Example sentences of "[adv] as [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was suddenly as clear as day . |
| 2 | He did not answer her immediately , just continued to watch her across the table , his blue eyes suddenly as cold as ice . |
| 3 | Books about music are naturally as varied as music itself . |
| 4 | The right to be relieved in one 's parish , perhaps as much as aversion to the workhouse as an institution , lay behind riots in Suffolk in 1765 where a practice of building large workhouses to serve several parishes had been developing since a private enabling statute had been obtained in 1756 . |
| 5 | I felt queasy with fright for his teeth had been filed down as sharp as dagger points . |
| 6 | First of all it was just covering the North Atlantic , the eastern seaboard of the States , perhaps Greenland and Iceland , and Europe down as far as North Africa , and erm we concentrated on that part of the atmosphere , but of course the atmosphere is continuous all round the globe , and whatever happens in any part of that atmosphere , any part of the globe , has some affect on the rest of the atmosphere . |
| 7 | That was a time when young and old had thronged the streets to welcome in a new century and , though anything with the 1800s about it was already as dead as history , it still took some years before the magical 19 in the date lost its strangeness and one would write it without a slight hesitation . |
| 8 | While nitrate is not as potent as ammonia or nitrite , it can still considerably weaken fish , leaving them open to nitrate poisoning and a variety of lethal diseases . |
| 9 | But it is not as strong as gravity on the Earth — because the Moon is smaller and lighter . |
| 10 | Apparently , up until quite recently all Warwick basses were made with aluminium truss rods which obviously are not as strong as steel ones and are liable to break after being adjusted a few times . |
| 11 | ‘ but essentially I said that we could use other solutions to expand the blood , but that they were not as effective as blood at transporting oxygen . |
| 12 | Although side effects in our study were minimal , oral fluticasone propionate 5 mg four times daily was not as effective as prednisolone in standard doses in the treatment of ulcerative colitis . |
| 13 | yeah , not as cheap as garage . |
| 14 | Although the mechanical properties of copper-based alloys are readily modified by working and heat treatment , they are not as versatile as iron in this respect . |
| 15 | A cup of tea also has an effect , though not as powerful as coffee , which makes psychologists think it is the caffeine in both which counts . |
| 16 | However , this victory would only be short-lived because state power was not as powerful as class power due to the structural constraints embedded within the nature of capitalist society . |
| 17 | Mat. , though not as young as Matron , was great on being all-girls-together and thrashing things out across a table . |
| 18 | It is not that these writers were necessarily against the idea of a science of society , but they did argue that the idea and practice of social science is not as straightforward as positivism would have us believe . |
| 19 | ‘ She would never have to lift a hand to do an ounce of work — not as much as wash a cup . |
| 20 | Writing to the Corinthians who thought sex in marriage incompatible with the spiritual life , the apostle had insisted that marriage and procreation are no sin , while conceding to his opponents that , though good , marriage is not as good as celibacy . |
| 21 | This species is not as good as M. crenata , but will nevertheless do well in most impoverished conditions . |
| 22 | It is certainly not as good as capacity factors as an indication of the value for money the owner gets from the plant : each kilowatt hour the reactor produces helps to pay off the capital invested in the power station . |
| 23 | Her success is just wonderful and , although this is not as good as Body of Evidence , the next , which comes in hardback , is better . |
| 24 | Wine too proved to be a good stimulant of acid secretion , although not as good as beer , whereas 10% ethanol had no effect . |
| 25 | Although as far as can be established they were not as licentious as myth has claimed , their presence increased the risk of drunkenness and brawling . |
| 26 | The trait of genuine willingness in horses ' is not as common as horse lovers , breeders and dealers would have us suppose . |
| 27 | She says she tried to keep changes to a minimum — no more than ten words in any one book — and retained words like Boche because they are not as inflammatory as nigger . |
| 28 | Changes in software are probably not as rapid as hardware , but some trends are becoming clearer . |
| 29 | Slate , however good in quality , is not as reliable as mountain rhyolite and care should be exercised with all holds and protection placements . |
| 30 | It 's not as pretty as water cascading over rocks , but it 's less likely to freeze . |