Example sentences of "as [adj] as [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again he saw the thing divide and grow and change , like the ever-evolving pattern in a kaleidoscope , but this thing was real , alive as alive as only a thing whose sole purpose was to kill could be . |
| 2 | Somehow , you can sing ‘ Goodbye ’ till the cows come home , and it comes up as fresh as ever every time . |
| 3 | But as much as Pauly the character reflects LA youth 's sun-dried degeneracy , the man himself is a driven individual . |
| 4 | The challenges facing nurses in the 1990s are likely to be as great as any the profession has ever faced . |
| 5 | Now the quality obviously is not as good as either the flat or fully-fashioned and that 's why the Americans have a reputation for not but that 's the reason , productivity . |
| 6 | ‘ When we came to leave the Lamb that afternoon , Mr Barnett , we were all in similar states of intoxication , but Jack had become as maudlin as only an Irishman in liquor can . |
| 7 | According to Ockleton , he had become ‘ as maudlin as only an Irishman in liquor can . ’ |
| 8 | Target Date can be a specific date or as general as just the month or year in which you hope that goal will be achieved . |
| 9 | Mr Wood has learned enough over the years about badgers to be able to get in as close as just a foot or two . |