Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These newly industrialized countries have , in turn , sharply changed the degree of competition in world trade faced by UK manufacturers in sectors as varied as clothing and shipbuilding . |
| 2 | ‘ This is my window , ’ she added and tossed a haughty look to the rest of the room as if to say , ‘ Are foreigners as stupid as shit , or what ? ’ |
| 3 | And although the police stress they want to educate bad drivers as much as land them in court , they say they wo n't hesitate to prosecute those who deserve it . |
| 4 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 5 | At the upper levels , more of the units deal with substantial or informative topics , including subjects as varied as video games , design , Shakespeare , pop music and the British royal family . |
| 6 | Throughout the 1970s the leitmotif of Community activity had been that of ‘ harmonisation ’ ; national frontiers and barriers to trade would subside as detailed legislation on subjects as varied as car parts , pasta , animal fodder and professional training , were enacted to create common Community standards leading to a united economic market . |
| 7 | ‘ In Edinburgh , the course originally developed as a means of helping foreign post-graduate students — working in subjects as diverse as architecture , law , medicine , language teaching , and the physical sciences — to write clearly and logically in English . |
| 8 | I have been extremely fortunate to have worked in three scientific spheres : botanical , paleontological and malacological , over 19 years and even luckier to have been able to do scientific illustrating for publication , on subjects as diverse as grass flowers and tiny rodent jawbones ! |
| 9 | The topical seminars ( for 50 to 10O delegates ) are being planned with Progressive Training to give the HCIMA the means to react to major industry developments as and when they arise , and could cover subjects as diverse as employment law , health and safety at work , and National Vocational Qualifications . |
| 10 | Subjects as diverse as tumour growth , gene structure , adaptive radiation in grasses , cell wall composition and the production of compounds of economic importance by plant tissue cultures are some of the topics of current research . |
| 11 | At Oxford University , their chap-lain has built up an active programme of events , getting speakers as varied as heart transplant pioneer Dr Christian Barnard , actor Jon Voigt and Israeli cabinet minister Ariel Sharon . |
| 12 | As she looked up into his face Lisa was aware of eyes as black as ebony and as cold as the sea bed . |
| 13 | Too big and too dramatic , with his wild black hair , copper-dark suntan and eyes as black as midnight . |
| 14 | Eyes as dark as night homed in on her own . |
| 15 | OVER the past few weeks I have been attempting to assess the relative marketing merits of companies as diverse as theatre companies , electrical retailers and peat producers . |
| 16 | The reduction in price is , as companies as diverse as Eagle Star , Vernons Pools , Fullers Brewery , J Sainsbury and Co and even ACCOUNTANCY Magazine have been quick to see . |
| 17 | Iskandara always chose the wing chair that had been her mother 's , covered in wine-red leather and studded with brass nails as big as gull 's eggs . |
| 18 | To these offences were soon added the brutal measures which the Bolsheviks took to cling to power , the barbarous excesses of the ‘ Red Terror ’ during the Civil War ( 1918–20 ) , the suppression of all rival parties , the curtailment of liberties as basic as freedom of speech and conscience . |
| 19 | INDUSTRIALISTS in the US hope that a new research facility providing high-energy radiation will recover for them lost ground in areas as diverse as microcircuitry and metals processing . |
| 20 | Even with existing technologies applications are emerging in areas as diverse as shopfloor guidance , document filing and building planning and management . |
| 21 | Mark Warner Travel offers holidays to destinations throughout the Mediterranean ‘ club ’ type packages including elements as diverse as accommodation , food and the cost of participating in organised sports . |
| 22 | He ignores the fact that tall girls would probably have feet of commensurate size : foot fetishists would not find size-seven brogues as attractive as court slippers several sizes smaller . |
| 23 | As she stood there , swaying slightly , her cheeks as pale as parchment , she was aware that Vass was gesturing towards the sofa and inviting her in a tone of mock-concern , ‘ Why do n't you take a seat ? |
| 24 | That organisations as diverse as shipbuilding , meat processors , training agencies and hotels saw fit to participate must be encouraging and some degree of recognition that marketing as a business philosophy is making some impact on the Scottish psyche . |
| 25 | Social relationships in medieval Sussex were based on military needs as much as economics , at least until the later fourteenth century . |
| 26 | Dugongs feed on sea grasses which have tissue fluids as concentrated as sea water , while baleen whales and crab-eater seals eat krill and other crustaceans , the body fluids of which are also as concentrated as sea water . |
| 27 | Not necessarily as I five but as another fifty hectares as industrial or employment land whatever you 'd like to call it . |
| 28 | When your Rainbow Fountain is a wash out-or your Traffic Lights as dull as ditch water , sparks fly . |
| 29 | By 1789 he produced sales of between £80,000 and £90,000 per annum , 90 per cent of them fine muslins , which now found customers as distant as Botany Bay . |
| 30 | A concise , practical household guide with information and expert advice on topics as diverse as stain removal , gardening , home decorating and cookery . |