Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women are n't encouraged to be as confident in themselves or as single-minded the way men are . |
| 2 | But you do n't have to be as colourful a performer or as vivid a personality as these two to make an interesting subject . |
| 3 | The relegating acolyte does not realise that after a certain date nearly every book is as good or as bad a case as another . |
| 4 | He was not as good a poet , nor as good a clerk as Hoccleve , and was discharged from his job as unfit for office on 8 March 1667 . |
| 5 | The principle of specific entry as applied in Sears ' recommends that as specific a heading as is available in the list should be assigned . |
| 6 | ‘ He thought that as good a case could be made for our efforts in Korea — and probably a better one — as almost anything we had done in the foreign field . ’ |
| 7 | I mean , are we to see that as symbolic the setting fire to Rochester 's bed ? |
| 8 | My own burden in writing this book is that as wide a circle of believers as possible consider biblical and practical principles for church planting that will enable us to promote and plan for growth more effectively . |
| 9 | So , for accountants and those that can receive plenty of training and can get to grips with the program , it is very powerful and as complete a set of tools as you 'll see . |
| 10 | It is as simple and as revolutionary a milestone in human culture as the invention of the wheel . |
| 11 | The resurgence of ‘ fashion ’ as a topic high on the agenda , the preoccupation with food and clothing as matters of status and importance , provides as big and as successful a distraction now as it ever did . |
| 12 | ‘ I am confident that , in due course , self-governing schools will become as accepted , as successful and as beneficial a part of the Scottish education system as school boards have become . ’ |
| 13 | When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible . |
| 14 | How many more years shall we have to wait before we have as up and running and as efficient a marketing system for British products as they have in France , Holland and Denmark ? |
| 15 | Just as delectable is the light , slick and superbly swift gearchange , an almost sublimely progressive clutch action and as taut a driveline as you 'll encounter ; driving the 325i in traffic could hardly be easier . |
| 16 | Wide reading , and as great an experience as possible of the best imaginative literature , are essential to the full development of an ear for language , and to a full knowledge of the range of possible patterns of thought and feeling made accessible by the power and range of language . |
| 17 | He undergoes a complete change of heart and character after a series of ghostly visitations in a dream and ends up ‘ as good a friend , as good a master , and as good a man , as the good old city knew ’ . |
| 18 | It is a musical play , and has been adapted from the satirical novel of 1905 by Heinrich Mann — brother of Thomas Mann , and as fine a writer . |
| 19 | The lord of Glyndyfrdwy had been as well-tutored in arms as in law , and as apt a pupil ; he had , moreover , all the experience that Edmund lacked . |
| 20 | Also about as close and as meaningful a human contact as one could dream of . |
| 21 | Out here is dark and lonely , and as convenient a place as they could wish for to stick a knife in and leave me cold . |
| 22 | Why Michael Atherton was not immediately drafted in when the experience of Gooch was lost before the start , with Stewart being told to keep wicket as originally planned , remains one of the mysteries of the tour — and as crass a selection error as leaving out Phil Tufnell from the first Test at Calcutta . |
| 23 | by no means the perfect pub , but as good a place as any to spend an evening in a town which I always thought would make an ideal site for a nuclear test . |