Example sentences of "[verb] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rives had everything , including immense strength , whereas Jones is hugely athletic and can jump as high as a guy six inches taller than himself . |
| 2 | The nature of the investor 's interest matters as much as the length of his nose . |
| 3 | A year before his death he was still reminding Du Camp about his surprise arrival with the young phenomenon , and still laughing as much as the day it had happened . |
| 4 | And therefore i i i it was n't just the poor s saying well I want the same as everybody else , I want as much as a middle peasant . |
| 5 | All you need to know about Flaubert to know as much as the next person ! |
| 6 | anyway erm and if P D er , remains a problem , or is n't gon na be addressed as far as the changes |
| 7 | Health union officials say as many as a hundred and fifty jobs could be lost with the closure of the hospital which was confirmed last week after months of speculation . |
| 8 | Yet , as she watched him , perched as lithe as a cat on the prow , leaning back out over the waves to balance the little craft , his splendid chest scattered with little beads of water , Ronni was aware that she did n't really mean it . |
| 9 | And the odour can be carried as much as a mile away if the wind is blowing in that direction . |
| 10 | Sparks fly as quick as the pirouettes . |
| 11 | Girls , it 's a shame really I also find they did n't need to , they do n't , did n't need to work as hard as the ones years ago . |
| 12 | Seen from this vantage point , those microprocessor-based products whose introduction into non-domestic premises the British Government is currently endorsing appear as more than a simple technical solution to a particular economic problem — the conservation of energy . |
| 13 | People who are basically unhealthy may have their pheromones soured by an imbalance of bacteria on the skin , and generally not smell as attractive as a person in the peak of fitness . |
| 14 | Bargain set menus change with the market and are the best choice : Connaught-trained chef whisks up ultra-light leek terrine layered like lasagne , heaps of appley duck with green pasta tower , and neatly balanced fish casserole a la Dieppoise ; there 's also a meaty crab tart ( £3.95 ) and a choc pave as rich as the neighbourhood . |
| 15 | The assessment of oral skills is considered as important as the assessment of other skills |
| 16 | Labour 's local government spokesman , David Blunkett , has warned that the council tax is already showing signs of becoming as controversial as the poll tax . |
| 17 | Plus they rely far too heavily on Chad Gracey 's bionic drumming to get them noticed , the tinny snare effect soon becoming as annoying as a catfight underneath your window at 3.00am . |
| 18 | The sun was beating down on our backs and our throats were becoming as dry as a proverbial nuns . |
| 19 | The means are becoming as important as the ends . |
| 20 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |
| 21 | For this month 's design , as with all projects where the solution has n't come as quick as a flash of inspiration , I assembled in front of me everything that I had found interesting or been working on over the past few months . |
| 22 | A test as simple as a Detect Magic spell will show some stronger focus of magic above the ceiling of this chamber . |
| 23 | How much truth there was in all these myths you now know as well as I. Certainly the Witnesses hit early on the fact that , rippling in and out of hyperspace , even ships as basic as the Bergen Kobold change slightly every time . |
| 24 | And high above , at the end of the curve , the steep hillsides rose as high as the rim of the dormant volcano on High Island . |
| 25 | ‘ A horse and a cart that stands as high as a house and cost the best part of thirty pounds and you lost them both ? ’ |
| 26 | When the specimen was loaded in a testing machine the edges were stressed as much as the middle and so cracks started at the edges and spread inwards across the material in the usual way . |
| 27 | Estimates ranged as high as a couple of hundred units having been sold in Japan . |
| 28 | Though I jumped too when he cracked the whip , there came a time when I refused to jump as high as the others . |
| 29 | There is no attempt to weight the votes — a vote on whether the marigold should be the national flower counts as much as a vote on an arms limitation treaty . |
| 30 | A relative clause counts as dependent whereas an adjective modifying a noun clearly does not . |