Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be as utilitarian as the rigid polyurethane foam commonly used in the reinforcement of GRP bodyshells , or as elegant as the aluminium or Nomex honeycombs employed in pukka aerospace sandwich materials ( as seen recently through holes in the wings of Tornado jets involved in the Gulf conflict ) . |
| 2 | We would like you to join us for dinner , meet our friends , enjoy a glass of wine or two over something as simple as a plate of pasta , or as extravagant as a six course meal . |
| 3 | A window can be the same size as the screen or as small as a single icon . |
| 4 | Gruff and grumpy , sweet and saintly , or as changeable as the British weather , no two dads are alike . |
| 5 | Under the Local Government Act 1929 it was the positive duty of the local authority to recover the whole of the expenses ( or as much as the person could afford ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's as much as we know , or as much as the Russians will tell us . ’ |
| 7 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 8 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |
| 9 | The hunger that made Charlie , Charlot , chew the boiled slices of boot , moustache toing and froing under his nose , I understood as well or as little as the hunger of the grown-ups around me , my mother eating the woodworms along with the oats and the silence as everybody stopped to watch her . |
| 10 | To speak of further training programmes now may sound like a mere desperate remedy , but it does n't mean anything as arduous or as expensive as the full training of your drama school . |
| 11 | It was not as large or as upright as the one in the Book of Instruction . |
| 12 | Not all our units and sequences will be as long or as detailed as the foregoing examples . |
| 13 | Business plans can be as simple or as complicated as the designer wishes , but their prime function is to set well-defined goals and to identify the resources in terms of time , finance , accommodation , equipment , personnel and training that will be required to meet the objectives . |
| 14 | It seemed , in the wake of rival expulsions of alleged spies from London and Moscow , that Anglo-Russian relations were not as buoyant or as important as the British Prime Minister had claimed . |
| 15 | If the water is frozen , and shifts as a glacier , then it can carry entire boulders , as big a h or as big as a hotel , hundreds of miles , and gouge great scars . |
| 16 | Heads of agreement which are not legally binding can be as detailed or as brief as the parties wish . |
| 17 | The Arias government did not reduce public expenditure , especially on social sectors and education , as much as the opposition proposed nor as much as the IMF advocated . |
| 18 | At the same time it can exploit the low thermal conductivity of the air ; i.e. the way the temperature of the air itself is neither as hot nor as cool as the land surface . |
| 19 | A similar long bridge crosses the Taw at Barnstaple , but this is neither as long nor as irregular as the Bideford bridge , and has been subject to more extensive alteration . |
| 20 | Although Barraclough 's ( 1972 ) suggestion that as many as a fifth of the suicides in a series he studied might have been prevented by the wider use of lithium would be difficult to substantiate and is probably an overestimate , the fact that the lives of as many as 16 per cent of patients with manic-depressive illness may end in suicide ( Pitts and Winokur 1964 ) suggests that lithium is likely to have an important role in the prevention of suicide in some patients . |
| 21 | As a result of this , it is now possible to leave a natural history museum knowing that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height , and that elephants can not jump at all , and that as many as a thousand dead ants have been found inside the stomach of a single mole . |
| 22 | Other surveys have estimated that as many as a third or a quarter of prisoners may have mental health problems ( Fennell , 1991 ) . |
| 23 | It was estimated that as many as a third of all members were either put out of work or seriously under employed , and students found great difficulty in obtaining placements in architects ' offices . |
| 24 | RESEARCH shows that as many as a third of all break-ins happen after entry has been gained through glass — often simply smashed with the nearest thing that comes to hand . |
| 25 | He added that as much as a third of BP 's oil production was expected to continue to come from the North Sea until the turn of the century . |
| 26 | Er , my Lord I have to say that as far as the expert evidence from the accountant is concerned it is only Mr who has er offered an opinion , expressed an opinion upon that issue . |
| 27 | As time has gone by I have been more acutely aware that as important as a good knowledge of a language is , it is more effective if it is accompanied by additional technical knowledge . |
| 28 | The IBOA pointed out that as important as the discussions on the actual cost reduction proposals were , other areas would have to be the subject of discussion also . |
| 29 | She was short , and as dark-skinned as the boatman , which was darker than most of the Bahamians . |
| 30 | He also introduced Corbett who felt many of the lords were too busy to acknowledge him though he noticed Bishop Wishart of Glasgow , a wizened little man with a face as brown and as wrinkled as a shrivelled walnut , studying him intently beneath heavy-lidded eyes . |