Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [adj] [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest rates had risen in recent months as high as an annualized rate of 1,200 per cent as banks struggled to retain their funds , and the move initially froze the savings of thousands of Argentinians and also affected major corporations . |
| 2 | His face was still , his mouth held in a taut beautiful line , his eyes as cold as an arctic glacier as he encouraged her to continue with the slightest nod of his head . |
| 3 | " Our arguments are terribly electric , we come out of them sometimes with our heads as exhausted as an electric battery after it has run down . " |
| 4 | This information can be obtained for areas as small as an Enumeration District ( a few hundred people ) . |
| 5 | Part of the text stated ‘ … one atom of it weight 235 times as much as an atom of hydrogen , [ U 235 ] releases energy automatically directly it is touched by cold water ’ . |
| 6 | These Christmas Day menus sound pretty average , but if you eat everything on the list you will have tucked away 5,472 calories by bedtime — around three times as much as a manual worker needs , and four times as much as an office worker 's requirements . |
| 7 | No hedges , and peas as high as an elephant 's eye . ’ |