Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first Christians to claim this as the heart of their faith was a scandal of the first order . |
| 2 | This seemed if anything as purposeful as the gathering of the clan on the previous night . |
| 3 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 4 | In the nick of time , fresh as a daisy despite the punishing schedule , he arrives , the gear is set up , and I 'm on . |
| 5 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 6 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 7 | Judging from his recent contributions to the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh and to Robert Storr 's ‘ Dislocations ’ for MOMA in New York , Bruce Nauman is working in top gear and his new wax or metal sculptures and his video installations look as sharp and fresh as the art of any of his contemporaries . |
| 8 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 9 | I 've brought out a pack of cards , but when you know you 've got them only to while away the hours , they are as exciting as a stack of washing up . |
| 10 | Some regard what they do simply as a form of legitimate adult play , while others take it far more seriously and see themselves as going beyond present human limitations , journeying into a new galaxy of knowledge in a way which they find at least as exciting as the exploration of deep space . |
| 11 | If the County Ground game is as exciting as the match at Hereford last night there 'll be a real treat … |
| 12 | If the County Ground game is as exciting as the match at Hereford last night there 'll be a real treat … |
| 13 | It was a scrappy contest but nevertheless exciting as the news of the England disaster filtered through . |
| 14 | He had played classical music on the stereo , which Boy had assured him he liked , and it was true ; Boy had never heard music like this before and he thought it was wonderful , a sound as big , and as warm , and as expensive as the car ; a sound as exciting as the sensation of being driven through the night by a stranger . |
| 15 | He paused for a moment , ‘ Not as exciting as the landing on the morning of 6th June ? ’ |
| 16 | ( For the same reason , French as an option within the Postgraduate Certificate continued to recruit well throughout the seventies ) . |
| 17 | The Necromundans glanced curiously at that blind , fey figure of a man who was as alabastine as the idol of the primarch — his flesh almost translucent — yet who could speak with his mind from star to star , and could even report directly to the Emperor , should a sufficiently momentous situation arise . |
| 18 | He had it then , as clear as a map of a well-charted route unfolded on the captain 's table , what lay in store for him and for the settlement ; though the islanders had not burned wet leaves and swelled white smoke into a pillar of cloud to issue a warning , the signal might as well have been as clear . |
| 19 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 20 | After morning service , when the last of the footsteps , and voices exchanging greetings , had died away , she heard the vicar ride off , the clip-clop of the horse 's hooves as clear as a bell on the cold air . |
| 21 | ‘ Another told me he had a dream , there was a fountain and it had a name , clear as a bell in his dream : Jouvence . |
| 22 | For Christ 's sake , M' lud , the matter 's as clear as the loincloth on the Crucifixion . |
| 23 | Great towering clouds were massing behind Big Allen but to the west the sky was as clear as the inside of a mother-of-pearl-lined shell , of a pale , tender , pink-stained azure . |
| 24 | Estimates ranged as high as a couple of hundred units having been sold in Japan . |
| 25 | And er , I first started feeling I was overweight when I fourteen and I was , I was twelve stone and I went to the doctor and got black capsules to take which had me as high as a kite for a long time ! |
| 26 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 27 | Thus the Newsom Report , which examined secondary schooling for children of average or less than average ability , concluded that the proportion of schools in slum areas which were seriously inadequate was twice as high as the proportion of all schools in the sample . |
| 28 | Durance was weary of both of them but the price of their silence was as high as the price of Sabine Jourdain 's . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Pete did n't know whether to duck or run , and the choice was fairly academic anyway , as for the moment his body seemed to be about as responsive as a sack of rocks . |