Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long-distance travel is a fever dream where time and mood slip out of control leaving one unexpectedly early or late delighted or depressed until a mosaic of tiny things builds a flat earth beneath you again . |
| 2 | It was then as if the rotting maggot-infested flesh , or the tags of matted clothing , had already become part of the earth which clung to and enclosed them , no more unnatural or frightening than a clump of compost or a drift of decaying leaves . |
| 3 | Now in life there is nothing more defenceless or ridiculous than a man with his pantaloons about his ankles , his shirt tail raised and his mind on other matters . |
| 4 | Now it 's especially for people who are black or Asian because a lot of the time they miss out on the opportunities that are available to a lot of other people because of things like language barriers and although you might think it 's unfair it 's not actually illegal . |
| 5 | If the tests were truly designed for the control of ‘ anti-social influences in the arts ’ , as the Report said , then how could the law seem other than misconceived when a decade or more of legal scrutiny and barristers ' banter had been publicly squandered on the anti-social potential of pubic hair , the peculiar dangers of which seemed clearer to the police than to juries . |
| 6 | The other interesting thing you would find about vocabulary and treatment between the tabloids and the Independent is the Independent has a policy of very little coverage of the Royal Family and I suspect that other than a paragraph or a sentence or two of introduction , that those four paragraphs at the foot of the page are simply the text of her speech courtiers and media blamed as the Princess retreats from public life , I suspect that you will find that that is not a story , it is simply a statement of fact and an actual reprint of the text of her speech . |
| 7 | It was an old-fashioned one , as heavy and solid as a lorry . |
| 8 | The river black , flat , wide on the turn , and solid as a road . |
| 9 | She was as tongue-tied and gauche as a schoolgirl on a first date . |
| 10 | When she walked with Gran , she could feel the trembling through every limb and felt glad to be young and strong as a tree . |
| 11 | Young and strong as a bull as he was , the superior odds were beginning to tell . |
| 12 | She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light . |
| 13 | It was as lifeless and rigid as a piece of sculpture ; dispelling the illusion of flight . |
| 14 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 15 | So a handclasp burned along her nerves and home again with just herself and music , she burned through sonnets sober as never before and high as a condor . |
| 16 | Varying the textures within this sort of monochromatic colour scheme can be just as interesting and lively as a scheme full of more obvious contrasts . |
| 17 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
| 18 | However , the team considered that some independent assessment was desirable and appropriate where a project of this magnitude was involved . |
| 19 | With great grace she straddled his body , and paused for a moment , upright above him , her body as pale and slender as a wand . |
| 20 | It 'll be the kind of place you might walk out of as brisk and easy as a knife cutting butter , or you might very well wander about for days , well , weeks even , without finding a proper door . |
| 21 | He becomes as soft and nervous as a cow ( 1867 ) ; he feels as worn out as a donkey ( 1867 ) ; yet still he splashes in the Seine like a porpoise ( 1870 ) . |
| 22 | He snatches the issue from politicians and makes it as grand and simple as a silver screen story . |
| 23 | Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority . |
| 24 | The water 's deep and cold as a grave here ! |
| 25 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |
| 26 | It was as tall and cold as a glacier rolling down a valley , crunching trees like matchsticks . |
| 27 | Nothing , as both men knew , could be quite as sombre and sickening as a suicide ( or , as here , an attempted suicide ) , for it spoke not only of unbearable suffering but also of a certain misguided fortitude . |
| 28 | A fully grown woman , the muscles on her arms and legs as thick and obvious as a man 's . |
| 29 | Newly wed she was and pretty as a picture . ’ |
| 30 | Her skin was blue-green and marbled in the reflected lake water , and her eyes were as dull and expressionless as a shark 's . |