Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shopping has to be worked around prayer times as all the shops close , and men and women must n't mix unless they are married . |
| 2 | In fact , the 16 million babies born each year in the rich world will have four times as great an impact on the world 's resources as the 109 million born in the poor world . |
| 3 | In the hope of saving 100 lives a year , the law now compels the wearing of seat belts in the back of cars : smoking kills three times as many every day . |
| 4 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 5 | for the moment , however , the pattern of drug abuse in Britain remains as varied as ever — with home-produced drugs such as amphetamines as serious a problem as those that hit the headlines . |