Example sentences of "[adj] as [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Blaney 's intention to produce a study of evil was as clear as if the portrait had been labelled .
2 Heinrich was as horrified as if the Kaiser himself had been insulted .
3 If the place failed as links the property was a valuable one , and there was no probability in their losing their money and in the meantime they were receiving three per cent which was as good as if the money were invested in Consols .
4 For example , loading the stomach with food or water directly has some satiating effect , but not as great as when the substance is also allowed to pass into the intestine or has previously passed through the mouth .
5 Writing this gain as off load and on load and representing the fedback signal current as because the feedback fraction has conductance dimensions , the situation is as depicted in figure 10.8(c) .
6 When the coffin was opened , so it is said , the hair and nails had grown and the flesh was glowing pink as though the corpse were alive .
7 The waiter flurried between them , as busy as if the room were full .
8 Archaeologists have a clear responsibility : until the information contained in those records is made available to other archaeologists , and to the general public , the excavation is not complete : the information is still as inaccessible as if the site had never been excavated , and the records themselves might just as well be buried .
9 This is as much because the D-mark is weak as because the dollar is strong ; the dollar has gained only 8% against the yen .
10 The Foundation questions whether Project Tiger — set up by the Indian government and the World Wide Fund for Nature in the early 70s — can be termed a success , and suggests that tiger numbers in India now might be as low as when the project began .
11 His tone was suspicious and aggressive as though the institution in question was missing and Zen was suspected of having stolen it .
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