Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tax is about as popular as a trip to the dentist or a dose of malaria . |
| 2 | And on a cold , blustery night in Dublin his brand of delta blues with enough wah-wah to set the pulse a quiver , was as welcome as a soupkitchen to the indigent . |
| 3 | The liquid picture is pierced by petrified trees and paddling between the towering , upturned roots and the column-like trunks is as haunting as a visit to a sunken city . |
| 4 | To the insensitive , theological talk seems as redundant as a prescription to a man who thinks he is well or a recipe to a man who is overfed or another cheque to a billionaire . |
| 5 | ‘ A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man ’ the saying goes — and so it may be , for the man can see neither . |
| 6 | A woman should be just as committed as a man to the construction of justice and love . |
| 7 | But it would also be just as probable as a jump to any other biomorph in the land . |
| 8 | He lay as close as a sheet to a blanket ; and he smelt of decay , but that no longer mattered . |
| 9 | The Volkswagen Passat was about as glamorous as a visit to the supermarket , which was what it was principally used for . |