Example sentences of "[noun] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These newly industrialized countries have , in turn , sharply changed the degree of competition in world trade faced by UK manufacturers in sectors as varied as clothing and shipbuilding . |
| 2 | ‘ This is my window , ’ she added and tossed a haughty look to the rest of the room as if to say , ‘ Are foreigners as stupid as shit , or what ? ’ |
| 3 | The ancient nomes had used it as a kind of lift , but it did n't have wires — it went up and down by some force as mysterious as auntie 's gravy or whatever it was . |
| 4 | And although the police stress they want to educate bad drivers as much as land them in court , they say they wo n't hesitate to prosecute those who deserve it . |
| 5 | ‘ Market forces will never take care of an industry as special as fishing . ’ |
| 6 | He showed her the stables , and one of the old mares nuzzled Isobel 's hand , with a mouth as soft as velvet . |
| 7 | Nothing activates the bladder as much as fear , either , and this is the moment when the studio audience will often hear the clatter of heels across the floor as guests make a last-minute dash for the loo . |
| 8 | Hateley is hard evidence that footballers , and maybe especially strikers , thrive on strength of mind as much as body . |
| 9 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 10 | At the upper levels , more of the units deal with substantial or informative topics , including subjects as varied as video games , design , Shakespeare , pop music and the British royal family . |
| 11 | Throughout the 1970s the leitmotif of Community activity had been that of ‘ harmonisation ’ ; national frontiers and barriers to trade would subside as detailed legislation on subjects as varied as car parts , pasta , animal fodder and professional training , were enacted to create common Community standards leading to a united economic market . |
| 12 | ‘ In Edinburgh , the course originally developed as a means of helping foreign post-graduate students — working in subjects as diverse as architecture , law , medicine , language teaching , and the physical sciences — to write clearly and logically in English . |
| 13 | I have been extremely fortunate to have worked in three scientific spheres : botanical , paleontological and malacological , over 19 years and even luckier to have been able to do scientific illustrating for publication , on subjects as diverse as grass flowers and tiny rodent jawbones ! |
| 14 | The topical seminars ( for 50 to 10O delegates ) are being planned with Progressive Training to give the HCIMA the means to react to major industry developments as and when they arise , and could cover subjects as diverse as employment law , health and safety at work , and National Vocational Qualifications . |
| 15 | Subjects as diverse as tumour growth , gene structure , adaptive radiation in grasses , cell wall composition and the production of compounds of economic importance by plant tissue cultures are some of the topics of current research . |
| 16 | At Oxford University , their chap-lain has built up an active programme of events , getting speakers as varied as heart transplant pioneer Dr Christian Barnard , actor Jon Voigt and Israeli cabinet minister Ariel Sharon . |
| 17 | As she looked up into his face Lisa was aware of eyes as black as ebony and as cold as the sea bed . |
| 18 | Too big and too dramatic , with his wild black hair , copper-dark suntan and eyes as black as midnight . |
| 19 | Eyes as dark as night homed in on her own . |
| 20 | She felt a cold disgust as physical as nausea and with it there swept over her a weakness which shrivelled her in her chair . |
| 21 | The skiing conditions little better , with snow as soft as sand . |
| 22 | On the M twenty five clockwise the traffic is very heavy and slow moving from junction thirteen for Staines as far as junction eighteen for Chorleywood , that 's due to earlier accidents and the volume of traffic . |
| 23 | On the M twenty five , clockwise traffic 's very heavy and slow moving , from junction thirteen for Staines as far as junction eighteen for Chorleywood , and also anti-clockwise traffic is slow at junction seventeen , that 's Mablecross . |
| 24 | OVER the past few weeks I have been attempting to assess the relative marketing merits of companies as diverse as theatre companies , electrical retailers and peat producers . |
| 25 | The reduction in price is , as companies as diverse as Eagle Star , Vernons Pools , Fullers Brewery , J Sainsbury and Co and even ACCOUNTANCY Magazine have been quick to see . |
| 26 | Soviet design philosophy also rises to the system 's innate strengths : an economy which finds quantity as cheap as quality is expensive ( hence long production lines and low unit costs ) and a procurement system effective at bringing together operators , designers and technologists . |
| 27 | They moved together in a dance as old as time until finally Travis slid between her parted thighs , hands going to her hips to hold her tightly against him and feel his desire . |
| 28 | In other words , it 's a question of attitude as much as location . |
| 29 | Iskandara always chose the wing chair that had been her mother 's , covered in wine-red leather and studded with brass nails as big as gull 's eggs . |
| 30 | To these offences were soon added the brutal measures which the Bolsheviks took to cling to power , the barbarous excesses of the ‘ Red Terror ’ during the Civil War ( 1918–20 ) , the suppression of all rival parties , the curtailment of liberties as basic as freedom of speech and conscience . |