Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 There were birds singing , though not yet many , and apart from the boys ' voices the quiet was as old and deep as the land .
2 Hence , class conflict is viewed as inevitable and indeed as the only major source of conflict in capitalist society .
3 No bread was eatable , for it was as cold and hard as a stone . ’
4 The chance that a random conglomeration of whale cells would swim , let alone swim as fast and efficiently as a whale actually does swim , is negligible .
5 The young man stood as stiff and straight as the church columns around him .
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