Example sentences of "[adv] as [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed totally relaxed , but Polly was suddenly as nervous as a kitten . |
| 2 | Ronni squeaked a puny protest , her body suddenly as stiff as a rod of iron , as Guido 's hand closed around her wrist . |
| 3 | Oxford Crown court heard that the 4 year old girl who weighed only as much as a toddler half her age was found covered in bruises and under nourished . |
| 4 | The AP1-88 is only as noisy as a major road at a distance of 100 m to 200 m , and at I km is no noisier than a quiet residential area . |
| 5 | The back avenue was a secondary way from the house , only as wide as a street , it ran between a shrubbery and a park-like field until it reached the farmyard wall . |
| 6 | A path cut precariously into the valley side , sometimes only as wide as an animal 's body , sometimes passing through the cliff itself . |
| 7 | Telemine is only as large as a conventional torpedo — of which two British versions were sufficient to sink the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano with the loss of more than 300 lives during the Falklands war last summer . |
| 8 | Some were only as big as a chicken , while others grew to a length of about 5 metres . |
| 9 | And , to descend to crude practicalities , you are going to get very much less money for what you have done , though it is only fair to add that if you are lucky and clever enough to create a story that catches editors ' fancies then it can be anthologised time and again and in the end bring in perhaps as much as a full-length book that has failed to get wide paperback sales . |
| 10 | On orders from the White House , perhaps as many as a million federal government emloyees are now subject to testing . |
| 11 | On some days ( not enjoyed by any of us ) perhaps as many as a quarter of our cases will be requests for euthanasia . |
| 12 | In Cumbria , said Redfern , the ‘ height increment [ growth ] does appear to have fallen off markedly since about 1975/6 … down as much as a quarter in recent years . ’ |
| 13 | She eased down his pants to his ankles , and she saw that his cock was already as stiff as a poker . |
| 14 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
| 15 | It was not that Grom was especially tall , certainly not as tall as an Orc , but he was enormously and infamously fat . |
| 16 | If you use 110 spring pads , the RR rear axle will fit ( it 's not as strong as a 110 ) and you will need to have a propshaft made up . |
| 17 | If you need to do the cleaning quickly use an absorbent powder ; it is not as effective as a wet shampoo and you must follow the manufacturer 's instructions carefully . |
| 18 | They 're not as warm as a sweatshirt . |
| 19 | Berghaus has a very comfortable jacket called the Chinook ( £140 ) , which has an inner lining of Windstopper , but it is not as warm as an equivalent one with a windproof outer . |
| 20 | Most missiles with pretensions to cleverness are brighter than a laser-guided bomb , but not as clever as a Tomahawk . |
| 21 | While not as watertight as a Section 50 agreement , planning conditions have been used elsewhere to control phasing . |
| 22 | ‘ Aye , monk , very rare , but not as rare as a holy priest . ’ |
| 23 | Not as much as a secondhand Union Jack left . ’ |
| 24 | Intimidating , but not as much as a first meeting with the famous former amateur captain , Brian Sellars , who gave a severe look and a scornful : ‘ Na'then , you little Welsh bastard . ’ |
| 25 | Not as much as a normal or coffee . |
| 26 | But I think you have to say the club 's just not as much as an event as it used to be . |
| 27 | So the wireless is not as good as a lead for that sound . ’ |
| 28 | ( Not as good as a giggle , but at least it 's relieved his embarrassment . ) |
| 29 | I have in recent years got into a deal of trouble in certain Commonwealth countries by claiming that any all-Canadian or Australian squadron was not as good as a mixed squadron . |
| 30 | ‘ Not as good as a fingerprint , ’ said Coffin , ‘ but I can see it would help . |