Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every isolated basin of the plateau the life led by the common people day after day was as monotonous as the climate and the landscape ; and everything that deviated from the ordinary , everything strange or unforeseen , was regarded as supernatural . |
| 2 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
| 3 | ‘ And the Guinea Coast afore that ? ’ she prompted , hoping for tales about unknown Africa that seemed to her as strange as the moon and as far away . |
| 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 | He was nearly as tall as the ceiling and hardly had to reach . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A virus is as impersonal as a bullet or a shell . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Public transport is as elusive as the wildlife and not recommended , besides which the USA is geared to the motorist above all others . |
| 15 | This Katherine instead reminded her a little of those refugee children she had housed during the war , ever polite , ever ready to comply , but as old as the world and never altogether of it . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’ |
| 18 | The sweater was as light as a puff and as smooth as a bird to touch . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He saw the state not merely as a division but as a combination of labour , an economic community or union every bit as real as the household or firm , and far more powerful . |
| 24 | The Libyan quarrel was referred to Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria , a very well-educated man , who sided with those theologians who stressed the distinctness of Father and Son ; they should not be said to be of one being but to be as distinct as the husbandman and the vine . |
| 25 | Once , he thought , there had been someone who had mattered all too much , but by the grace of God and Llewelyn she was safe out of his reach now , calm in her sanctuary above Aber ; a refuge as sacrosanct as the grave and almost as narrow . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 28 | His back was also as straight as a ramrod and his highly polished black gaiters had flashed in the sun . |
| 29 | The Beeching proposals for the railways ( figure 6.2 ) can be compared with the 1982–83 rail network ( figure 6.3 ) although , as with bus services , the network itself may not be as crucial as the frequency and cost of train journeys . |
| 30 | In one version it is the highly particularized action of networks of people in the network of streets that is Dublin on one day and another , suggested to us as early as the title and continued through innumerable associations and hints , it is a vast and teeming world through which and erratic journeying is taking its course in space and time , inner and outer . |