Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just as unbelievable that the Ministry of Defence apparently does not know what happened to them afterwards , what careers they followed . |
| 2 | Gambon relishes the Mafia boss routine and the scene where he gives Luciano his famous scar is somewhat offputting — but not as stomach-turning as the sight of a mad dog rival of Lucky 's biting off a hoodlum 's nose , then cutting out another 's tongue . |
| 3 | PENNED-IN by steel barriers between a noisy crowd of gay liberationists and the lonely emissary of the oppressed African Dinkas , few of the street-corner causes besieging this week 's conference seem as hopeless as the campaign for Labour to organise in Ulster . |
| 4 | Despite its boulevards in the north , the city was never as monotonous as the centre of Paris after Baron Haussmann had really got down to work on it in the 1860s . |
| 5 | The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her . |
| 6 | And what makes me admit that I 'm as hapless as the biography to the left suggests ? |
| 7 | Abstracts are intended to be as concise as the nature of a particular topic being dealt with allows and not to be detailed rule-books dealing with every conceivable circumstance . ’ |
| 8 | They are not as professional as the force in Paris or London . |
| 9 | What good is a mason whose arm — mark this ! — whose arm is shrivelled to nothing — as thin as a chicken 's neck it was — as weak as the dribble from a baby 's chin . |
| 10 | It is as shameful as the use of drugs in sport . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's as upset as the rest of us , naturally . ’ |
| 12 | If it sticks — a big if , considering the Israeli government 's one-vote majority and Arafat 's internal power struggle — the prospect of peace in the Middle East is as momentous as the collapse of Soviet Communism . |
| 13 | The longed-for mistress of his heart was in his arms at last , soft and apparently willing , and if her lovemaking was as fiery as the rest of her , what delights might he not taste ? |
| 14 | It is always advisable to choose names which are as descriptive as the number of characters will allow , avoiding the ever popular INPUT , OUTPUT and TEST . |
| 15 | It should be as descriptive as the number of characters used will allow . |
| 16 | A revolution in information technology is taking place which will have effects on society , certainly as far-reaching as the impact of the industrial revolution , and we must be prepared for the changes . |
| 17 | Occasionally a heavy drop would fall through and land with a splat as hollow as the sound of condensation dripping in an empty cave . |
| 18 | He tells me that I sound strange , just a little strange , as strange as the time of night . |
| 19 | Ace had been amazed that Dubois had shown virtually no reaction to the TARDIS , beyond a comment that it was ‘ almost as strange as the domain of the zombi astral . ’ |
| 20 | He 's as odd as the rest of them really . |
| 21 | We can hardly tell the Finance and Executive Committee that the British are unreliable at the vehicle plants , but as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar when it comes to components . ’ |
| 22 | As some of the various meetings , especially the progress meetings , are likely to be attended by all parties it is necessary to arrange for the booking of boardrooms and associated facilities as early as possible as the availability of rooms of sufficient size will be restricted . |
| 23 | She looked as Spanish as the building with her quick smile and very red lips . |
| 24 | My method now is to take the tension setting down as low as the thickness of the yarn will allow , knit a couple of rows , then increase to the loose tension . |
| 25 | The closeness was as strong as the pull of their own lives ; they lost the pain of individuality within its protection . |
| 26 | Her heart felt as empty as the cage in her hands . |
| 27 | Henry sent envoy after envoy to Richard in the hope of calling him back to his side , but not even when he used an ambassador as distinguished as the Archbishop of Canterbury was his son to be persuaded . |
| 28 | The storage of cleaning products is every bit as demanding as the storage of food and in some cases more so as considerable danger can arise if conditions are not satisfactory . |
| 29 | Mr. Dear painted a picture of a poorly funded , undermanned force under great pressure , and a chief constable with his hands tied behind his back by council rules and bureaucracy such that decisions on spending even minute amounts have to be referred to a committee , including items as minute as the installation of a telephone line . |
| 30 | But Arthur 's success remains as elusive as the court of the Faerie Queene . |