Example sentences of "as [adj] [subord] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His breath smelt as rich as a wine press . |
| 2 | ‘ For as little as a copper coin , I will utter a howl guaranteed to wake the dead . ’ |
| 3 | As inviting as a mountain pond faithfully reflecting the message of the sky . ’ |
| 4 | When the morning walk has been a hot , hard climb and all breathing has been in gasps , you can arrive at lunchtime with a mouth as dry as a salt mine . |
| 5 | You have an open face , Nick , and you smile too easily , and you 're much too honest , and you really ca n't resist helping people ; and frankly , you 're about as subtle as a Mack truck . |
| 6 | Sharpe angled away from the river , guiding the horse beside a field of rye which had grown as tall as a man.The field path led uphill , then , after picking a delicate path through a tangled copse where tree roots gave treacherous footing for the horse , Sharpe slid down an earthen bank on to a rutted road where he was shadowed and hidden from the Dragoons by the trees that arched overhead . |
| 7 | as tall as a palm tree and perfectly black [ with ] one eye which flamed like a burning coal in the middle of his forehead . |
| 8 | Bodo stood up , as solid as a brick wall . |
| 9 | There seemed no real stamp of his personality anywhere , and it was very nearly as impersonal as a hotel room . |
| 10 | IT is one of the quieter moments in a campaign as raucous as a New York gridlock . |
| 11 | I used many of the ship 's ropes too , and in the end my fence was as strong as a stone wall . |
| 12 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 13 | This obviously makes explicit what is generally true of performance indicators : that they are not usually generated from a systematic record ( and when they are , the system is not as reliable as a bookkeeping system can be ) . |
| 14 | I 've suggested the same myself but , compared to Bob Fitzsimmons , big Lennox is as British as a bacon sandwich . |
| 15 | Mondano was as deserted as a ghost town , wrapped in the silence of its siesta . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're as transparent as a plastic bag , ’ said Cassie , laughing at her . |
| 17 | Drifts as high as a house Jamie said . ’ |
| 18 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 19 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 20 | It 's pretty unlikely that this session will ever see the light of day on Strange Fruit , as the label 's last Wah release ‘ The Mighty Wah ’ proved about as popular as a motorway scheme through Kew Gardens . |
| 21 | The Bingo of the housewife or pensioner certainly has its social value but if the relation-ship is addictive even this can become just as consuming as a Poker school or greyhound race . |
| 22 | Mum , dad and the three children were sitting round the fire , cracking nuts and watching TV and the atmosphere inside was as clear as a spring dawn — not a puff of smoke to be seen . |
| 23 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 24 | ‘ That water … as exciting as a sludge pit in a sewage works . ’ |
| 25 | The dark clouds had become more compact and although it was still only late morning , it was as dark as a gathering twilight . |
| 26 | His sports paper having mysteriously disappeared , the Duty Officer scratched furiously at a vast form , a flush , as ominous as a gathering storm began to show on Frau Nordern 's neck , and then the door of the office opened , the Sergeant came out , and behind him a stocky man in plain clothes , smoking a cigar , and blinking through bloodshot eyes , waved Frau Nordern forward . |
| 27 | Yields on well-let properties , even in the glutted City of London office market , have fallen by as much as a percentage point over the past six months . |
| 28 | Grouping children was an organizational device as much as a teaching approach , a way of maximizing the opportunities for productive teacher-child interaction as well as a means of encouraging cooperation among the children and flexibility in curriculum . |
| 29 | Not bad for a car which weighs as much as a Range Rover . |
| 30 | And also , bear in mind that , we can argue this is divisional problems as much as a headquarters C A problem those members of staff are owned by division . |