 2 | He held my wrists in one hand as easily as a bunch of flowers and I was pinned beneath his bulk . |
| 3 | She had been completely open about testing the waters as far as a change of job was concerned . |
| 4 | Y'know , we 've been dead and buried as far as a lot of people are concerned , but this album will put us back up there . |
| 5 | As far as a lot of flying schools are concerned , the 1:250000 ‘ quarter mill ’ map is out of fashion , an attitude sadly supported by the CAA 's own video , VFR Navigation . |
| 6 | And she sought , faintly , for compromise , for some way of life that would enable her to see her mother as often as a sense of duty obliged . |
| 7 | One friend , who has a job as well as a family of five , has her widowed mother living round one corner and her mother-in-law round the other . |
| 8 | I 'm about as hard as a tub of lard , tho some people are fooled by my fascist green bomber jacket … |
| 9 | That vast tracts can be bought and sold as casually as a loaf of bread is immoral . |
| 10 | ‘ If Pinder is to be believed , it was missing at twelve-thirty , ’ said Sergeant Bird , taking a seat as quietly as a man of his bulk could manage . |