Example sentences of "[adj] as [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years . |
| 2 | He arrived at night to find the strand ‘ covered in bodies ’ charred beyond recognition , but identifiable as wearing British uniforms . |
| 3 | Ruth 's hair was straight as falling black water . |
| 4 | Connecting the ME-6 up to an amp , power amp or mixer is as easy as connecting any effect pedal , and once hooked up the ME-6 can store 25 different effect combinations in five memory banks . |
| 5 | ‘ To us it 's as simple as writing good tunes and having fun , ’ he begins weakly . |
| 6 | Trent thought of calling at her to relax but he knew that it would be as pointless as trying another smile . |
| 7 | Never mind the fact they were as comfortable as wearing two fibre-glass tubes filled with iron filings , and stank like an incontinent old sheep dog when wet , they were natural wool and so considered correct . |
| 8 | I simply said I could n't picture you doing anything as unglamorous as helping wee ones count to ten . ’ |
| 9 | He had been playing alone on the towpath , if anything as purposeless as hurling old beer cans into the canal could be described as playing , and she had paused to say good morning to him . |
| 10 | Given the rise in Berlin property prices , choosing a site is as important as getting major funding . |
| 11 | Interestingly , the exhibition identifies two paintings in particular as possessing this quality of intimacy : William Nicholson 's and Victor Pasmore 's portraits of their respective in which the intimacy of the marital relationship , it is supposed , finds direct pictorial expression in the paintings themselves . |
| 12 | So long as women are subordinate to men , their language will continue to be stereotyped as indicating natural subservience , unintelligence and immaturity . |
| 13 | Your Committee have appointed Mr D H Young as Acting Honorary Secretary until Ken Lucas is able to return to duty . |
| 14 | This is hardly surprising as establishing new artists is a costly and lengthy process . |
| 15 | That 's sufficient in law , although at least 20 years is desirable as validating old recitals of title , etc . |
| 16 | There is nothing quite as bad as watching other people eat and drink what you are trying to avoid . |
| 17 | I think there 's a danger that you can go over the top with praise , in that you 're anxious to give quality feedback , the thing that you have to be careful with is that it 's not just meaningless like that , because that can be just as bad as giving negative feedback . |