Example sentences of "as [adj] as [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And descending from the dizzy heights of Labour 's megalithic conference platform , he was as caustic as ever of the slick political selling job it symbolised . |
| 2 | Social class inequalities , however , remain as strong as ever despite the enormous growth in education provision and expenditure . |
| 3 | Officials in London and Washington have insisted the relationship is as strong as ever despite the transmission last night of a TV programme highlighting the help given to George Bush 's presidential campaign by Tory Party workers . |
| 4 | " With the ability to adapt itself to the changing requirements of the times , the school still lives , and its reputation stands as high as ever among the inhabitants of Stockport and the surrounding districts , and in educational circles beyond the extended parish of Stockport . " |
| 5 | Ryan Giggs has achieved nearly as much as Best at the same age . |
| 6 | That can not be compromised in any way so I shall still be as hard as ever in the ring . ’ |
| 7 | It claims that it is as unhappy as ever with the reforms : the NHS is still short of cash and the reforms are much too bureaucratic . |
| 8 | Souness , 39 , is training with his first-team squad every day and has warned them he will be as demonstrative as ever in the dug-out . |
| 9 | The structural complexity here is as great as anywhere in the world , with the surface features forming the end point of a series of chemical and physical transformations and movements of the rocks at depth under the influences of high pressures and moderate temperatures . |
| 10 | In the Tver guberniia conditions in 1926 were as good as anywhere outside a few industrial regions . |
| 11 | The soil in this area was as good as anywhere on the island and was noted for potatoes . |
| 12 | He knelt as erect as ever at the table . |
| 13 | If attitudes to the content of the diabetic diet have changed radically , the importance of the regularity of meals and snacks is as important as ever for the patient on intermittent injections of insulin . |
| 14 | The borough 's numerous municipal housing estates and legacy of dockland neighbourhoods house people suffering from levels of deprivation and unemployment as severe as anywhere in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | Harriet asked silently and was as far as ever from an answer . |
| 16 | Forty years ago , the forests along the eastern fringe of the Andes were as inaccessible as anywhere in the world ; but it is there that is found wild cocoa with the greatest genetic diversity . |
| 17 | As thin as ever without an ounce of excess fat , he had the long face and gaunt look of the true desert Arab . |
| 18 | Election Comment : Albany at Large : Royal and ancient PRINCESS Margaret 's eyes and tongue proved as sharp as ever at the preview of the Sovereign Exhibition at the V & A last week . |
| 19 | It is curious that such a close relative of the hibernating hedgehog , the mole — which also feeds on earthworms and insects — remains as active as ever during the winter . |
| 20 | The solid bulk of the nation was as dedicated as ever to the war , phlegmatic and unquestioning , turning a closed mind and a deaf ear to the tales men brought back from Verdun , in much the same way as when , to the succeeding generation , rumours began to filter out from the concentration camps . |
| 21 | She spoke about the conditions faced by ordinary people in the Philippines where she says conditions are as bad as anywhere in the the Third World . |