Example sentences of "[adj] as a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dad 's as brave as a dad can be , |
| 2 | My dad 's as brave as a dad can be , |
| 3 | In as much as a school can be said to have an approach ( eg formal , informal , team taught , class or group based , or one where streaming and setting or vertical or horizontal grouping is practised ) , the degree to which members of staff conform to it very much depends on how the school is led . |
| 4 | This was Cultra , where an introduction was de rigueur before so much as a cocktail could be taken . |
| 5 | The Committees behave much as a court would do in entertaining a charge and , in due course , make a report to the House in question , recommending a course of action if necessary . |
| 6 | Something as simple as a mug can turn a handful of pansies into a vivid display . |
| 7 | He looked as tired as a man could be and still stand upright . |
| 8 | She had done sterling service already , and was as inert as a ship can well be — which is actually , as we have already speculated , not quite inert after all . |
| 9 | Perhaps an organism as complex as a man could never be wholly impervious to the ravages of time . |
| 10 | However , as long as a system can recognize that this use of ‘ in the hand ’ implies that the hand is part of ‘ him ’ , it can avoid this kind of reasoning altogether and adopt a constraint propagation method to resolve both pronouns . |
| 11 | The theory goes something like this : as long as a country can continue to borrow money , it will effectively be able to ‘ roll over ’ its debt indefinitely . |
| 12 | As long as a band can physically and economically do it , I would want to take their music to the people wherever they are . |
| 13 | Wearing Havvie 's ring , a diamond heirloom given to all Blaine brides , laughing , talking and playing with him as the London season began , Sally-Anne persuaded herself that she was as happy as a girl could be , Terry Rourke 's betrayal wiped out and forgotten . |
| 14 | As soon as he is shipped on board of a man-of-war he becomes as insignificant as a midshipman must unavoidably be from his humble situation . |
| 15 | I get about as pissed as a bloke can . |
| 16 | Gentle of spirit and as maternal as a dog can be . |
| 17 | A first flight in something as eccentric as a microlight will leave an impression that is indelible however hard you may try to forget it . |