Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adj] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was not his opinions so much as their force of expression that caused his hearers to stare at him in awe on these occasions . |
| 2 | These hostilities and complaints from readers were occupying the Editor 's attentions as much as his war memoirs : one correspondent , for instance , was angry about an attack he had made on James Joyce , while another accused him of letting Christopher Stone ‘ drag the paper down into the subhuman world of jazz ’ . |
| 3 | Sleek and stylish eternal bands of gold in shapes as timeless as your love |
| 4 | This woman has a talent as big as her shoulder muscles . |
| 5 | This is tantamount to becoming an expert at walking along the street lifting your knees as high as your chin — novel but , as we discover as an infant , tiring and unnecessary ! |
| 6 | Erm , and , that is , that is not a good deal as far as my shared genes are concerned . |
| 7 | But thanks to drivers as indomitable as their machines , Timbuctu could become the Le Mans of the desert . |
| 8 | She rummaged around in a handbag as big as my trumpet case and eventually found a length of till receipt from a grocery store . |
| 9 | The house was square and wide , of cream stone , with an imposing entrance as large as their sitting-room at home , a white arched and mullioned doorway , and lots of high leaded windows . |
| 10 | Tradesmen 's vans , builders lorries , furniture vans ( brought by night , twelve to twenty-five at a time , ) followed into the Road Vehicle Shop gate , their mechanical condition as varied as their outward appearance , to be fitted in the first place with a double wooden box lined with pebbles — a Heath-Robinson contraption , but resistant to machine-gun fire at close range . |
| 11 | However , this remarkable literary work — even given an army of fans as keen as his niece — would not have brought in very much income , nor would the journalism , and it was to be assumed the trust provided the rest . |
| 12 | By Tuesday she was flirting with me in a sweet , old-fashioned way , blue eyes as young as her memory . |
| 13 | She was a wiry , muscly female of some indeterminate but youngish age , with crimped blonde hair and eyes as piercing as her aunt 's , but green , like bottle glass . |
| 14 | Most of the Marines were experiencing their first combat , and the strain of combating the fear as much as their enemies was telling on their pale faces . |
| 15 | With the Yeoman , attention falls rapidly on the and returns to : After two lines on the horse and garb of the Shipman , the gaze focuses on : The constant but controlled menace of these characters and their weapons is recognized and observed by Chaucer/ " Chaucer " with a perception as keen as their daggers . |
| 16 | The world 's best golfers rely on their equipment as much as their skill . |
| 17 | A splendid lady as convivial as her father , and with the same passion not far beneath she also served on Michael Jopling 's working hours Select Committee . |
| 18 | His philanthropy as much as his fortune was the subject of speculation . |
| 19 | The companion print , ‘ Temperance Enjoying a Frugal Meal ’ , depicts the King and Queen as mean as their eldest son was spend-thrift . |
| 20 | A stickler for realism , he was frustrated by an obstinacy in his models as strong as his own . |
| 21 | If the Spanish youngsters enjoy the adventure playground as much as their English counterparts , there should be no problem . |
| 22 | And it was his ability to work with the engineers as much as his speed which decided Frank Williams to sign Hill as partner to No 1 driver Alain Prost . |
| 23 | A strong hand stayed her fall and for a brief instant she was flung against Fen 's chest , his heartbeat quite audible as her breathing seemed suspended . |
| 24 | The more the men whistled , the more ribald their remarks , the faster she walked ; but the faster she walked , the more of a sexual object , or sexual quarry , she became , twisting and turning between the rows of benches ( for she soon lost her bearings ) , stumbling over piles of metal parts , skidding on the oily floor , her cheeks as red as her hair , the wings of her nostrils white , her eyes fixed steadfastly ahead , refusing to meet the gaze of her tormentors. ‘ 'Allo , darlin' , lookin' for me ? |
| 25 | For my own part , I am eternally paying him compliments of this kind , and do all that lies in my power to keep his imagination as busy as my own . |
| 26 | His leonine aspect and the mischievous twinkle in his eye made his appearance as arresting as his personality . |
| 27 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 28 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 29 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 30 | AN AFRICAN band as old as their country perform at Darlington Arts Centre tonight . |