Example sentences of "as [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 By that time — possibly as little as a year and a half after Jesus 's death — they must already have been widespread and numerous , because Paul , acting on behalf of the established Sadducee priesthood and armed with warrants from the High Priest , undertakes to hunt them out as far away as Damascus .
2 From the ‘ mini ’ , weighing as little as an amoeba or only one hundred-millionth of a kilogram ( unc kg ) to the ‘ supermassive ’ with a mass one thousand million times that of the Sun , they have been invoked to account for a wide range of cosmic phenomena .
3 Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light .
4 T. Rex was a terrible-looking carnivore , some 15 metres long and 5 metres high , as tall as a giraffe and weighing over 8 tons fully grown .
5 But I really like the bass ; it feels as solid as a rock and represents a more worthwhile investment for not a lot more money .
6 As solid as a rock and a very tough competitor , Clohessy would have been a perfect choice , particularly after going through the pre-Tour fitness regime .
7 A virus is as impersonal as a bullet or a shell .
8 She was wearing jeans but her top was a rather tight yellow T-shirt and she felt as gauche as a schoolgirl and very vulnerable .
9 This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) .
10 George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day .
11 Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) .
12 The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact .
13 ‘ A horse and a cart that stands as high as a house and cost the best part of thirty pounds and you lost them both ? ’
14 I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’
15 The sweater was as light as a puff and as smooth as a bird to touch .
16 And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger .
17 As slim as a reed and as shy as a bird with the eyes of a gazelle , were all the aspects of beauty once described to me by the Youngest Son as most desirable in a woman .
18 During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy .
19 It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden .
20 When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thunder-cloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon .
21 ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community .
22 His back was also as straight as a ramrod and his highly polished black gaiters had flashed in the sun .
23 One solution is to set the glass back as much as a foot and to use thick , matured timber mullions to break up the surface .
24 They were very rarely disturbed , at least by foreigners , since to hire a donkey cost a foreigner as much as a cab and pair of horses .
25 Paul Guillaume considered Modi a poet as much as a painter and remembered two improvised rhymes :
26 We do n't see it as much as a business or a pressure like he does .
27 His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick .
28 It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time .
29 Francesca was as pretty as a picture and apparently glowing with health .
30 The cook came up the side as quick as a monkey and saw what we were doing .
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