Example sentences of "as [adj] [noun pl] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew instantly that he was thinking of the Father of Lies — for the Prince of Darkness has as many titles as the Prince of Wales — and she went pink . |
| 2 | ‘ I know what I hope you would mean , Miss Belle ; but Miss Rene 's right , I have about as many curves as a lamp-post . ’ |
| 3 | The Crown Prince had achieved what he set out to do in March ; though his small auxiliary clearing action had taken him nearly three months and cost at least as many lives as the whole of the rest of the fighting to date . |
| 4 | But for the Magistrate one way presented as many difficulties as the other . |
| 5 | I may have been wrong proportionately as many times as the result of an amniocentesis turns out to have been wrong : that is , being wrong in both cases amounts to a hypothetical possibility , but is not normal . |
| 6 | In structuralist theory the language of criticism ends up posing as many problems as the language of literature . |
| 7 | With shops seemingly prepared to snap up as many puppets as the company can make , these Thunderbirds really ARE go . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm wearing as many skins as an onion and I 'm still freezing , ’ Anne told Sarah . |
| 9 | The Ring does not boast as many members as the Society by maybe that is not so important for them as they are not in receipt of grant aid . |
| 10 | This matrix may have as many elements as the size of the computer will allow and , once set up , the solution of the matrix equation subject to the imposed boundary conditions may be found by standard numerical procedures . |
| 11 | If it is the practice to add standard drawing blanks to each part file this again can use on average as many entities as the model . |
| 12 | In a typical doctor-patient exchange , a doctor will make on average six times as many interruptions as the patient . |
| 13 | It is possible to attend this course from a minimum of one week to as many weeks as the student wishes . |
| 14 | Knit the ribs in a matching ( or contrasting ) colour in four ply yarn on twice as many needles as the mohair requires , on your standard gauge machine . |
| 15 | In the course of a year it meets on about half as many days as the House of Commons and never on more than three days in a week . |
| 16 | He had as many facets as a diamond , and was just as hard . |
| 17 | The upshot is that area remains undeniably fragile as two clearances off the line , a fortuitous break off the bar and an own goal in this game would suggest that the manner in which Falkirk salvaged the point at Pittodrie suggests they are confident of scoring at least as many goals as the opposition during a match . |
| 18 | This is why pre-retirement planning is sometimes known as ‘ mid-life planning ’ — an appropriate term in view of the fact that present-day retirement can span almost as many years as a working career . |
| 19 | The centre was occupied by a huge stone slab with twice as many sides as a square . |
| 20 | Across on South Stack , the difficult overhanging wall of Rosebud sports about as many jugs as a pool ball , and continues to join Primate near the step around the arête . |
| 21 | and from 1918 they had a parliamentary majority of their own , with three times as many seats as the rest of the coalition , but they never held as many as half of the government posts . |